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- Title
Preliminary Response of Herbaceous Plants to Biennial Burning Cycles Applied at Different Dates During the Growing Season.
- Authors
Rideout, Sandra; Rickard, James K.; Wade, Dale D.
- Abstract
The increase in acreage treated with growing-season fire during the past decade indicates that there has been increased interest in burning to enhance southern pine forest health and diversity. Information on how burn dates within the growing season can be manipulated to vary the mix of species is of practical importance. The objective of this study was to determine the response of herbaceous and woody plants to eight, 3-week treatment application windows during a biennial growing-season burn cycle at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Early results indicate environmental factors, particularly lack of precipitation, had a greater impact on vegetation than prescribed burning.
- Subjects
PLANTS; PRESCRIBED burning
- Publication
Natural Areas Journal, 2003, Vol 23, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0885-8608
- Publication type
Article