Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

104. Kirsch, L.M. 1983. Historic ecological records of Great Plains grasslands. Page 25 in Proc Management of Public Lands in the Northern Great Plains Workshop. ND Chapter Wildl Soc, Bismarck, North Dakota.

Abstract only. Destruction of large ungulate herds without fire suppression in the Great Plains grassland favored species adapted to undisturbed stands of ecologically young grassland habitat. This habitat is rapidly being lost to agricultural development and fire suppression.

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