Title

Vegetation and Avian Response to Prescribed Fire on Glade Habitats in the Missouri Ozarks.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Publication Title

The American Midland Naturalist

Abstract

Due to fire suppression and land use changes, Missouri glade habitats have undergone long-term declines in area and function leading to consequent declines in many bird species that rely on these habitats. We examined breeding bird species composition and vegetation community composition on three glade sites undergoing restoration with prescribed fire and compared them to three unbumed glade sites and three unbumed forest sites. Although we documented subtle changes in vegetation characteristics in response to prescribed fire, important structural characteristics, such as canopy cover (>55% at all study sites) and grass cover (

Volume

165

Issue

1

First Page

91

Last Page

104

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-165.1.91

ISSN

1938-4238

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