DeByle, Norbert V.; Urness, Philip J.; Blank, Deborah L. 1989. Forage quality in burned 

 and unburned aspen communities. Res. Pap. INT-404. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Forest Sen/ice, Intermountain Research Station. 8 p. 



Selected forage species were sampled during the first and second summers after au- 

 tumn prescribed burning of three sites in southeastern Idaho. They were analyzed for in 

 vitro dry matter digestibility, protein, calcium, and phosphorus. This aspen type has a 

 highly nutritious understory. Burning further improved the quality of the selected species 

 only during the first postburn summer. Burning, however, changed species composition 

 from shrubs to an abundance of palatable and nutritious forbs. 



KEYWORDS: fire effects, crude protein, calcium, phosphorus, dry matter digestibility, 

 Idaho, wildlife habitat, prescribed fire 



