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Evaluating Fire Temperatures During A Prescribed Burn Of A Restored Tallgrass Prairie, Taylor A. Fulton, Connor J. Gilmour, Titus J. Hendricks, Mark A. Gathany
Evaluating Fire Temperatures During A Prescribed Burn Of A Restored Tallgrass Prairie, Taylor A. Fulton, Connor J. Gilmour, Titus J. Hendricks, Mark A. Gathany
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Wildfire is recognized to have shaped the great prairies of the central US. While the vast majority of these grasslands have been lost there remain significant remnants as well as sites under active restoration. Prescribed fire is often used in these systems in order to maximize the success of the native grasses. Beginning in 1999 Cedarville University established a prairie restoration site and have used disturbances, such as fire, to maintain the system. Without this regular burn, the prairie would likely show decreased grass growth and increased growth of forb species. The Cedarville Prairie Restoration site has a variable topography, …
The Effects Of A Prescribed Burn On Small Mammals In An Ohio Tallgrass Prairie, Austin Bush, Randy Howell, Daniel Nordquist, Grace Revenaugh, Kortney Good, Chelsea Griffin, Abbie Belcher, Mark A. Gathany
The Effects Of A Prescribed Burn On Small Mammals In An Ohio Tallgrass Prairie, Austin Bush, Randy Howell, Daniel Nordquist, Grace Revenaugh, Kortney Good, Chelsea Griffin, Abbie Belcher, Mark A. Gathany
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Prescribed burning is used on prairies for increased prairie health and to manage the communities of organisms that rely on the prairie’s natural resources. Small mammals are also affected by the burning of prairies. Previous research by Chance in 1986 and Cook in 1950 has established that burning decreases the small mammal capture rates in the burned area because of the habitat loss and rapid change of habitat post-burn that stresses the animals and leads to lower reproductive levels (Chance, 1986). Other studies by Francl and Small also showed that small mammal populations did not return to pre-burn numbers even …