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Type: Video
Presenter(s):
  • Gail M. Drus
    Saint Francis University
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Publisher(s):
  • Southwest Fire Science Consortium
Publication Date: April 2, 2015

Increased wildfire has been observed with the displacement of native cottonwood-willow (Salix and Populus spp.) gallery forests by invasive, non-native tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) in desert riparian zones of North America. Greater post-fire recovery of Tamarix relative to native species suggests a Tamarix fire trajectory where repeated fire excludes native riparian species. This work synthesizes several experiments and addresses 2 questions: 1) Is there a positive feedback between Tamarix and fire intensity that excludes native vegetation? 2) Can the Tamarix fire trajectory be altered to allow the coexistence of natives?

Recording Length: 0:49:38
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Keywords:
  • cedar
  • cottonwood
  • desert ecosystems
  • desiccation
  • invasive species
  • lacunarity
  • riparian
  • riparian fire regimes
  • slat
  • SWFSC - Southwest Fire Science Consortium
  • tamarisk
  • Tamarix spp.
  • willow
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FRAMES Record Number: 19564