Fire and forage quality: Postfire regrowth quality and pyric herbivory in subtropical grasslands of Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Fire is rampant throughout subtropical South and Southeast Asian grasslands. However, very little is known about the role of fire and pyric herbivory on the functioning of highly productive subtropical monsoon grasslands lying within the Cwa climatic region. We assessed the temporal effect of fire on postfire regrowth quality and associated pyric-herbivory in the subtropical monsoon grasslands of Bardia National Park, Nepal. Every year, grasslands are burned as a management intervention in the park, especially between March and May. Within a week after fire, at the end of March 2020, we established 60 m × 60 m plots within patches of burned grassland in the core area of the Park. We collected grass samples from the plots and determined physical and chemical properties of the vegetation at

SUBMITTER: Thapa SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006228 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature