Abstract
Post-fire rangeland management recommends rest from grazing to allow forage regrowth and litter accumulation. In the first year after wildfire in the mixed-grass Prairie, we examined forage and litter mass responses to variable timing of defoliation in burned and non-burned areas. Total forage biomass did not differ between burned and non-burned areas by the second growing season. The July defoliation in both burned and non-burned areas reduced total forage biomass. Litter mass was decreased by wildfire and was further reduced by all defoliation treatments.
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