Effects of spring headfires and backfires on tall grass prairie
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Published source details
Bidwell T.G., Engle D.M. & Claypool P.L. (1990) Effects of spring headfires and backfires on tall grass prairie. Journal of Range Management, 43, 209-212.
Published source details Bidwell T.G., Engle D.M. & Claypool P.L. (1990) Effects of spring headfires and backfires on tall grass prairie. Journal of Range Management, 43, 209-212.
Summary
Prescribed burning is frequently used to manage North American prairie grasslands. This study compared responses of tallgrass prairie vegetation to late spring headfires and backfires on a moderately cattle-stocked shallow prairie at the Agronomy Research Range 15 km southwest of the city of Stillwater, Oklahoma (south-central USA).
The study area was grazed at a moderate stocking rate (2.4 AUM/ha) from mid-July to mid-November in 1985 and 1986, before treatment application in spring 1986 and 1987.
Headfires advanced about 2.7 km during a normal 6 h burning period; backfires only advanced about 0.2 km in 6 h.
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