Prescribed Burns Reduce Early-Stage Shrub Encroachment in Semi-arid Grassland

Fire, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8(2), P. 71 - 71

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Wildfire is a key factor in regulating ecological processes grassland ecosystems; however, changes land use/cover have modified the intensity and frequency of fires as they occurred naturally. Different factors caused rise woody vegetation these ecosystems, leading to species composition, diversity, biogeochemical cycles. Prescribed burns are tool for controlling eradicating shrubs; their effectiveness depends on biomass availability, objectives restoration. We evaluated fire shrub controller semi-arid ecosystem. measured several dasometric parameters percentage damage ten 2000 m² plots three months after prescribed burning was performed. Both crown height width total were main variables that explained by fire. Individuals with greater than 1.6 m wide crowns did not suffer damage. Moreover, even though 97% shrubs presented some damage, 86% recovered rain period. Our results show could be an effective strategy control early-growing shrubs, but overgrazed arid lands it would difficult enough implement programs.

Language: Английский

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Breeding Season Survival and Habitat Use of Scaled Quail in Southeastern New Mexico

Rangeland Ecology & Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 100, P. 63 - 75

Published: March 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Forest Definitions Applied for National United States Forest Reporting: Status, Gaps, and Opportunities

Trees Forests and People, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100839 - 100839

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Improved annual forest cover maps in Oklahoma from analyses of PALSAR-2, Landsat, and LiDAR data sets during 2015–2021

Frontiers of Earth Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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