Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

135. Owensby, C.E., and E.F. Smith. 1972. Burning true prairie. Pages 1-4 in L.C. Hulbert, ed, Proc 3rd Midwest Prairie Conf, Manhattan, Kansas.

Summarizes studies on prescribed burning of tallgrass prairie in Kansas, including studies on plots subjected to annual burning since 1927. Effects of burning date and burning with and without grazing are discussed relative to herbage production, vegetative composition, soil moisture, soil nutrients, and livestock production.

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