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Season of burning and tallgrass prairie vegetation dynamics

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The vegetation patterns and succession of Great Plains grasslands are structured largely by fire. We can see how important fire is to these grasslands by its exclusion, in as little as 40 years tallgrass prairie without fire can become a woodland.

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Future Direction of Fire in the Great Plains

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An open discussion from the Fire Summit 2016 moderated by John Wier and Bryan Hays.

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Wildlife Habitat and Fire

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A presentation by Jeff Pennington from the Fire Summit 2016.

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National Prescribed Fire Outlook & Policy Update

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A presentation by Chuck Stanley at the Fire Summit 2016.

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What’s going on in glade soil: effects of edge and fire on mycorrhizae

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Alice Tipton described her research in glades relating mycorrhizae to fire and plant productivity.

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Fire alters emergence of invasive plant species from soil surface-deposited seeds

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Japanese brome, Russian knapweed, spotted knapweed, and leafy spurge are invasive, non-native weeds in the northern prairies of the central United States. Because they reproduce by seed, destroying the seed with fire may be one way to control these plants. Knowing the fire characteristics that will kill the seeds is important to using this method of control.

2017-11

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Historical wildfires do not promote cheatgrass invasion in a western Great Plains steppe

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The invasive species cheatgrass, Bromus tectorum, has been linked to increased fire frequency, reduced livestock weight gains and plant diversity, and degraded wildlife habitat in the Intermountain region of the western United States.

2017-10

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Controls over the strength and timing of fire-grazer interactions in a semi-arid rangeland.

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2017-09

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Grasshopper responses to fire and postfire grazing in the Northern Great Plains

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Grasshoppers in the northern Great Plains periodically experience population outbreaks. While insecticides are available to help control these outbreaks, prescribed burning and livestock grazing, alone or in combination, may offer range managers another method of control.

2017-08

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Patch burn grazing in a semi-arid grassland: consequences for pronghorn, plains pricklypear, and wind erosion

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Patch burn grazing management is prescribed burning and grazing practice that allows livestock and wildlife to select a diet from both burned and unburned vegetation. Differences in forage quality between the burned and unburned areas can affect where animals graze.

2012-07

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