Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

Relative to Northern Grasslands in South-Central Canada and North-Central United States

47. Diiro, B.W. 1982. Effects of burning and mowing seasonal whitetop ponds in southern Manitoba. MS thesis. Iowa State Univ, Ames. 48 pp.

Effects of mowing, spring burning and fall burning on selected physical and biological parameters in whitetop-dominated wetlands in south-central Manitoba. Water depth, water and substrate temperatures and nutrient levels, invertebrate abundance and community composition, vegetative cover and production, waterfowl use, and simulated waterfowl nest success are examined under different treatment regimes.

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