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

41. Christensen, N. L. 1985. Vegetation response to burning and clipping in a 
         North Carolina coastal plain pocosin. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. 66:154-155. 
         (abstract only)

Reduction of phytomass by burning was compared with removal by clipping. Although individual species responded differently, the treated areas did not differ significantly after one growing season. After the second growing season, phytomass and leaf area index were significantly greater in the burned area. Thereafter, both measures declined significantly in the burned area but continued to increase steadily in the clipped area. Post-treatment changes in nutrients and microclimate are related to these observations. [From author's abstract]

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