Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

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

199. Worcester, L.L. 1979. Effects of prescribed burning at different fuel moisture levels on vegetation and soils of grasslands in Wind Cave National Park. MS thesis, South Dakota State Univ, Brookings. 101 pp.

Small plot study examined the effects of fuel moisture on various vegetation and soil parameters during the first two growing seasons following late spring burning in three grassland communities in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Soil moisture and nutrient content, mulch layer, and vegetative growth rates, yield, and species composition are quantified. Fire behavior is described. Extensive bibliography and literature review.

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