Removal of perennial herbaceous species affects response of Cold Desert shrublands to fire

Questions: Two of the primary global change factors that threaten shrublands worldwide are loss of native perennial herbaceous species due to inappropriate livestock grazing and loss of native shrubs due to altered fire regimes. We asked: (1) how do the separate and interacting effects of removal of...

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Published in:	Journal of vegetation science Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 975 - 984
Main Authors:	Chambers, Jeanne C., Board, David I., Roundy, Bruce A., Weisberg, Peter J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.09.2017 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Abundance altitude Annual invasive grasses annuals Artemisia tridentata Bromus tectorum Burning Canopies canopy Competition Density Deserts Disturbances ecological resilience Ecosystem resilience Ecosystem services Ecosystems Elevation Environmental gradient fire regime Forbs Functional groups global change Grasses Grazing Indigenous species Introduced species invasive species Livestock Livestock grazing moieties mountains Nevada Perennial native grasses perennials Plant functional groups Recruitment Relative abundance Resilience Resilience to disturbance Seedlings Shrublands Shrubs species recruitment Species removals Utah Watersheds Wildfires United States > US Utah Nevada
ISSN:	1100-9233, 1654-1103
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