Restoration of mountain big sagebrush steppe following prescribed burning to control western juniper

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1015-1022

  Davies, K W ^a   Bates, J D ^a   Madsen, M D ^a   Nafus, A M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial seeding; Artemisia tridentata; Fire; Habitat; Recovery; Sage grouse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTENNAS; FIRES; LANDFORMS; RECOVERY; VEGETATION;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; FORAGE PRODUCTION; HABITAT; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SAGE GROUSE; SAGEBRUSH STEPPE; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BEETLE; CUTTING; EROSION; FIRE; FORAGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIVESTOCK; MOUNTAIN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEEDING; STEPPE; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HABITAT; JUNIPERUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT SEED; POA; PRECIPITATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEED TREATMENT; STEPPE; VEGETATION;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; COLEOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; POACEAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTEMISIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FIRES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JUNIPERUS; OREGON; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84898021275     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0255-5     Document Type: Article

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