NREM 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Controlled Burn, Seedbed, Pedogenesis

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Natural Resource Ecology and Management
• Course: NREM 120
• Professor: Skrynnikova Lidia

Document Summary

Periodic prescribed burns can reduce accumulated fuel and prevent catastrophic fires; Minimize the spread of diseases and pests (e. g. brown-spot needle blight, mountain pine beetle); Slow the progress of forest succession, maintain desirable tree species; Promote new growth, improve the quality of livestock forage; Improve habitat for some species of wildlife (e. g. quail, deer); Can be used to control annual weeds, increase legumes, delay the growth of invading plants such as sweetgum and youpon; Improve habitat for some threatened and endangered species (e. g. kirtland"s warbler); Many ecosystems depend on fire, some plants have seeds that germinate only in response to fire; Provide training opportunity for fire fighters, can be educational tool for public. Risk of losing control, can threaten human lives and destroy property; Can harm wildlife, animals may try to find a new habitat which may not exist in the area;