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

161. Matta, J. F., and C. L. Clouse. 1972. The effect of periodic burning on 
          marshland insect populations. Va. J. Sci. 23:113. (Abstract only)

Deliberate burning of coastal wetlands in Virginia is common, although ecological effects of this practice are largely unknown. Sweep net collections at 2-week intervals from 6 island sites representative of 4 burning situations at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA, indicated that the occurrence of the majority of adult forms found on the islands was not significantly affected by burning. The principal insect herbivore, a meadow katydid Conocephalus sp. (Fam. Tettigoniidae)] did show significant differences in numbers between island sites, however, with fewer numbers at recently burned sites. [From authors' abstract]

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