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Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

55. Ehrenreich, J.H. 1957. Management practices for maintenance of native prairie in Iowa. PhD thesis, Iowa State Univ., Ames. 159 pp.

Effects of burning, grazing, and mowing on species composition, productivity, and flowering of tallgrass prairie. Results of fire and mowing on various vegetative parameters are discussed relative to ecology, physiology, and anatomy of the grasses, to timing of the treatments, and to treatment effects on soil temperature, nutrients, and water content. Extensive bibliography on early results of prescribed burning.

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