Thinning and burning result in low-level invasion by nonnative plants but neutral effects on natives

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 762-770

  Nelson, Cara R ^a,b   Halpern, Charles B ^a   Agee, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Exotic plants; Forest management; Forest restoration; Fuel hazard reduction; Native plants; Nonnative plants; Pinus ponderosa; Prescribed fire; Thinning; Underburning; Understory plant composition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THINNING;

HEXAPODA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 54549113297     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0474.1     Document Type: Article

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