Fire and drought experiments in northern wetlands: a climate change analogue

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Hogenbirk, John C., Wein, Ross W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
• Subjects: Plant Science; Wood Buffalo; Peace-Athabasca Delta; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b91-250; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b91-250

Drought and fire, which may increase in frequency and severity because of global warming, were simulated in mid-boreal wetlands by transplanting soil blocks upslope to a lower water table and by prescribed burns. In the 2 years after treatments were applied to seasonally flooded vegetation zones in...