Springer, Judith and McGlone, C.M. and Leppert, J.J. (2010) Review Protocol – Final: Do non-native plants invade burned ponderosa pine forests more intensely after prescribed or wild fires? Other. Collaboration for Environmental Evidence.
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Abstract
Fire plays an integral role in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)-dominated forests by maintaining low tree densities, a diverse understory, sparse litter accumulation, and regulating many ecosystem processes. Implementation of ecological restoration usually involves an elevated level of disturbance. Prescribed fire, mechanical removal of excess trees, and seeding with native species are common restoration practices that can perturb the soil and disturb vegetation. The disturbances generated by thinning and burning treatments can create openings for the invasion of highly competitive, non-native species. Research has shown that areas burned in wildfires can be more susceptible to non-native plant invasion than those burned in prescribed fires. In this review, we examine levels of non-native plant invasion in response to thinning and burning treatments in the ponderosa pine forests of North America. We then compare these results to levels of invasion reported in wildfires. Lastly, we analyze and describe the common factors in thinned and burned areas and wildfire areas that did not experience high levels of non-native plant invasion.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Other) |
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| Publisher’s Statement: | Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 |
| ID number or DOI: | CEE 10-012 |
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| Keywords: | Nonnatives; Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa); Prescribed burns; Wildfire; Systematic review; ERI Library |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SD Forestry |
| NAU Depositing Author Academic Status: | Faculty/Staff |
| Department/Unit: | Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2017 18:21 |
| URI: | http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/2856 |
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