Effects of planned grazing and burning to restore tallgrass species in old-field sites under drought conditions in Texas Blackland Prairie
| Autor: | R. Freiheit, Kenneth Steigman, Steven L. Dowhower, W. Richard Teague |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Ecology food and beverages 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Ecological succession Vegetation Herbaceous plant 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Agronomy Grazing 040103 agronomy & agriculture Plant species 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Animal Science and Zoology Old field Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 306:107195 |
| ISSN: | 0167-8809 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.agee.2020.107195 |
| Popis: | We examined if reintroduction of grazing with or without burning would enhance succession towards native prairie vegetation on previously over-seeded old-field tallgrass prairie subjected to mowing or burning. We hypothesized that returning grazing and fire to these seeded and old-field sites would change establishment and competitive relationships among plant species to benefit fire-tolerant prairie species. Grazing and burning had neutral effects on native prairie species on the previously seeded and unseeded sites over a study period that experienced 70 % of normal precipitation. Herbaceous group categories included old-field grasses, seeded tallgrasses, other grasses ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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