Fire effects on invasive and native warm-season grass species in a North American grassland at a time of extreme drought

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 637-649

  Havill, Scott ^a   Schwinning, Susanne ^a   Lyons, Kelly G ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bothriochloa ischaemum; Fire temperature; Grassland fire; Invasive species control; KR bluestem; Little bluestem; Schizachyrium scoparium; Yellow bluestem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941172718     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12171     Document Type: Article

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