Agricultural Research Service: Burning Invasive Western Juniper Maintains Sagebrush Dominance Longer
August 19, 2019
August 19, 2019
BURNS, Oregon, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news:
Burning invasive western juniper increases the time--post-fire--that native mountain sagebrush will remain the dominant woody vegetation in the plant community by at least 44 percent compared to cutting juniper back, according to a new study in Ecology and Evolution by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators.
It is import . . .
Burning invasive western juniper increases the time--post-fire--that native mountain sagebrush will remain the dominant woody vegetation in the plant community by at least 44 percent compared to cutting juniper back, according to a new study in Ecology and Evolution by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators.
It is import . . .