Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 677-688

  Brooks, Matthew L ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b   Richardson, David M ^c   Grace, James B ^d   Keeley, Jon E ^e,f   DiTomaso, Joseph M ^g   Hobbs, Richard J ^h   Pellant, Mike ⁱ   Pyke, David ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ US Department of the Interior Bureau Land Management Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire frequency; Fire intensity; Fuel; Nonnative plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242712524     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0677:EOIAPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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