Invasive Plants and Fire in the Deserts of North America
Brooks ML and Pyke DA. 2001. Invasive Plants and Fire in the Deserts of North America. Pages 1-14. In Brooks ML and Pyke DA (ed): Proceedings of the invasive species workshop: the role of fire in the control and spread of invasive species. San Diego, CA. November 27 - December 1, 2000. Tall Timbers Research Station. Tallahassee, FL. Fire conference 2000: the First National Congress on fire ecology, prevention, and management (Miscellaneous Publication No. 11)
Invasive plants can compete with native plants, and fire opens up ecosystems to invasion by alien plants. Landscapes in the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin Deserts are changing due to a combination of fire and invasive plants. Fire can be used to control invasive species, but alien species can also benefit from fire and promote recurrent fire regimes.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Brooks, Matthew; Pyke, David
- Units
- DEVA , JOTR , LAKE , MOJA , MOJN
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), alien grasses, Birds (Aves), Chihuahuan Desert, Desert Tortoise, Distribution (Biodiversity), Disturbance, Gopherus agassizii, Great Basin Desert, Land Management, Mammals (Mammalia), Mojave Desert, Presence (Biodiversity), Reptiles (Reptilia), Sonoran Desert, Taxa Links To References, Vascular Plants (Plantae)