Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

118. Lodge, R.W. 1960. Effects of burning, cultivation, and mowing on yield and consumption of crested wheatgrass. J Range Manage 13:318-321.

Compares effects of fall mowing, fall discing, spring burning, and fall burning on forage production, protein content, basal cover, floristic composition, and forage consumption in a deteriorated crested wheatgrass pasture in Saskatchewan. Spring burning was judged the least, and fall burning the most, beneficial treatment for range renovation.

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