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Post-fire Chondrilla juncea and biocontrol at Boise River Wildlife Management Area 2018-2019

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2018-06-01
End Date
2019-07-03

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Lazarus, B.E., and Germino, M.J., 2021, Post-fire Chondrilla juncea and biocontrol at Boise River Wildlife Management Area 2018-2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QFBHZ3.

Summary

Top-down and bottom-up factors affecting invasive populations are rarely considered simultaneously, yet their interactive responses to disturbances and management interventions can be essential to understanding invasion patterns. We evaluated post-fire responses of the exotic perennial forb Chondrilla juncea (rush skeletonweed) and its biocontrol agents to landscape factors and a post-fire combined herbicide (imazapic) and bacteria (Pseudomonas fluorescens strain MB906) treatment that targeted invasive annual grasses in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Biocontrol agents released against C. juncea in previous decades included Cystiphora schmidti (gall midge), Aceria chondrillae (gall mite), and Puccinia chondrillina (rust fungus). C. juncea [...]

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CHJU biocontrol community data 2018-2019.csv 12.72 KB text/csv
CHJU individuals and biocontrol.csv 28.61 KB text/csv
Plot level landscape vars and yr-to-yr diffs.csv 16.94 KB text/csv

Purpose

To quantify post-fire patterns in C. juncea and its biocontrol organisms.

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  • Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)
  • USGS Data Release Products

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