Rice straw mulch for post-fire erosion control: Assessing non-target effects on vegetation communities

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 538-550

  Shive, Kristen L ^a   Estes, Becky L ^b   White, Angela M ^c   Safford, Hugh D ^d,e   O'Hara, Kevin L ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BAER; Burned Area Emergency Response; non native species; post fire rehabilitation.

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020477829     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF16208     Document Type: Article

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