Evaluating rehabilitation efforts following the Milford Flat Fire: successes, failures, and controlling factors

• Published in: Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) Vol. 6; no. 5; pp. art80 - 33
• Main Authors: Duniway, M. C, Palmquist, E, Miller, M. E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Ecological Society of America 01.05.2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Brassicaceae; Bromus tectorum; Classification; Dust; Ecosystems; Environmental monitoring; Fluctuations; Halogeton; Kochia prostrata; Rehabilitation; restoration; Salsola; Sediments; seeding; Soil erosion; Species composition; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; Vegetation patterns; wildfire; Wildfires; Wind; wind erosion; United States > US

Uncontrolled wildfire in arid and semiarid ecosystems has become an increasing concern in recent decades. Active rehabilitation of fire-affected areas is often quickly initiated to minimize long-term ecosystem damage. However, the complex soil-geomorphic-vegetation patterns and low and variable mois...