Effects of fire, grazing and topographic variation on vegetation structure in tallgrass prairie

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 563-575

  Collins, Scott L ^a   Calabrese, Laura B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Grassland; Grazing; Plant community structure; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CATTLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORRELATION; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

BISON; POACEAE;

EID: 84860179047     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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