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

130. Komarek, E. V. 1971. Effects of fire on wildlife and range habitats. Pages 
          46-52 in U.S. Forest Service, ed. Prescribed burning symposium 
          proceedings. Southeast. For. Exp. Stn., Asheville, N.C.

There is abundant evidence, both experimental and observational, that fire is essential in the management of wildlife and plants in southeastern pine forests, grasslands, and adjacent wetlands. Using the example of the northern bobwhite, the value of fire in maintaining the complex of habitat types needed by numerous species in the Southeast is illustrated. [K-L-S]

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