Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

162. Smith, E.F., and C.E. Owensby. 1973. Effects of fire on true prairie grasslands. Proc Tall Timbers Fire Ecol Conf 12:9-22.

Review of research on burning tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills, starting in 1918. History of burning and grazing in the area, response of dominant species to burning, and effects of fire on forage production and quality, soil temperature, fertility and moisture, and cattle gain. Results are often contradictory.

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