Small mammals in tall-grass prairie: Patterns associated with grazing and burning
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Authors: B. K. Clark, D. W. Kaufman, E. J. Finck, and G. A. Kaufman
Date: 1989
Journal: Prairie Naturalist
Volume: 21
Number: 4
Pages: 177-184
Summary of Methods: Clark et al. concluded that a mixture of burning and grazing can be beneficial, but also damaging to small rodent species. Burning decreases ground litter which can favor open spaces for certain mice species, but inhibits species such as voles who use that litter for cover. Ungrazed and unburned patches have just the opposite effects as a burned patch; favoring the voles and shrews and decreasing mouse habitat potential.
Article Summary / Main Points: None
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Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones Rangelands Wildlife
Article Review Type: Refereed
Article Type: Experimental Research
Keywords: ground liter, cover, habitat, konza prairie
Annotation: Authors used three experimental treatments: burned/ungrazed, unburned/ungrazed and unburned/grazed; a burned/grazed site was not available in the study area.
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