Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

13. Auclair, A. N., A. Bouchard, and J. Pajaczkowski. 1973.  Plant composition 
         and species relationships on the Huntingdon Marsh, Quebec. Can. J. Bot. 
         51:1231-1247.

Emergent aquatic and sedge meadow communities were recognized. Disturbance related to chance perturbations, water depth, and the incidence of fire accounted for much of the variation in the sedge meadow community. Annual burning (presumably by local residents) maintains the meadows against invasion by shrubs, increases nutrient mineralization, and provides a pronounced change in albedo which permits earlier spring growth. [From authors' abstract]

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