Open AccessThe Effect of Fire on Bird and Small Mammal Communities in the Grasslands of Wind Cave National Park
Author(s) -
Jon Forde,
Norman Sloan
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1983.2391
Subject(s) - grassland , geography , vegetation (pathology) , national park , ecology , transect , population , census , wildlife , agroforestry , environmental science , biology , archaeology , medicine , demography , pathology , sociology
Specifically, the objectives of this research project were to: 1) Census burned and unburned grassland areas for breeding populations of birds and small mammals. Population censuses have been made on areas prescribed burned between 1973 and 1978 as well as the areas burned in the spring of 1981; 2) Analyze study transect vegetation to determine the impact of burning treatments on prairie vegetation and its relationship to bird and small mammal densities; 3) Provide usable management recommendations that will aid not only in vegetation maintenance but also with the animal populations associated with the grasslands.