Restoring fire as an ecological process
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Dale G Brockway; Richard G Gatewood; Randi B Paris
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Prior to Anglo-European settlement, fire was a major ecological process influencing the structure, composition and productivity of shortgrass prairie ecosystems on the Great Plains. However during the past 125 years, the frequency and extent of grassland fire has dramatically declined as a result of