Effects of Excessive Natural Mulch on Development, Yield, and Structure of Native Grassland

Authors

J. E. Weaver, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
N. W. Rowland

Date of this Version

9-1952

Comments

Published in Botanical Gazette, Vol. 114, No. 1 (Sep., 1952), pp. 1-19. Copyright 1952 The University of Chicago Press. Used by permission.

Abstract

Prairie vegetation is so universally mowed, grazed, or burned that little information has been recorded on its behavior under complete protection. Climax grassland, when grazed lightly or even moderately, may retain essentially its natural composition over extremely long periods (16, 18). But aside from observation there is little information upon the unusual and rare phenomenon of complete protection of grassland from disturbance over a considerable period of time.