66
Droughts , 44, 45
Dry land habitats , v
Dry lands , 1
E
Early successional , 13, 25, 27
Ecologically sound , 52
Ecological succession , 11
Elevated CO 2 hypothesis , 45
Elevated level of CO 2 , 43
Elevated temperature , 15
Encroachment , 11–13, 33
Erosion control , 1
Evidence of past grassland fi res , 55
Extirpated , 62
Extreme events , 63
F
Fenced , 45
Fertilizer/stimulatory
effect , 45
Fire-break , 49, 51
Fires , 11, 41
exclusion , 55
frequency , 15, 30
mortality , 55
resistant , 52
Fuel , 15
Future community
dominants , 63
G
Gallery forests , 3
Gaps , 12
Gas-exchange rates , 63
Glacial periods , 43
Global climate changes , 43
Grasslands , 33, 37
Grazers , 51
Grazing , 11
Greenhouse , 33, 35
Greenhouse effect , 62
H
Herbaceous productivity , v
Herbivory , 33–37
Higher temperatures , 44
Holocene , 45
I
Interactions , 33–35
Interglacials , 43
Invasion , 3
J
Juniperus , 45
K
Konza prairie , 49
L
Lack of fi re , 59
Lagomorphs , 37
Light, fl uffy fuel , 49, 55
Light levels , 12, 13
Lime prickly ash , 30
Limiting resources , 12
Litter fall , 13
Longer-term effects , 62
Long term events , 44
M
Management , 45
Management tools , 49
Mariosousa , 7
Mature woody plants , 52
Mechanical and chemical , 52
Mechanical/chemical treatment , 53
Mid-successional , 15
Migrate , 62
Mixtures , 33
Monoculture , 33, 34
Morphological characteristics , 8
Mortalities , 33, 36, 41
N
Neighbor , 34
Niche requirements , 52
Nitrogen , 12, 13
fi xation , 63
fi xing bacteria , 1
Nutrient level , 34
O
Oxygen isotope , 44
Index