Effects of Wildfire on a Sonoran Desert plant community
McLaughlin SP and Bowers JE. 1982. Effects of Wildfire on a Sonoran Desert plant community. Ecology. 63(1):246-248
This paper describes the effects of the Granite Burn, one of the largest fires in Arizona in 1979, on the perennial vegetation. Effects of the fire are inferred by comparing burned and unburned transects. Includes tables.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- McLaughlin, Steven; Bowers, Janice
- Units
- ORPI , SAGU
- Keywords
- Arizona upland, desert grassland, FIRE, Fuel Load, Intensity, Mortality, Plant communitites, Sonoran Desert, sprouting, Wildfire