Browsing OSU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Subject "tallgrass prairie"

Now showing items 1-4 of 4

    • Landowners' perceptions of risk in grassland management: Woody plant encroachment and prescribed fire 

      Harr, Ryan N.; Wright Morton, Lois; Rusk, Shannon R.; Engle, David M.; Miller, James R.; Debinski, Diane (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 

      Hovick, Torre J.; McGranahan, Devan A.; Elmore, R. Dwayne; Weir, John R.; Fuhlendorf, Samuel Dean (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 ...

    • Spatial heterogeneity increases diversity and stability in grassland bird communities 

      Hovick, Torre J.; Elmore, R. Dwayne; Fuhlendorf, Samuel Dean; Engle, David M.; Hamilton, Robert G. (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 ...

    • Ungulate preference for burned patches reveals strength of fire-grazing interaction 

      Allred, Brady W.; Fuhlendorf, Samuel Dean; Engle, David M.; Elmore, R. Dwayne (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 ...