01341nas a2200133   4500008004100000245010500041210006900146300001100215490000700226520081600233653001901049100001701068856012201085       1988                        eng d00aEffects of prescribed fire on woody vegetation in a gallery forest understory in northeastern Kansas0 aEffects of prescribed fire on woody vegetation in a gallery fore  a63 -700 v913 a<p>Woody vegetation in the understory of a gallery forest dominated by large bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) trees in eastern Kansas was surveyed before (1983) and after two years of annual prescribed burning in April (1984 and 1985). Elm (Ulmus spp.) was the dominant reproduction on the area before burning and increased after burning because of prolific basal sprouting. Five rarer species, including bur oak and chinquapin oak (Q. muehlenbergii), were recorded in 1983 or 1984, but were absent in 1985. Sapling density averaged 1200 per ha prior to burning in 1983 and 0.0 after burning in 1984 and 1985. Total shrub cover significantly decreased from 59.9 percent in 1983 to 9.5 percent in 1985, as a result of decreases in buckbrush (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) and rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii)</p>10agallery forest1 aAbrams, M.D.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/effects-prescribed-fire-woody-vegetation-gallery-forest-understory-northeastern-kansas