Title:

Vegetation and fuels characteristics of four sites in the southern Great Plains: Pyric herbivory study

Author(s):

Starns, Heath D.; Elmore, R. Dwayne; Fuhlendorf, Samuel D.; Thacker, Eric T.; Hovick, Torre J.; Twidwell, Dirac L.

Publication Year:

2023

How to Cite:

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Starns, Heath D.; Elmore, R. Dwayne; Fuhlendorf, Samuel D.; Thacker, Eric T.; Hovick, Torre J.; Twidwell, Dirac L. 2023. Vegetation and fuels characteristics of four sites in the southern Great Plains: Pyric herbivory study. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0025

Abstract:

This data publication includes vegetation community composition, structure, and fuels characteristics collected from four sites across the southern Great Plains (Oklahoma and Texas). This large-scale experiment was established to compare prescribed fire treatments without grazing to those where grazing is allowed to interact through pyric herbivory at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, and Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken National Wildlife Refuge. The study involved sampling fire-only treatment patches of various time since fire, and fire/grazing patches with various time since fire as available. Field data were obtained between June of 2014 and August of 2016. Data include mean and maximum height of herbaceous and woody vegetation; highest points at which live and dead/dormant vegetation touched a wooden pole within sample plots; and Daubenmire percent cover of grass, forbs, shrubs, leaf litter, bare ground, 1-hour and 10-hour fuels.

Keywords:

biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Fire; Fire suppression, pre-suppression; Fire ecology; Prescribed fire; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Natural Resource Management & Use; Conservation; Range management & grazing; wildfire; fuels management; fuels reduction treatment; vegetation community; prairie-chickens; grasslands; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; Oklahoma; Texas; Great Plains; Tallgrass Prairie Preserve; Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area; Aransas National Wildlife Refuge; Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken National Wildlife Refuge

Related publications:

• Elmore, R. Dwayne; Bielski, Christine H.; Fuhlendorf, Samuel D.; Hovick, Torre J.; Starns, Heath D.; Thacker, Eric T.; Twidwell, Dirac L. 2017. Managing fuels while enhancing prairie-chicken habitat. JFSP Final Report. PROJECT ID: 13-1-06-8. Included in data publication download (\Supplements\13-1-06-8_final_report.pdf). https://www.firescience.gov/projects/13-1-06-8/project/13-1-06-8_final_report.pdf
• Starns, Heath D.; Fuhlendorf, Samuel D.; Elmore, R. Dwayne; Twidwell, Dirac L.; Thacker, Eric T.; Hovick, Torre J.; Luttbeg, Barney. 2019. Recoupling fire and grazing reduces wildland fuel loads on rangelands. Ecosphere. 10(1): e02578. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2578
• Starns, Heath D. 2017. Restoration of pyric herbivory impacts fuels management and prairie-chicken conservation in the Great Plains. PhD Dissertation. Stillwater, OK: Oklahoma State University. 105 p.
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