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Environmental and climatic variables as potential drivers of post-fire cover of cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum) in seeded and unseeded semiarid ecosystems

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Shinneman, Douglas J, and Baker, William L, Environmental and climatic variables as potential drivers of post-fire cover of cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum) in seeded and unseeded semiarid ecosystems: .

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Cheatgrass, a non-native annual grass, dominates millions of hectares in semiarid ecosystems of the Intermountain West (USA). Post-fire invasions can reduce native species diversity and alter ecological processes. To curb cheatgrass invasion, land managers often seed recently burned areas with perennial competitor species. We sampled vegetation within burned (19 years post-fire) and nearby unburned (representing pre-fire) pi onjuniper (Pinus edulisJuniperus osteosperma) woodland and sagebrush (Artemisia sp.) in western Colorado to analyze variables that might explain cheatgrass cover after fire. A multiple regression model suggests higher cheatgrass cover after fire with: (1) sagebrush v. pi onjuniper; (2) higher pre-fire cover of [...]

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