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Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Wildlife
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Sage-grouse
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Fuels
Ecological - Second Order
Wildlife
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Sage-grouse
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Fuels
Ecosystem(s):
Sagebrush steppe, Lower montane/foothills/valley grassland
NRFSN number: 11090
FRAMES RCS Number: 7911
Record updated: May 24, 2018
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.