Effects of Managed Fire on a Swale Grassland in the Chihuahuan Desert

Brandon T. Bestelmeyer; Laura M. Burkett; Leticia Lister

doi:10.1016/j.rala.2021.05.001

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Brandon T. Bestelmeyer,¹ Laura M. Burkett,¹ Leticia Lister¹

¹Authors are from: Supervisory Research Ecologist and Ecologist, Jornada Experimental Range, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Las Cruces, NM, USA (Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Laura M. Burkett); Supervisory Rangeland Management Specialist, Las Cruces Di

Abstract

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.

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Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Laura M. Burkett, and Leticia Lister "Effects of Managed Fire on a Swale Grassland in the Chihuahuan Desert," Rangelands 43(5), 181-184, (1 November 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.05.001

Published: 1 November 2021

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