Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes Export

@article{citeulike:3033330, abstract = {Plant invasions are widely recognized as significant threats to biodiversity conservation worldwide. One way invasions can affect native ecosystems is by changing fuel properties, which can in turn affect fire behavior and, ultimately, alter fire regime characteristics such as frequency, intensity, extent, type, and seasonality of fire. If the regime changes subsequently promote the dominance of the invaders, then an invasive plant–fire regime cycle can be established. As more ecosystem components and interactions are altered, restoration of preinvasion conditions becomes more difficult. Restoration may require managing fuel conditions, fire regimes, native plant communities, and other ecosystem properties in addition to the invaders that caused the changes in the first place.We present a multiphase model describing the interrelationships between plant invaders and fire regimes, provide a system for evaluating the relative effects of invaders and prioritizing them for control, and recommend ways to restore preinvasion fire regime properties.}, author = {Brooks, M. L. and D'Antonio, C. M. and Richardson, D. M. and Grace, J. B. and Keeley, J. E. and Ditomaso, J. M. and Hobbs, R. J. and Pellant, M. and Pyke, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {3033330}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1641%2F0006-3568%282004%29054%5B0677%3AEOIAPO%5D2.0.CO%3B2}, journal = {BioScience}, keywords = {alien-plants, disturbance-regimes, fire, invasive-species}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {677--688}, posted-at = {2008-07-22 18:59:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1641%2F0006-3568%282004%29054%5B0677%3AEOIAPO%5D2.0.CO%3B2}, volume = {54}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3033330 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3033330 N2 - Plant invasions are widely recognized as significant threats to biodiversity conservation worldwide. One way invasions can affect native ecosystems is by changing fuel properties, which can in turn affect fire behavior and, ultimately, alter fire regime characteristics such as frequency, intensity, extent, type, and seasonality of fire. If the regime changes subsequently promote the dominance of the invaders, then an invasive plant–fire regime cycle can be established. As more ecosystem components and interactions are altered, restoration of preinvasion conditions becomes more difficult. Restoration may require managing fuel conditions, fire regimes, native plant communities, and other ecosystem properties in addition to the invaders that caused the changes in the first place.We present a multiphase model describing the interrelationships between plant invaders and fire regimes, provide a system for evaluating the relative effects of invaders and prioritizing them for control, and recommend ways to restore preinvasion fire regime properties. IS - 7 JF - BioScience EP - 688 TI - Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes VL - 54 SP - 677 KW - alien-plants KW - disturbance-regimes KW - fire KW - invasive-species AU - Brooks, ML AU - D'Antonio, CM AU - Richardson, DM AU - Grace, JB AU - Keeley, JE AU - Ditomaso, JM AU - Hobbs, RJ AU - Pellant, M AU - Pyke, D PY - 2004/07// UR - http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1641%2F0006-3568%282004%29054%5B0677%3AEOIAPO%5D2.0.CO%3B2 ER -