Postfire seeding and plant community recovery in the great basin

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-181

  Kulpa, S M ^a   Leger, E A ^b   Espeland, E K ^c   Goergen, E M ^b  

^a Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

aspect; Bromus tectorum; density; emergency fire rehabilitation; frequency; restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRASS; HABITAT RESTORATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; STEPPE; TOPOGRAPHY; WEED CONTROL; WILD POPULATION;

ELKO COUNTY; GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84858970890     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00046.1     Document Type: Article

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