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Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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


136. Owensby, C.E., and J.B. Wyrill III. 1973. Effects of range burning on Kansas Flint Hills soil. J Range Manage 26:185-188.

Effects of long-term, annual, winter and spring burning, with and without grazing, on grassland soil chemistry. Soil cores (surface to 1.22 m) were analyzed for pH, organic matter, Ca, Mg, N, P, and K. Bulk density of the upper 7.6 cm of soil was used to determine effects of fire on physical soil properties.


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