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- description: An average of roughly 10,000 ha of grasslands, primarily northern mixed-grass prairie, is treated annually with
prescribed fire on the U.S. Department of the Interior s National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) in the Dakotas and eastern Montana.
This management continues despite sparse information on effects of fire on wildlife, introduced and native plants, and wildlife-habitat
relationships in the northern mixed-grass prairie ecosystem. To address basic information gaps, we assessed direct and indirect,
short and long term impacts of fire or fire suppression on vegetation and wildlife population dynamics at 4 NWRs in northwestern
and north central North Dakota during 1997-2003; most work was conducted at Des Lacs NWR and J. Clark Salyer NWR. Funding
from the Joint Fire Science Program during the final 2 years of our work helped us expand the inferential value of our studies
while giving land managers a novel chance to more clearly identify opportunities and limitations with prescribed burning in
relation to the mission and goals of their respective NWRs. Our chief goals were to document effects of prescribed burning
of northern mixed-grass prairie on the abundance, productivity, and nest site selection of migratory birds especially grassland
songbirds; measure influences of major sources of woody fuels and habitat edges (e.g., woodland, cropland, wetland) on occurrences
and productivity of common bird species; and assess relationships between fire history and vegetation composition and structure
on several spatial and temporal scales. Our study area lies within a cool-season (C3)-dominated, needlegrass-wheatgrass (Stipa-Agropyron)
association. However, the contemporary prairie we studied on the NWRs is invaded by introduced, cool-season grasses and native
shrubs and trees, as are most other prairie tracts managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other conservation agencies
in the northern Great Plains region. We used 2 basic approaches to examine fire effects on vegetation and wildlife. First,
we designed short-term (<10 years) field experiments to test specific hypotheses regarding fire effects on vegetation structure,
plant community composition, and wildlife abundance and productivity. Secondly, we assessed long-term (60-100 years) changes
in plant communities associated with changes in fire disturbance regimes during and after settlement of the region by persons
of European descent. To address study objectives, we used standard methods to collect, analyze, and report data.; abstract:
An average of roughly 10,000 ha of grasslands, primarily northern mixed-grass prairie, is treated annually with prescribed
fire on the U.S. Department of the Interior s National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) in the Dakotas and eastern Montana. This management
continues despite sparse information on effects of fire on wildlife, introduced and native plants, and wildlife-habitat relationships
in the northern mixed-grass prairie ecosystem. To address basic information gaps, we assessed direct and indirect, short and
long term impacts of fire or fire suppression on vegetation and wildlife population dynamics at 4 NWRs in northwestern and
north central North Dakota during 1997-2003; most work was conducted at Des Lacs NWR and J. Clark Salyer NWR. Funding from
the Joint Fire Science Program during the final 2 years of our work helped us expand the inferential value of our studies
while giving land managers a novel chance to more clearly identify opportunities and limitations with prescribed burning in
relation to the mission and goals of their respective NWRs. Our chief goals were to document effects of prescribed burning
of northern mixed-grass prairie on the abundance, productivity, and nest site selection of migratory birds especially grassland
songbirds; measure influences of major sources of woody fuels and habitat edges (e.g., woodland, cropland, wetland) on occurrences
and productivity of common bird species; and assess relationships between fire history and vegetation composition and structure
on several spatial and temporal scales. Our study area lies within a cool-season (C3)-dominated, needlegrass-wheatgrass (Stipa-Agropyron)
association. However, the contemporary prairie we studied on the NWRs is invaded by introduced, cool-season grasses and native
shrubs and trees, as are most other prairie tracts managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other conservation agencies
in the northern Great Plains region. We used 2 basic approaches to examine fire effects on vegetation and wildlife. First,
we designed short-term (<10 years) field experiments to test specific hypotheses regarding fire effects on vegetation structure,
plant community composition, and wildlife abundance and productivity. Secondly, we assessed long-term (60-100 years) changes
in plant communities associated with changes in fire disturbance regimes during and after settlement of the region by persons
of European descent. To address study objectives, we used standard methods to collect, analyze, and report data.
Citation
- Title Final report, December 2005 : Prescribed fire for fuel reduction in northern mixed grass prairie : influence on habitat and
population dynamics of indigenous wildlife.
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