01368nas a2200181 4500008004100000245003800041210003800079260004600117300001100163520083700174653000901011100001801020700001601038700001801054700002401072700001801096856007201114 1990 eng d00aSmall mammals and grassland fires0 aSmall mammals and grassland fires aNorman, OKbUniversity of Okalahoma Press a46 -803 a
For study of fire effects, the general null hypothesis is that fire will have no impact on the population density of individual animal species. Any species that fails to change numerically due to fire would be classified as a fire-neutral species. Alternatively, a population that could exhibit either a positive or negative numerical response to fire. Such species we classify as fire-positive or fire-negative species, respectively. Most early work on animals and fire was aimed at describing these general population responses. However, understanding the structure and function of grasslands demands that we know patterns of population changes from prefire through a multiyear, post-fire period, rather than simply ascertaining whether species are fire- positve, fire-negative, or fire-neutral over a short postfire period
10afire1 aKaufman, D.W.1 aFinck, E.J.1 aKaufman, G.A.1 aCollins, Scott., L.1 aWallace, L.L. uhttp://lter.konza.ksu.edu/content/small-mammals-and-grassland-fires