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Is fire exclusion in mountain big sagebrush communities prudent? Soil nutrient, plant diversity and arthropod response to burning

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Davies, Kirk W., Bates, Jonathan D., Boyd, Chad S., and Nafus, Aleta M.

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Fire has largely been excluded from many mountain big sagebrush communities. Managers are reluctant to reintroduce fire, especially in communities without significant conifer encroachment, because of the decline in sagebrush-associated wildlife. Given this management direction, a better understanding of fire exclusion and burning effects is needed. We compared burned to...

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. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 23(3), 417-424. doi:10.1071/WF13167 10.1071/WF13167 CSIRO Publishing
Exotic annual grass invasion alters fuel amounts, continuity and moisture content

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Davies, Kirk W. and Nafus, Aleta M.

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Many exotic annual grasses are believed to increase wildfire frequency to the detriment of native vegetation by increasing fine fuels and thus, creating a grass-fire cycle. However, information on differences in fuel characteristics between invaded and non-invaded plant communities is lacking, or is based mainly on speculation and anecdotal evidence....

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combustion, translating into slower rates of spread CSIRO PUBLISHING International Journal of Wildland Fire