Chapter 10 - The roles of fire, overstory thinning, and understory seeding for the restoration of Iowa Oak Savannas (Project NC-F-07-1)

Lars A. Brudvig; Heidi Asbjornsen

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Chapter 10 - The roles of fire, overstory thinning, and understory seeding for the restoration of Iowa Oak Savannas (Project NC-F-07-1)

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Lars A. Brudvig, Heidi Asbjornsen

Year:

2014

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

General Technical Report SRS-198

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Abstract

Savanna ecosystems historically comprised more than 10 million ha of the Midwestern United States, forming a transition zone between western prairies and eastern deciduous forest that extended from Texas into Canada (Nuzzo 1986).

Parent Publication

Forest health monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2012

Citation

Brudvig, Lars A.; Asbjornsen, Heidi. 2014. Chapter 10 - The roles of fire, overstory thinning, and understory seeding for the restoration of Iowa Oak Savannas (Project NC-F-07-1)