Prescription Burning Reduces Alien Grasses in Native Grassland Restoration
/In Southern California, native bunchgrass communities dominated by Stipa pulchra are widely distributed in the state but often share dominance with non-native annual grasses. Restoration of these grasslands is focused on altering the balance of native to non-native grasses to favor the native perennial grasses. This study investigated the impact of burning on vegetation recovery.
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Keeley, J.E., Klinger, R.C., Brennan, T.J., Lawson, D.M., La Grange, J., Berg, K.N. 2023. A decade-long study of repeated prescription burning in California native grassland restoration. Ecological Restoration 2023: e13939.
