Some Effects of Wildfire on Adjacent Grazed and Ungrazed Western Kansas Mixed Prairie

Author

William Duane Harris, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Biology

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

A study of burned and unburned portions of grazed and ungrazed mixed prairie revealed a significant (p<.01) reduction in standing crop of grass on the ungrazed treatments whereas the reduction on the grazed treatments was not significant. Comparison of soil moisture on all treatments did not detect appreciable differences thus suggesting that the damaging effect of this wildfire was largely a function of the amount of fuel present at the time of the burn.

Keywords

Soil conservation, Kansas, Range management, Grassland fires, Prairies, Grazing

Advisor

Dr. Gerald Wayne Tomanek

Date of Award

Summer 1973

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/SUGX1272

Recommended Citation

Harris, William Duane, "Some Effects of Wildfire on Adjacent Grazed and Ungrazed Western Kansas Mixed Prairie" (1973). Master's Theses. 1451.
DOI: 10.58809/SUGX1272
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1451

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