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Grilz, Romo
Bromus inermis Leyss (smooth brome) is an invasive perennial grass in Fescue Prairie in North America. Prescribed burning is a potential method of controlling this exotic, but its responses to burning in this grassland are not known. This study was…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Alexander, Cheney, Trevitt
The term 'tree crown street' has been coined to describe the pattern of burned or partially burned tree crowns, aligned roughly parallel to the general direction of fire spread, that is often left in the wake of crowning forest fires. Within the…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Hironaka
Medusahead (Taeniatherum asperum) has replaced cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and other annual grasses over extensive areas in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington during the past 40 years. It has low palatability, injurious, and pesky awns, and…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Pellant
The size and frequency of wildfires are rapidly increasing on rangelands in the Intermountain area of the Western United States. One of the major contributors to increased wildfires is alien annual grasses, primarily cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum).…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Wilson, Tkacz
Most insects and pathogens affecting forests in the Southwest are naturally occurring components of Southwestern ecosystems and play an important role in their dynamic processes. They provide food and habitat for animals, affect short and long term…
Year: 1994
Type: Document