Skip to Main Content
U.S. Forest Service
Caring for the land and serving people

United States Department of Agriculture

Home > Search

Show/Hide Search Form

Date Range:
rss feed Subscribe to R&D Publications recently added to Treesearch - RSS feedMore RSS options

Displaying 1 - 4 of 4
Records Per Page:
Sort By:

  1. Cheating cheatgrass: New research to combat a wily invasive weed

    Cheatgrass and its cousin, red brome, are exotic annual grasses that have invaded and altered ecosystem dynamics in more than 41 million acres of desert shrublands between the Rockies and the Cascade-Sierra chain. A fungus naturally associated with these Bromus species has been found lethal to the plants' soil-banked dormant seeds. Supported by the Joint Fire...

    Author(s):
    Gail Wells
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    cheatgrass, red brome, Bromus species, exotic
    Source:
    Fire Science Digest. 13(May): 1-8.

  2. Nonmarket resource valuation in the postfire environment

    After the containment of large wildland fires, major onsite and downstream effects including lost soil productivity, watershed response, increased vulnerability to invasive weeds, and downstream sedimentation can cause threats to human life and property. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams are responsible for developing treatment plans to mitigate negative...

    Author(s):
    David Calkin; Greg Jones; Kevin Hyde
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    nonmarket valuation, postfire environment, Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)
    Source:
    Journal of Forestry. 106(6): 305-310.

  3. Effects of nitrogen availability and cheatgrass competition on the establishment of Vavilov Siberian wheatgrass

    Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is the most widespread invasive weed in sagebrush ecosystems of North America. Restoration of perennial vegetation is difficult and land managers have often used introduced bunchgrasses to restore degraded sagebrush communities. Our objective was to evaluate the potential of 'Vavilov' Siberian wheatgrass (Agropyron fragile [...

    Author(s):
    Monica B. Mazzola; Kimberly G. Allcock; Jeanne C. Chambers; Robert R. Blank; Eugene W. Schupp; Paul S. Doescher; Robert S. Nowak
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    Bromus tectorum, invasion, nitrate, rangeland restoration, sagebrush steppe, sucrose addition
    Source:
    Rangeland Ecology and Management. 61(5): 475-484.

  4. Spatio-temporal heterogeneity and habitat invasibility in sagebrush steppe ecosystems

    Bromus tectorum L. (cheatgrass) is the most widespread invasive weed in sagebrushsteppe ecosystems. Invasion by Bromus tectorum produces large-scale changes ecosystem that negatively affect seedling establishment processes. Establishment of invasive and native species plays a key role in determining community invasibility and restoration potential. This study examined...

    Author(s):
    Monica B. Mazzola
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    Bromus tectorum L., cheatgrass, heterogeneity, habitat invasibility, sagebrush steppe
    Source:
    Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno. 148 p. Dissertation.
Show More
Show Fewer
Total Publications in Treesearch: 55,816

Show More
Show Fewer
Jump to Top of Page
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22invasive%20weeds%22&f%5B0%5D=year%3A%222012%22&f%5B1%5D=year%3A%222013%22&f%5B2%5D=year%3A%222014%22&f%5B3%5D=nrt_combined%3A%22Ecology%2C%20Ecosystems%2C%20%26%20Environment%21Soil%22&f%5B4%5D=year%3A%222008%22