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Author(s):
Bruce L. Welch
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Hot Topic(s):
Big Sagebrush Fire Ecology and Management
Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Wildlife
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Sage-grouse
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Ecosystem(s):
Sagebrush steppe, Lower montane/foothills/valley grassland

NRFSN number: 11090
FRAMES RCS number: 7911
Record updated:

Burned-over big sagebrush sites dominated by perennial grasses supported fewer species of birds and fewer total number of birds than sites of unburned big sagebrush sites.

Citation

Welch, Bruce L. 2002. Bird counts of burned versus unburned big sagebrush sites. Res. Note RMRS-RN-16. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 8 p.