Prescribed burning has been shown to be an effective method of controlling cool season grass invasion in warm season rangelands. We examined the effect of patch-burning, N fertilization, and patch burning with N fertilization on species composition and animal performance in nine warm season pastures invaded with cool season grasses. Portions of six pastures were burned the first week of April with three of these pastures and three unburned pastures receiving 89 kg N ha-1 as urea two weeks later. Pastures were stocked with yearling steers and grazed for 50-61 days. Average daily gains were 0.82 kg head-1 for the fertilized pastures, 0.84 kg head-1 for the patch burned pastures and 0.95 kg head-1 for the patch burned+ fertilized pastures.
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