Guidelines for prescribed burning sagebrush-grass rangelands in the northern Great Basin

Stephen C. Bunting; Bruce M. Kilgore; Charles L. Bushey

doi:10.2737/INT-GTR-231

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Guidelines for prescribed burning sagebrush-grass rangelands in the northern Great Basin

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Stephen C. Bunting, Bruce M. Kilgore, Charles L. Bushey

Year:

1987

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-231

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-231. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 33 p.

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Abstract

Summarizes recent literature on the effects of fire on sagebrush-grass vegetation. Also outlines procedures and considerations for planning and conducting prescribed fires and monitoring effects. Includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography of the fire-sagebrush-grass literature published since 1980.

Keywords

vegetation monitoring, prescribed fire, management planning, fire effects

Citation

Bunting, Stephen C.; Kilgore, Bruce M.; Bushey, Charles L. 1987. Guidelines for prescribed burning sagebrush-grass rangelands in the northern Great Basin. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-231. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 33 p.