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Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

138. Peet, M., R. Anderson, and M.S. Adams. 1975. Effects of fire on big bluestem production. Am Midl Nat 94:15-26.

Photosynthetic rates and net productivity of big bluestem relative to microclimatic variables (leaf, air, and soil temperature, total and reflected radiation, relative humidity) in burned and unburned prairie. Study identifies mechanisms by which spring burning increases productivity of tallgrass prairie.

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