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Joint Fire Science Program

A project funded by the Joint Fire Sciences Program

Effectiveness of Postfire Seeding to Reduce Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Growth and Reproduction in Recently Burned Sagebrush Steppe

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Brooks, ML. 1999. Alien annual grasses and fire in the Mojave Desert. Madroño 46:13-19.

Brooks, M.L. 2002. Peak fire temperatures and effects on annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Ecological Applications. In press.

Brooks, M.L. and D. Pyke. 2001. Invasive plants and fire in the deserts of North America. Pp. 1-14 In K. Galley and T. Wilson (eds.), Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire, Ecology, Prevention and Management. Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire In the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. Tallahassee: Tall Timbers Research Station.

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Hull, A. C., Jr.; Holmgren, R. C. 1964. Seeding southern Idaho rangelands. Res. Pap. INT 10. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 31pp.

Hull, A. C., Jr.; Stewart, G. 1948. Replacing cheatgrass by reseeding with perennial grass on southern Idaho ranges. American Society of Agronomy Journal. 40: 694-703.

Mayer and Poljakoff-Mayber. 1963. The Germination of Seeds. Pergamon Press, New York. 236pp.

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Young, J. A., and R. A. Evans. 1975. Germinability of seed reserves in a big sagebrush community. Weed Science 23: 358-364.

Young, J.A., and R.A. Evans. 1978. Population dynamics after wildfires in sagebrush grasslands. Journal of Range Management 31:283-289.

Young, J. A., R. A. Evans, B. L. Kay, R. E. Owen, and J. Budy. 1981. Collecting, Processing, and Germinating Seeds of western Wildland Plants. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Education Administration, Agricultural Reviews and Manuals.

 

 

 

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