Treatments and Planting Location Affect Post-Burn Restoration: Research Brief

Treatments and Planting Location Affect Post-Burn Restoration: Research Brief

On a burned site in the northeastern Mojave Desert that is conservation-priority habitat for federally listed desert tortoises, a field experiment was conducted to test different treatments for outplanting greenhouse-propagated seedlings of the native perennial brittlebush (Encelia virginensis).

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Reducing Fuel while Protecting Soil Biocrusts: Research Brief

Reducing Fuel while Protecting Soil Biocrusts: Research Brief

Non-native annual grasses, such as red brome (Bromus rubens), have increased the amount and continuity of fine fuels in drylands of the southwestern U.S. Where herbicide is not allowed or may have undesirable non-target effects, one of the alternative treatments that has been proposed and used in more mesic habitats is carbon addition.

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