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    Short-Term Vegetation Responses to Fire in the Upper Sonoran Desert

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    Author
    Cave, G. H.
    Patten, D. T.
    Issue Date
    1984-11-01
    Keywords
    Upper Sonoran Desert
    Controlled Burn
    Shoot Surviviers
    Sprouters
    seeders
    Brittle Brush
    Encelia farinosa
    Invader Species
    Stickweed
    Stephanomeria exigua
    Four O'Clock
    Mirabilis bigelovii
    Bulldog Canyon
    herbaceous plants
    Woody Perennials
    vegetation responses
    Cacti
    Short Term
    annuals
    plant composition
    wildfire
    fire
    perennials
    vegetation
    Arizona
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    Cave, G. H., & Patten, D. T. (1984). Short-term vegetation responses to fire in the upper Sonoran Desert. Journal of Range Management, 37(6), 491-496.
    Publisher
    Society for Range Management
    Journal
    Journal of Range Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/645712
    DOI
    10.2307/3898842
    Additional Links
    https://rangelands.org/
    Abstract
    Annual and perennial plant vegetation was sampled following a controlled burn (1981) and a wildfire (1980) in the Upper Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, Ariz. Perennial plant composition 1 year after controlled burning included 32% shoot survivors, 30% sprouters, and 38% seeders, mostly brittle bush (Encelia farinosa1). Several invader species, stickweed (Stephanomeria exigua) and four o'clock (Mirabilis bigelovii) were important seeders, indicating that there may be postfire successional communities in the Upper Sonoran Desert. Most cacti were fire killed or died eventually from fire damage. Total annual plant density decreased (69%) while biomass increased significantly (131%) on burned areas. Red brome (Bromus rubens) was essentially eliminated 1 year after fire while schismus (Schismus arabicus) and Indian wheat (Plantago spp.) increased in both density and biomass. Fire appears to enhance rangeland productivity in the Upper Sonoran Desert.
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    en
    ISSN
    0022-409X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.2307/3898842
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    Journal of Range Management, Volume 37, Number 6 (November 1984)

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