Grassification and Fast-Evolving Fire Connectivity and Risk in the Sonoran Desert, United States

• Published in: Frontiers in ecology and evolution Vol. 9
• Main Authors: Wilder, Benjamin T., Jarnevich, Catherine S., Baldwin, Elizabeth, Black, Joseph S., Franklin, Kim A., Grissom, Perry, Hovanes, Katherine A., Olsson, Aaryn, Malusa, Jim, Kibria, Abu S.M.G., Li, Yue M., Lien, Aaron M., Ponce, Alejandro, Rowe, Julia A., Soto, José R., Stahl, Maya R., Young, Nicholas E., Betancourt, Julio L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 26.10.2021; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: El Niño southern oscillation (enso); Environment and Society; Environmental Sciences; Global Changes; grass-fire cycle; invasive species; invasive species management; Sonoran Desert; wildland-urban interface; grass-fire cycle; desert shrublands; El Niño southern oscillation (enso); Sonoran Desert; wildland-urban interface; invasive species management; invasive species

In the southwestern United States, non-native grass invasions have increased wildfire occurrence in deserts and the likelihood of fire spread to and from other biomes with disparate fire regimes. The elevational transition between desertscrub and montane grasslands, woodlands, and forests generally...