Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) distribution in the intermountain Western United States and its relationship to fire frequency, seasonality, and ignitions

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1493 - 1506
• Main Authors: Bradley, Bethany A., Curtis, Caroline A., Fusco, Emily J., Abatzoglou, John T., Balch, Jennifer K., Dadashi, Sepideh, Tuanmu, Mao-Ning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Anthropogenic factors; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bromus tectorum; burning; Developmental Biology; ecological invasion; Ecology; ecosystems; environmental impact; fire frequency; fire hazard; Fire hazards; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hazards; Human influences; Intermountain West region; invasive species; Life Sciences; Mathematical models; Original Paper; Phenology; Plant Sciences; risk; Risk reduction; satellites; Seasonal variations; surveys; variance; Western United States; Western states; Intermountain West region; Western United States; Fire regime alteration; Invasive grass; Invasive plant; Grass-fire cycle; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) burned area product

Cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum ) is an invasive grass pervasive across the Intermountain Western US and linked to major increases in fire frequency. Despite widespread ecological impacts associated with cheatgrass, we lack a spatially extensive model of cheatgrass invasion in the Intermountain West. H...