The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is partnering with FRAMES to help fire managers access important fire science information related to the Southwest's top ten fire management issues.
Type
Topic
Region
Year
Displaying 1 - 10 of 31
Baynes, Newcombe, Dixon, Castlebury, O'Donnell
Bromus tectorum, or cheatgrass, is native to Eurasia and widely invasive in western North America. By late spring, this annual plant has dispersed its seed and died; its aboveground biomass then becomes fine fuel that burns as frequently as once…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Smith, Finch, Hawksworth
Riparian forests of the American Southwest are especially prone to changes in composition and structure due to natural and anthropogenic factors. To determine how breeding mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) respond to these changes, we examined nest…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Olsson, Betancourt, McClaran, Marsh
Aim Biological invasions facilitate ecosystem transformation by altering the structure and function, diversity, dominance and disturbance regimes. A classic case is the grassfire cycle in which grass invasion increases the frequency, scale and/or…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Zornes, Bishop
Executive Summary ... 'The Western Quail Management Plan was created to provide range-wide and Bird Conservation Region (BCR) assessments of western quail population size, habitat abundance, current threats, management recommendations and research…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Kuvlesky, Brennan, Fulbright, Hernandez, DeMaso, Sands, Perez, Hardin
Exotic grass invasions are a serious concern for State and Federal agencies, non-government organizations, and private landowners engaged in quail conservation and management. Quail biologists recognized the potential negative impacts of exotic…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Chavarria, Kocek, Silvy, Lopez
Survey and trapping methods for Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) require means not traditionally used for other quail species (e.g., northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus). Trapping Montezuma quail is most effective using pointing dogs at…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Selection of seeds of an exotic and three native grasses by northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus)
Larson, Fulbright, Brennan, Hernandez, BryantWe used 24 captive northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) to compare relative preference of seeds of nonnative guineagrass (Urochloa maxima) to three native foods (switchgrass Panicum virgatum, Texas millet Urochloa texana, and plains bristlegrass…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Simberloff, Souza, Nuñez, Barrios-Garcia, Bunn
The argument that the threat posed by introduced species is overblown is often buttressed by the observation that native species sometimes also become invasive. An examination of the literature on plant invasions in the United States shows that six…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Sankey, Ravi, Wallace, Webb, Huxman
Woody plant encroachment, a worldwide phenomenon, is a major driver of land degradation in desert grasslands. Woody plant encroachment by shrub functional types ultimately leads to the formation of a patchy landscape with fertile shrub patches…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Lewis, Kaiser, Hewitt, Synatzske
Frequency of large rangeland wildfires may increase in the southwestern United States and northeastern Mexico as a result of exotic grass invasion and reduced emphasis on livestock production, but effects of such fires on white-tailed deer (…
Year: 2012
Type: Document