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Vegetation Responses to Roller Chopping and Buffelgrass Seeding in Argentina [PDF]

Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2005
T-4464 Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) is an introduced grass used extensively for restoring forage capacity of denuded shrublands in the arid Chaco region in central western Argentina. Currently, the technique of roller chopping and simultaneous buffelgrass seeding is widespread, but information is lacking about its effects on forage production and
Lisandro J.|Ferrando Blanco, Fernando N. Biurrun, Enrique L. Orionte   +2 more
core   +5 more sources

Spittlebug and Buffelgrass Responses to Summer Fires in Mexico [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1999
Summer burning was used to reduce spittlebug (Aeneolamia albofasciata Lall.) populations in buffelgrass [Cenchrus ciliaris (L.) Link] on the Carbo Livestock Research Station in Sonora, Mexico. Five treatments included (1) an untreated control; (2) burning 7-14 days before the summer rains when the insect and the plant were inactive; (3) burning after ...
Banner, Roger E., Martin, Martha, Cox, Jerry R., Ibarra, F., Alston, Diana G., Malchck, John C.   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Predicting Buffelgrass Survival across a Geographical and Environmental Gradient [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1995
This research was designed to identify relationships between T4464 buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) survival and climatic and soil characteristics. At 167 buffelgrass seeding sites in North America we collected climatic and soils data where the grass: 1) persisted over time and increased in area covered (spreads), 2) persisted over time but does not ...
Fernando A. Ibarra-F., Jerry R. Cox, Martha H. Martin-R., Todd A. Crowl, Christopher A. Call   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Beyond Species Diversity: Functional Approaches Reveal Consistent Fauna Community Responses to Exotic Grass Invasion in Arid Lands

Ecology and Evolution
Fauna communities respond to exotic plant invasions through multiple pathways, including via changes to habitat structure and food resources and depending on the scale at which fauna access these resources.
Ellen Ryan‐Colton, Glenda M. Wardle, John L. Read, Kris French, Christine A. Schlesinger   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Long‐term and landscape impacts of buffel grass on arid plant communities: Ecosystem shifts and acceleration by fire

Ecosphere
Plant invasions drive biodiversity loss, transform ecosystems, and promote positive‐feedback cycles between invasion and fire. However, the long‐term impacts of invasive grasses across landscapes with diverse plant communities and interactions with fire ...
Ellen Ryan‐Colton, Kris French, Glenda M. Wardle, John L. Read, Peter D. Canty, Peter J. Lang, Doug C. Bickerton, Christine A. Schlesinger   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Prescribed Burning during Winter for Maintenance of Buffelgrass [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1982
Neither a single burn during late winter nor a second burn 2 years later reduced the density of mixed brush dominated by blackbrush acacia, honey mesquite, and twisted acacia which had invaded buffelgrass seedings on the South Texas Plains.
W. T. Hamilton, C. J. Scifres
openaire   +2 more sources

Establishment patterns of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) at the microsite scale help explain saguaro regeneration and distributions in heterogenous, regional habitats. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Abstract Premise Establishment of long‐lived perennial plants is a pivotal event that often leads to reproductive maturity. The population dynamics of the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) have been investigated over large spatial areas, but establishment patterns have not been studied at the microsite (1 m) scale.
Breslin PB, Brown C, Búrquez A, Reichenbacher FW, Rodriguez-Buritica S, Venable DL, Goldberg DE.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Invasive Buffelgrass, Cenchrus ciliaris, Balances Opportunistic Acquisition of Foliar fungi With Host and Environmental Filtering in Its Introduced Range. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Plants host diverse assemblages of fungi on their foliar tissues, both in internal compartments and on exterior surfaces. When plant distributions shift, they can move with their fungal associates (i.e., co‐introduction) or acquire new associates present in the novel environment (host‐jumping).
Bowman EA, Hawkes CV, Jones N, Plowes RM, Martins DJ, Gilbert LE.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Leishmaniasis Transmission Risk at the Forest-Peridomestic Interface in an Area of Southern Sinaloa, Mexico: Entomological, Molecular, and Climatic Evidence. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res
Leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania spp. and transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies, affects almost 1,000,000 people annually across more than 90 countries. In Mexico, growing evidence of locally acquired transmission in northwestern states makes ecoepidemiological work increasingly urgent.
Tostado JJR, Ureta HC, Avendaño JIT, Moreno JMZ, Higareda CER, Guevara LIP, Medina AIA, Montoya EHT.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hydroclimatic Rebound Drives Extreme Fire in California's Non-Forested Ecosystems. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Hydroclimatic rebound occurs when unusually wet periods are followed by intense drying, or vice versa, creating sharp moisture swings. We show that this process drives extreme fire activity in California's non‐forested regions, such as deserts and Mediterranean ecosystems, and was particularly evident in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
McNorton J, Moreno A, Turco M, Keune J, Di Giuseppe F.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources