Response of Birds, Small Mammals, and Vegetation to Burning Sacaton Grasslands in Southeastern Arizona
Bock CE and Bock JH. 1978. Response of Birds, Small Mammals, and Vegetation to Burning Sacaton Grasslands in Southeastern Arizona. Journal of Range Management. 31(4):296-300
A study of the impacts of fire on a ungrazed sacaton grassland community at the Research Ranch in southeastern Arizona. Two summer burns were followed through two post-fire growing seasons. A winter burn was studied through one post-fire growing season. Burning reduced the height and extent of sacaton grass(Sporobolus wrightii) itself, and stimulated growth of other grasses and forbs.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bock, Carl; Bock, Jane
- Units
- SAGU , SODN
- Keywords
- annuals, Arizona (Southeastern), bird response, Burning, Ecology (Fire), faunal analysis, Fire Effects, Herpetology (reproduction dispersal demographics behavior), Livestock, Mammalogy (reproduction dispersal demographics), Ornithology (Migration Dispersal Behavior), sacaton grassland, Santa Rita Mountains, small mammals response, Southeastern Arizona, Sporobolus, Vegetation response, wildlife population