Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

177. Towne, G., and C. Owensby. 1984. Long-term effects of annual burning at different dates in ungrazed Kansas tallgrass prairie. J Range Manag 37:392-397.

Effects of burning season (winter and early, mid, and late spring) on forage production, species composition, and basal cover in a tallgrass plot after 56 years of annual burning. Though confounded by procedural changes over time, results indicate that time of burning dictates vegetative response to fire.

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