Oklahoma State University

Journal Articles

• Bidwell, T.G., and D.M. Engle. 1992. Relationship of fire behavior to tallgrass prairie herbage production. J. Range Manage. 45:579-584.
• Bidwell, T.G. and D.M. Engle. 1991. Behavior of headfires and backfires on tallgrass prairie. p. 344 350. In:  S. C. Nodvin and T. A. Waldrop (eds.), Fire and the environment:  ecological and cultural perspectives:  Proceedings of an international symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69.  U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station.
• Bidwell, T.G., D.M. Engle, and P.L. Claypool. 1990. Effects of spring headfires and backfires on tallgrass prairie. J. Range Manage. 43:209-212.
• Bodine, T.N., H.T. Purvis II, and D.M. Engle. 2001. Response of Old World and Little Bluestem to a spring prescribed fire. Animal Science Research Report P-986, Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University. No page numbers.
• Boyd, C.S. and T.G. Bidwell. 2002. Effects of prescribed fire on shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) plant communities in western Oklahoma. Restoration Ecology 10(2):324-333.
• Boyd, C.S., and T.G. Bidwell. 2001. Influence of prescribed fire on lesser prairie-chicken habitat in shinnery oak communities in western Oklahoma. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 29(3): 938-947.
• Boyd, C.S., L.T. Vermeire, T.G. Bidwell, and R.L. Lochmiller. 2001. Nutritional quality of shinnery oak buds and catkins in response to burning or herbivory. The Southwestern Naturalist 46(3): 295-301.
• Engle, D.M., T.N. Bodine, and J.F. Stritzke. 2006. Woody plant community in the cross timbers over two decades of brush treatments. Rangeland Ecology & Management 59:153-162.
• Engle, D.M. and T.G. Bidwell. 2001. Viewpoint: The response of central North American prairies to seasonal fire. J. Range Manage. 54:2-10.
• Engle, D.M. and J.R. Weir. 2000. Grassland fire effects on corroded barbed wire. Journal of Range Management 53:611-613.
• Engle, D.M., R.L. Mitchell, and R.L. Stevens. 1998. Late growing-season fire effects in mid succesional tallgrass prairies. Journal Range Manage. 51:115-121.
• Engle, D.M., J.R. Weir, D.L. Gay, and B.P. Dugan. 1998. Grassland fire effects on barbed wire. Journal of Range Management 51:621-624.
• Engle, D.M., T.G. Bidwell, and R.A. Masters. 1996. Restoring cross timbers ecosystems with fire. Pages 190-199. In: Transactions of the 61st North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference.
• Engle, D.M., and J.F. Stritzke. 1995. Fire behavior and fire effects on eastern redcedar in hardwood leaf litter fires. International Journal of Wildland Fire 5:135-141.
• Engle, D.M., J.F. Stritzke, T.G. Bidwell, and P.L. Claypool. 1993. Late-summer fire and follow-up herbicide treatments in tallgrass prairie. J. Range Manage. 46:542-547.
• Engle, D.M. and J.F. Stritzke.  1991. Fire-herbicide systems for manipulating juniper. p. 397-401. In:  S.C. Nodvin and T. A. Waldrop (eds.), Fire and the environment:  ecological and cultural perspectives: Proceedings of an international symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69.  U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station.
• Engle, D.M., J.F. Stritzke, and F.T. McCollum. 1991. Vegetation management in the cross timbers: Response of understory vegetation to herbicides and burning. Weed Technology 5:406-410.
• Engle, D.M., T.G. Bidwell, J.F. Stritzke, and D. Rollins. 1990. Atrazine and burning in tallgrass prairie infested with prairie threeawn. J. Range Manage. 43:424-427.
• Engle, D.M. 1988. Burning costs in Oklahoma rangelands. Rangelands.  10:135-137.
• Engle, D.M., J.F. Stritzke, and P.L. Claypool. 1988. Effect of paraquat plus prescribed burning on eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana). Weed Technology 2:172-174.
• Engle, D.M., J.F. Stritzke, and F.T. McCollum. 1987. Brush management on the Cross Timbers Experimental Range. II. Herbaceous plant responses. Miscellaneous publication -119, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University. p. 103-109.
• Ewing, A.L., and D.M. Engle. 1988. Effects of late summer fire on tallgrass prairie microclimate and community composition. American Midland Naturalist 120:212-223.
• Gillen, R.L., D. Rollins, and J.F. Stritzke. 1987. Atrazine, spring burning, and nitrogen for improvement of tallgrass prairie. Journal of Range Management 40:444-447.
• Harrel, W.C., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and T.G. Bidwell. 2001. Effects of prescribed fire on sand shinnery oak communities. J. Range Manage. 54:685-690
• Jones, B., S.F. Fox, D.M. Leslie, Jr., D.M. Engle, and R.L. Lochmiller.  2000.  Herpetofaunal responses to brush management with herbicide and fire.  Journal of Range Management 53:154-158.
• Leslie, D.M., Jr., R.B. Soper, R.L. Lochmiller, and D.M. Engle.  1996.  Habitat use by white-tailed deer on cross timbers rangeland following brush management.  Journal of Range Management 49:401-406.
• Lochmiller, R.L., J.F. Boggs, S.T. McMurry, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and D.M. Engle.  1991.  Response of cottontail rabbit populations to herbicide and fire applications on cross timbers rangeland.  Journal of Range Management 44:150-155.
• Lochmiller, R.L., D.G. Pietz, S.T. McMurry, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and D.M. Engle.  1995.  Alterations in condition of cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) on rangelands following brush management. Journal of Range Management 48:232-239.
• McMurry, S.T, R.L. Lochmiller, J.F. Boggs, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and D.M. Engle. 1993. Woodrat population dynamics following modification of resource availability. American Midland Naturalist 129:248-256.
• McMurry, S.T., R.L. Lochmiller, J.F. Boggs, D.M. Leslie, and D.M. Engle.  1993.  Opportunistic foraging of eastern woodrats (Neotoma floridana) in manipulated habitats.  American Midland Naturalist 130:325-337.
• McMurry, S.T., R.L. Lochmiller, J.F. Boggs, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and D.M. Engle.  1994.  Demographic profiles of populations of cotton rats in a continuum of habitat types.  Journal of Mammalogy 75:50-59.
• McMurry, S. T., R. L. Lochmiller, J. F. Boggs, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and D. M. Engle. 1996. Demography and condition of populations of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in late and early successional habitats. Journal of Mammalogy 77:335-345.
• Peitz, D.G., R.L. Lochmiller, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and D.M. Engle.  1997.  Protein quality of cottontail rabbit forages following rangeland disturbance.  Journal of Range Management 50:450-458.
• Roberts, K. W., D. M. Engle, and J.R. Weir. 1999. Weather constraints to scheduling prescribed burns. Rangelands 21:6-7.
• Soper, R.B., R.L. Lochmiller, D.M. Leslie, and D.M. Engle.  1993.  Condition and diet quality of white tailed deer in response to vegetation management in central Oklahoma.  Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 73:53-61.
• Sparks, J.C., R.E. Masters, D.M. Engle, and G.A. Bukenhofer. 2002. Season of burn influences fire behavior and fuel comsumption in restored shortleaf pine-grassland communities. Restoration Ecology 10:714-722.
• Stritzke, J.F., D.M. Engle, and F.T. McCollum.  1991.  Vegetation management in the cross timbers: Response of woody species to herbicides and burning.  Weed Technology 5:400-405.

Theses/Dissertations

• Bidwell, Terrence G.  1988.  Fire behavior and fire effects on tallgrass prairie.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University.  57 p.
• Masters, R.E. 1991. Effects of timber harvest and prescribed fire on wildlife habitat and use in the Ouachita Mountains of eastern Oklahoma. Ph.D. Thesis. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 351 p.
• Boyd, C.S. 1999. The effects of burning season and frequency on the vegetative characteristics and insect abundance of Sand Shinnery Oak range in western Oklahoma. PhD. Dissertation. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, OK.
• Harrell, Wade C. 2000. Effects of prescribed fire on habitat structure of sand shinnery communities. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 73 p.
• Woodward, Alan J.W. A landscape-level evaluation of the Lesser Prairie chicken. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 68 p.
• Twidwell, Dirac. 2006. Extreme fire and fuel limitations drive fire effects in Juniperus woodland. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 72 p.  
• Nelson, Ken D. 2006. Effects of fire, herbicides and grazing on Cross Timbers. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 34 p.
• Allred, Brady W. 2008. Plants, grazing, and fire in Tallgrass Prairie. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 75 p.

Extension Publications

• Using Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma. E-927
• Fire Effects in Native Plant Communities. F-2877
• Fire Prescriptions for Maintenance and Restoration of Native Plant Communities. F-2878
• Fire Myths and Facts. L-321
• Prescribed Fire Associations. F-2880
• Management After Wildfire. F-2881
• Eastern Redcedar Control and Management. F-2876
• Best Management Practices for Controlling Eastern Redcedar. E-988
• Eastern Redcedar as a Hazardous Fuel. L-318
• Control of Eastern Redcedar. L-319
• Biology, Ecology, and History of Eastern Redcedar. L-320