Browsing by Subject "tallgrass prairie"
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Disturbance history and dynamics in forest and prairie communities
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Effects of Fire and Grazing Driven Heterogeneity on N Cycling in Tallgrass Prarie
(Oklahoma State University, 2005-07-01)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the combined interactive effect of fire and grazing on N availability in tallgrass prairie. To address this, data from recently burned, one year since fire, and two years since ... -
Landowners' perceptions of risk in grassland management: Woody plant encroachment and prescribed fire
(Resilience Alliance, 2014)Ecologists recognize that fire and herbivory are essential to maintaining habitat quality in grassland ecosystems. Prescribed fire and grazing are typically used on public reserves to increase biodiversity, improve grassland ... -
Pyric-carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires
(Wiley Open Access, 2017-11)Fire is a process that shaped and maintained most terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Changes in land use and patterns of human settlement have altered fire regimes and led to fire suppression resulting in numerous undesirable ... -
Restored Heterogeneity as a Conservation Strategy for Grassland Birds
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)Grasslands are inherently dynamic in space and time evolving with frequent disturbance from fire and herbivores. Throughout much of the world, grasslands have been converted and fragmented and many remaining grasslands ... -
Runoff and sediment response to mechanical removal of juniper and restoration of rangeland
(2020-12)This dissertation examines runoff and sediment responses to restoring woody plant encroached rangeland in the south-central Great Plains using the paired watershed approach, before-after control-impact (BACI) analysis, and ... -
Spatial heterogeneity increases diversity and stability in grassland bird communities
(Ecological Society of America, 2015)Grasslands are inherently dynamic in space and time, evolving with frequent disturbance from fire and herbivores. As a consequence of human actions, many remaining grasslands have become homogenous, which has led to reduced ... -
Tradeoff between water yield and biomass production associated with eastern redcedar encroachment into grassland ecosystems
(2019-12)Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) is encroaching tallgrass prairie ecosystems in the southern Great Plains disrupting multiple ecosystem services provided by these ecosystems. While not suitable for row crop production, ... -
Ungulate preference for burned patches reveals strength of fire-grazing interaction
(Wiley Open Access, 2011-08-12)The interactions between fire and grazing are widespread throughout fire-dependent landscapes. The utilization of burned areas by grazing animals establishes the fire-grazing interaction, but the preference for recently ...