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| DOI: | 10.2307/2423975 |
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| Web URL(s): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2423975.pdf?acceptTC=true
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Zedler, Joy;
Loucks, Orie L. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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| Title: | Differential burning response of Poa pratensis fields and Andropogon scoparius prairies in central Wisconsin |
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| Source: | American Midland Naturalist. Vol. 81, No. 2, April 1969, p. 341-352. |
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| Publishing Information: | Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame |
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| # of Pages: | 12 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Comparisons; Field burning; Growth promoters; Native grasses; Poa pratensis; Prairie soils; Schizachyrium scoparium
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The Buena Vista Marsh on the central Wisconsin sand plains was converted from sedge meadow and tamarack on peat to agricultural uses by drainage and peat fires 50 years ago. Today, the exposed sandy soils support a cover of predominantly bluegrass. Periodic burning is being used on a small scale to maintain conditions favorable for the only major remaining population of prairie chickens in Wisconsin. This study investigates the differences in response to fire of (i) bluegrass and (ii) a cover native prairie vegetation, both considered on ridges and depressions within the gentle topography. Unlike the results reported by several authors, these studies show that on favorable sites bluegrass density and fruiting can be greatly stimulated. The native grass, little bluestem, is not always favored by burning; on ridge sites no increase in standing crop occurred with burning. It is concluded that the burning has a highly desirable effect on the dry-matter production of prairie species on mesic sites, is detrimental to bluegrass on dry sites, and creates a favorable open habitat for the spread and establishment of drought-tolerant native species on the extreme ridge sites." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 14 |
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| Note: | Tables
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Zedler, J., and O. L. Loucks. 1969. Differential burning response of Poa pratensis fields and Andropogon scoparius prairies in central Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist. 81(2):p. 341-352. |
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| DOI: 10.2307/2423975 |
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