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Global change and terrestrial plant community dynamics
Franklin, Serra-Diaz, Syphard, Regan
Anthropogenic drivers of global change include rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses and resulting changes in the climate, as well as nitrogen deposition, biotic invasions, altered disturbance regimes, and…
Year: 2016
Type: Document

Spreaders, igniters, and burning shrubs: plant flammability explains novel fire dynamics in grass-invaded deserts
Fuentes-Ramirez, Veldman, Holzapfel, Moloney
Novel fire regimes are an important cause and consequence of global environmental change that involve interactions among biotic, climatic, and human components of ecosystems. Plant flammability is key to these interactions, yet few studies directly…
Year: 2016
Type: Document

Trees, grass, and fire in humid savannas-the importance of life history traits and spatial processes
Accatino, Wiegand, Ward, De Michele
We develop a model to investigate how trees can invade the grass stratum in humid savannas despite repeated fires. In the literature, it is clear that fire reduces tree canopy in savannas. However, fire alone may not be sufficient to prevent tree…
Year: 2016
Type: Document

Potential of grass invasions in desert shrublands to create novel ecosystem states under variable climate
Yu, Okin, Ravi, D'Odorico
The invasion of exotic grasses into shrublands is a major disturbance to dryland ecosystems. The presence of exotic grasses enhances the occurrence of wildfire in landscapes that had not evolved in the presence of fire, leading to high rates of…
Year: 2016
Type: Document

Development of the rangeland vegetation simulator: a module of the forest vegetation simulator - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
Reeves
The escalating awareness of non-forested landscapes and realization that more emphasis is needed for an all lands approach to management increasingly requires timely information to improve management effectiveness. The Forest Vegetation Simulator (…
Year: 2016
Type: Document

Mapping cheatgrass across the range of the greater sage-grouse: linking biophysical, climate and remote sensing data to predict cheatgrass occurrence
Downs, Larson, Cullinan
Increasing spread of invasive annual grasses, such as Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass), can contribute to increased fire frequency and hinder the reestablishment of native sagebrush,forbs, and grasses in subsequent years. Knowledge of the current…
Year: 2016
Type: Document

Development of the Rangeland Vegetation Simulator: A Module for FVS
Reeves
The FVS is currently incapable of estimating succession, biomass and fuels of non-forested landscapes, yet decision support models such as the Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System (IFT-DSS) require this information. In response, we…
Year: 2016
Type: Project

Applying fire connectivity and centrality measures to mitigate the cheatgrass-fire cycle in the arid West, USA
Gray, Dickson
Context: Strategic placement of fuel treatments across large landscapes is an important step to mitigate the collective effects of fires interacting over broad spatial and temporal extents. On landscapes where highly invasive cheatgrass (Bromus…
Year: 2016
Type: Document

Finding the Best Available Science on Fire Effects and Fire Regimes in Southwestern and Southern Rocky Mountains Ecosystems
Innes
Fire Effects Information System (FEIS, www.feis-crs.org/feis/) staff will introduce new two fire regime products-Fire Regime Reports and Fire Regime Syntheses-and demonstrate FEIS’s new search functions to inform fire management planning and…
Year: 2016
Type: Media