Final report: Restoration of Fender’s blue butterfly and its prairie ecosystem: Management applications of fire to Baskett Slough NWR

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Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/cn69m9200

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Creator	Wilson, Mark V. Clark, Deborah Louise, 1950-
Abstract	We tested the recolonization ability of the Fender’s blue butterfly and monitored the vegetation response to a management-scale prescribed fire at the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge, western Oregon. The prescribed fire successfully cut shrub cover in half, but also reduced the size of Festuca roemeri, a dominant native grass. Although the fire killed all Fender’s blue butterfly larvae, as expected, adult females were able to recolonize the burned area from a nearby, unburned patch. These results support predictions that the Fender’s blue butterfly can recolonize burned areas for a distance of at least 100 m. Keywords: Upland prairie, Lupinus sulphureus subp. Kindaidii, Habitiat restoration, Lupinus oreganus subsp. Kincaidii, Threatened species, Kincaid's lupine, Endangered species, Native species, Habitat management, Willamette River Valley (Or.), Mowing, Native prairie, Fire, Fender's blue butterfly, Conservation, Icaricia icarioides fenderi
Resource Type	Technical Report
Date Issued	2000-09-15
Academic Affiliation	Botany and Plant Pathology College of Science
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Oregon Natural Heritage Program
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
File Extent	8 pages
Additional Information	Submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Oregon Natural Heritage Program. USWS Contract Numbers 1448-13590-97-J139 and 13590-7-J206.

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