Effects of prescribed fire timing on vigor of the invasive forb sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), total forage biomass accumulation, plant-community …

JA Alexander, WH Fick, SB Ogden… - Translational Animal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The predominant grazing-management practice of the Kansas Flint Hills involves annual
prescribed burning in March or April with postfire grazing by yearling beef cattle at a high …

Effects of prescribed fire timing on grazing performance of yearling beef cattle, forage biomass accumulation, and plant community characteristics on native tallgrass …

ZM Duncan, AJ Tajchman, MP Ramirez… - Translational Animal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Recent research demonstrated that mid-or late-summer prescribed fires can be employed to
manage sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) infestations in the Kansas Flint Hills. The …

Grassland bird and butterfly responses to sericea lespedeza control via late-season grazing pressure

S Ogden, DA Haukos, KC Olson, J Lemmon… - The American Midland …, 2019 - BioOne
Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) is a high-tannin, late-season invasive forb species
that reduces biodiversity in tallgrass prairie ecosystems. The largest tallgrass prairie …

Effects of late-season sheep grazing following early-season steer grazing on population dynamics of sericea lespedeza in the Kansas Flint Hills

JE Lemmon, WH Fick, JA Alexander… - Translational Animal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mature ewes were used in a 4-yr study to evaluate effects of intensive late-season sheep
grazing on vigor of sericea lespedeza in native tallgrass prairie. Pastures (N= 8; 31±3.6 ha) …

Botanical composition of yearling-steer and mature-ewe diets in the Kansas Flint Hills

CA Sowers, GA Gatson, JD Wolf, WH Fick… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Awareness of herbivore diet composition is an essential element of rangeland stewardship.
Objectives of our experiment were to characterize diet selection by yearling steers and …

A 6-yr evaluation of prescribed-fire timing on yearling cattle growth performance and plant community dynamics on native tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills

ZM Duncan, AJ Tajchman, J Lemmon… - Translational Animal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A 6-yr experiment was conducted to determine the effects of prescribed-fire season on
stocker cattle growth performance and rangeland plant community characteristics in the …

Restoration of tallgrass prairie degraded by the noxious weed sericea lespedeza

GA Gatson - 2018 - krex.k-state.edu
The largest intact remnant of the tallgrass prairie, the Flint Hills ecoregion, is currently under
threat from the invasive weed sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata [Dumont] G. Don; SL) …

Botanical composition of yearling steer diets in the Kansas Flint Hills

CA Sowers, JD Wolf, WH Fick… - Translational Animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
MATERIALS AND METHODS The Kansas State University Institutional Animal Care and
Use Committee reviewed and approved all animal handling and animal care practices used …

[PDF][PDF] A six-year evaluation of prescribed-fire timing on yearling cattle growth performance and plant community dynamics on native tallgrass prairie in the Kansas …

ZM Duncan, AJ Tajchman, J Lemmon… - … strategies for growing … - krex.k-state.edu
A six-year experiment was conducted to determine the effects of prescribed-fire season on
stocker cattle growth performance and rangeland plant community characteristics in the …

Botanical composition of mature ewe diets in the Kansas Flint Hills

CA Sowers, JD Wolf, WH Fick… - Translational Animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
MATERIALS AND METHODS The Kansas State University Institutional Animal Care and
Use Committee reviewed and approved all animal handling and animal care practices used …