Title | Effects of managed fire on a swale grassland in the Chihuahuan Desert |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Bestelmeyer BT, Burkett LM, Lister L |
Journal | Rangelands |
Pagination | 1-4 |
Date Published | 07/27/2021 |
ARIS Log Number | 383464 |
Keywords | ecological site descriptions, prescribed fire, state and transition models, vegetation monitoring |
Abstract | On the Ground • Fire is considered a critical process for limiting shrub encroachment and maintaining grassland structure and functions. • Fire can be detrimental to grasses in upland settings of arid desert grasslands, but no studies have been performed in more productive swale grasslands. • Monitoring of a prescribed fire treatment in a swale grassland in southern New Mexico indicated that perennial grasses had not recovered after 5 years, even with above-average rainfall. Furthermore, indicators of erosion susceptibility increased, and shrubs resprouted rapidly. |
URL | files/bibliography/21-022.pdf |
DOI | 10.1016/j.rala.2021.05.001 |