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Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants
Author(s): Kristin Zouhar; Jane Kapler Smith; Steve Sutherland; Matthew L. Brooks
Date: 2008
Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 355 p.
Publication Series: General Technical Report (GTR)
Station: Rocky Mountain Research Station
PDF: Download Publication (14.4 MB)Titles contained within Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants
Chapter 1: Fire and nonnative invasive plants-introduction
Chapter 2: Effects of fire on nonnative invasive plants and invasibility of wildland ecosystems
Chapter 3: Plant invasions and fire regimes
Chapter 4: Use of fire to manage populations of nonnative invasive plants
Chapter 5: Fire and nonnative invasive plants in the Northeast bioregion
Chapter 6: Fire and nonnative invasive plants in the Southeast bioregion
Chapter 7: Fire and nonnative invasive plants in the Central bioregion
Chapter 8: Fire and nonnative invasive plants in the Interior West bioregion
Chapter 9: Fire and nonnative invasive plants in the Southwest Coastal bioregion
Chapter 10: Fire and nonnative invasive plants in the Northwest Coastal bioregion
Chapter 11: Fire and nonnative invasive plants in the Hawaiian Islands bioregion
Chapter 12: Gaps in scientific knowledge about fire and nonnative invasive plants
Chapter 13: Effects of fuel and vegetation management activities on nonnative invasive plants
Chapter 14: Effects of fire suppression and postfire management activities on plant invasions
Chapter 15: Monitoring the effects of fire on nonnative invasive plant species
Chapter 16: Fire and nonnative plants-summary and conclusions
Description
This state-of-knowledge review of information on relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants can assist fire managers and other land managers concerned with prevention, detection, and eradication or control of nonnative invasive plants. The 16 chapters in this volume synthesize ecological and botanical principles regarding relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants, identify the nonnative invasive species currently of greatest concern in major bioregions of the United States, and describe emerging fire-invasive issues in each bioregion and throughout the nation. This volume can help increase understanding of plant invasions and fire and can be used in fire management and ecosystem-based management planning. The volume's first part summarizes fundamental concepts regarding fire effects on invasions by nonnative plants, effects of plant invasions on fuels and fire regimes, and use of fire to control plant invasions. The second part identifies the nonnative invasive species of greatest concern and synthesizes information on the three topics covered in part one for nonnative invasives in seven major bioregions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Central, Interior West, Southwest Coastal, Northwest Coastal (including Alaska), and Hawaiian Islands. The third part analyzes knowledge gaps regarding fire and nonnative invasive plants, synthesizes information on management questions (nonfire fuel treatments, postfire rehabilitation, and postfire monitoring), summarizes key concepts described throughout the volume, and discusses urgent management issues and research questions.Publication Notes
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Citation
Zouhar, Kristin; Smith, Jane Kapler; Sutherland, Steve; Brooks, Matthew L. 2008. Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 355 p.Cited
Keywords
ecosystem, fire effects, fire management, fire regime, fire severity, fuels, grass/fire cycle, invasibility, invasiveness, monitoring, nonnative species, plant communityRelated Search
- Chapter 16: Fire and nonnative plants-summary and conclusions
- Chapter 12: Gaps in scientific knowledge about fire and nonnative invasive plants
- Chapter 2: Effects of fire on nonnative invasive plants and invasibility of wildland ecosystems
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