Spatial variation in postfire cheatgrass: Dinosaur National Monument, USA

Fire Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 38-56

  Sherrill, Kirk R ^a   Romme, William H ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosted regression tree; Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Dinosaur National Monument; Fire severity; Invasive species; Land management; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84867158323     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0802038     Document Type: Article

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