Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

171. Tester, J.R., and W.H. Marshall. 1961. Study of certain plant and animal interrelations on a native prairie in northwestern Minnesota. Univ Minn Mus Nat Hist Occas Pap 8. 51 pp.

Spring burning, fall burning, grazing, and no treatment compared on selected vegetation parameters and populations of songbirds, small mammals, and insects in a tallgrass prairie. Community response was measured for two growing seasons after treatment. Almost all treatment effects on mammals, birds, and insects correlated most closely with variations in litter depth or cover. Tester and Marshall (1962) present additional data from this study.

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