Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

278. Vogl, R. J. 1964. The effects of fire on a muskeg in northern Wisconsin.  
          J. Wildl. Manage. 28:317-329.

A prescribed burn produced a conversion or retrogression from conifer swamp dominated by trees to open sphagnum bog or muskeg dominated by sedges and ericaceous shrubs in north-central Wisconsin. The muskeg may be changed further to northern sedge meadows, dominated by sedges and supporting a minimum of woody vegetation. Such meadows are more desirable than other successional stages because they allow the greatest movement, feeding, and nesting of game birds. Fire also improved game habitat by reducing the "rough" of woody and nonwoody plants, stimulating new and palatable growth, and increasing fruit and seed production. [From author's abstract]

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