Buffelgrass fuel loads in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, increase fire danger and threaten native species
Esque TC, Schwalbe CR, Lissow JA, Haines DF, Foster D, Garnett MC. 2007. Buffelgrass fuel loads in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, increase fire danger and threaten native species. Park Science. 24(2):33–37,56
Scientists examine this exotic grass invasion that threatens to alter the fire regime in the Sonoran Desert and the composition, structure, and function of protected ecosystems.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Esque, Todd; Schwalbe, Cecil; Lissow, Jessica; Haines, Dustin; Foster, Danielle; Garnett, Megan
- Units
- BIBE , NRSS , ORPI , SAGU
- Keywords
- Big Bend National Park, buffelgrass desert tortoise, Fires, Fuel Load, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pennisetum ciliare, Saguaro National Park, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge