http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/7578831

Response of a Muhlenbergia prairie to repeated burning changes in above-ground biomass

Muhlenbergia prairie (characterized by the co-dominance of the clump-forming grass Muhlenbergia filipes and small plants of the rhizomatous sedge, Cladium jamaicense) is an essential plant community in the Taylor Slough region of Everglades National Park, FL. Because it occupies higher ground than any other prairie in the Everglades, it is often burned. A fire ecology study was conducted to investigate the effects of repeated boundary burns on the prairie's structure and vegetative composition. Results of the first six-year cycle of the experiment's impact on the prairie's above ground biomass (fuel load) are discussed.

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