Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

69. Gartner, F.R., R.I. Butterfield, W.W. Thompson, and L.R. Roath. 1978. Prescribed burning of range ecosystems in South Dakota. Proc First Int Rangeland Congr, Soc for Range Manage, Denver, Colorado. 1:687-690.

A 2-year study evaluated prescribed burning to control Japanese brome in mixed prairie. Effects of winter and spring burns were evaluated for two, and fall burns for one, growing season. Grazing confounded results, but burning generally reduced both yield and density of Japanese brome in favor of western wheatgrass.

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