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- Title
THINNING AND BURNING RESULT IN LOW-LEVEL INVASION BY NONNATIVE PLANTS BUT NEUTRAL EFFECTS ON NATIVES.
- Authors
Nelson, Cara R.; Halpern, Charles B.; Agee, James K.
- Abstract
The article reports on the research conducted by Cara R. Nelson and colleagues on the impact of the thinning and burning of native plants to nonnative plants in the U.S. Research reveals that several historically fire-adapted forests are highly susceptible to damage from insects, pathogens and stand-replacing fires. To address the issue, forest managers employ treatments in reducing fuel loadings and to restore the structure, species and processes that characterized these forests before the widespread of fire suppression, logging and grazing. Studies show that multi-response permutation procedures revealed no significant effects on the thinning or burning on understory plant composition.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FORESTRY research; FOREST fire research; RANGE management; FIRE prevention; NELSON, Cara R.; FOREST fires; WILDFIRES; NATURAL disasters
- Publication
Ecological Applications, 2008, Vol 18, Issue 3, p762
- ISSN
1051-0761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/07-0474.1