Peak fire temperatures and effects on annual plants in the Mojave Desert

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1088-1102

  Brooks, Matthew L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus rubens; Erodium cicutarium; Invasive plants; Land management; Mojave Desert, California; Nitrogen; Postfire succession; Schismus; Soil nutrients; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MICROHABITAT; SUCCESSION;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS RUBENS; ERODIUM CICUTARIUM; LARREA TRIDENTATA; POACEAE; SCHISMUS; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0036707213     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1088:PFTAEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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