Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

192. White, A.S. 1983. Effects of 13 years of annual prescribed burning on a Quercus ellipsoidalis community in Minnesota. Ecology 64:1081-1085.

Burned and unburned plots were compared after 13 years of spring burning designed to return the study area to oak savanna structure. Parameters included overstory density and basal area, shrub cover, and understory composition and richness. Data are included on individual species' response to burning. Results indicate a gradual return to savanna, but apparent fire tolerance of large trees may preclude complete restoration.

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