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Prescribed Burning of a Festuca-Stipa Grassland
Author
Bailey, A. W.
Anderson, M. L.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
1978-11-01
Body

The Festuca-Stipa grassland community was found to be well adapted to surviving a single prescribed burn. Coverage of rough fescue was reduced from one to three growing seasons after fire depending upon season burned and stage of growth. Spring burning benefited the production of seed heads in western porcupine grass but fall burning reduced its cover and production of seed heads. Annual herbage production was neither increased nor decreased if burning occurred when plants were dormant. Species composition shifted in favour of perennial forbs for at least 3 years after a burn. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.2307/3897204
Additional Information
Bailey, A. W., & Anderson, M. L. (1978). Prescribed burning of a Festuca-Stipa grassland. Journal of Range Management, 31(6), 446-449.
ISSN
0022-409X
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/646548
Journal Volume
31
Journal Number
6
Journal Pages
446-449
Collection
Rangeland Ecology & Management (REM)
Journal Name
Journal of Range Management
Keywords
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