• DOI:10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0287:EOWPIT]2.0.CO;2
Corpus ID: 55264152

Expansion of Woody Plants in Tallgrass Prairie: A Fifteen-year Study of Fire and Fire-grazing Interactions

@inproceedings{Briggs2002ExpansionOW,
  title={Expansion of Woody Plants in Tallgrass Prairie: A Fifteen-year Study of Fire and Fire-grazing Interactions},
  author={J. M. Briggs and A. Knapp and B. Brock},
  year={2002}
}

J. M. Briggs, A. Knapp, B. Brock

Published 2002

Biology

Abstract Temporal changes in the abundance of trees and a common shrub, Cornus drummondii, were quantified for 15 y (1981–1996) in seven tallgrass prairie watersheds in Northeast Kansas. Woody plant responses to different fire frequencies and grazing were assessed with a data set that included >9000 individuals. Although 15 tree species were included in this data set, only four (Juniperus virginiana, Celtis occidentalis, Gleditsia triacanthos and Ulmus americana) were sufficiently abundant for… CONTINUE READING

View on BioOne

old.briarcliff.edu

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed