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Sand Plum in Oklahoma: Small Mammal Occupancy and the Acute Effects of Prescribed Fire
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-05-01)
I collected stem density estimates in plum thickets using two methods to identify the relation between the two, trapped small mammals in and outside of plum thickets to determine what species occupy plum and what influencing ...
Distribution of resprouting woody plants and the effect of fire on vegetation types in the Southern Great Plains
(2021-07)
The effects of soil, topography, and fire on woody plant distribution and extent has been studied over numerous systems; however, most literature has focused individually on these influencing variables at single sites. In ...
Long-term Prescribed Fire Does Not Alter Litter Decomposition and Bioavailable Nitrogen in Xeric Oak Forests
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-12-01)
The Cross Timbers is a patchwork of grassland, savanna, and xeric oak forest that stretch across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Historically a pyric ecosystem, burning of the Cross Timbers became infrequent. Currently, land ...
Native Legumes Versus Lespedeza cuneata: Implications for Ecosystem Services
(2019-07)
Grasslands are the most threatened ecosystem worldwide due to habitat fragmentation and alteration, which have contributed to the spread of invasive plants. Fire is historically important in maintaining grasslands, and can ...
Patch-burning in Mixed Grass Prairie: Animal Use of Riparian Areas and Effects on Plant Species Richness
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
Riparian areas comprise a minor portion of rangelands, but are environmentally sensitive areas with potential for high biological diversity. Livestock preferentially graze riparian areas, under traditional grazing management ...
Effects of prescribed fire on wetland ecological communities
(2020-08)
1. Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program restorations in Oklahoma have become overrun by a native invasive species, Carex hyalinolepis, creating a structurally homogeneous condition with decreased plant diversity. We ...
Effect of Fire and Habitat Interaction on Arthropod Forage for Northern Bobwhite Broods
(2019-07)
Arthropods are abundant and diverse animals that dominate many terrestrial food webs and provide important ecosystem functions. Northern bobwhite (Galliformes, Colinus virginianus) chicks and reproducing hens require high ...
Oklahoma's Prescribed Burn Associations: Social capital's application and solutions
(2019-12)
Over the past millennia anthropogenic changes to natural environments have compounded into problematic and devastating effects. Among these problems are the increased presence of wildfires and loss of historical grassland ...
Analyzing Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) Management Practices and the Importance of Forbs in the Diet of Cattle and Bison on Tallgrass Prairie
(2019-05-01)
Managing an invasive species while simultaneously preserving native plant diversity can be a challenge and species invasions are best understood when they are studied at multiple spatiotemporal scales. Using two large, ...
Avian responses to fire frequency in the Oklahoma Cross Timbers
(2018-05)
Disturbance in the form of fire is an important ecological process. The presence or long term absence of fire is an important determinant of forest vegetative cover by mediating regeneration, tree establishment, and canopy ...