Steppes and Prairies

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3373-3382

  Briggs, J M ^a   Knapp, A K ^b   Collins, S L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Climate; Fire; Grassland; Grazing; Herbivory; Pampas; Prairie; Puszta; Steppe; Veld

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047062074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00359-1     Document Type: Chapter

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