Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
processes that can assist greatly in “weed control” to help managers work toward
goals such as creating “self-sustaining ecosystems able to persist under existing
environmental conditions” (SER Primer, http://www.ser.org/). While practicalities
may limit implementation of practices based on these concepts, they nonetheless
can provide a scientific framework for the development of programs to guide future
management efforts.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Resources Management staff and Fire division for their assistance with the revegetation program. J.
Chambers and C. D'Antonio thank the IFAFS and Sage Step groups for stimulating discussions of
state and transition frameworks for Great Basin vegetation. We also thank an anonymous reviewer
and Inderjit for comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript and Robert Blank for photographs.
References
Aguirre L, Johnson DA (1991) Influence of temperature and cheatgrass competition on seedling
development of two bunchgrasses. J Range Manage 44:347-354
Alexander EB, Mallory JI, Colwell ML (1993) Soil-elevation relationships on a volcanic plateau
in the southern Cascade Range, northern California, USA. Catena 20:113-128
Alpert P, Maron JL (2000) Carbon addition as a countermeasure against biological invasion by
plants. Biol Invasions 2:33-40
Anderson JE, Inouye RS (2001) Landscape-scale changes in plant species abundance and biodi-
versity of a sagebrush steppe over 45 years. Ecol Monogr 71:531-556
Arredondo JT, Jones TA, Johnson DA (1998) Seedling growth of Intermountain perennial and
weedy annual grasses. J Range Manage 51:584-589
Bair NB, Meyer SE, Allen PS (2006) A hydrothermal after-ripening time model for seed dor-
mancy loss in
Bromus tectorum
. Seed Sci Res 16:17-28
Blank RR, Allen FL, Young JA (1994) Extractable anions in soils following wildfire in a sage-
brush-grass community. Soil Sci Soc Am J 58:564-570
Blank RR, Allen FL, Young JA (1996) Influence of simulated burning of soil litter from low
sagebrush, squirreltail, cheatgrass, and medusahead sites on water-soluble anions and cations.
Int J Wildland Fire 6:137-143
Booth MS, Caldwell MM, Stark JM (2003) Overlapping resource use in three Great Basin species:
implications for community invisibility and vegetation dynamics. J Ecol 91:36-48
Bradley BA, Mustard JF (2005) Identifying land cover variability distinct from land cover change:
cheatgrass in the Great Basin. Remote Sens Environ 94:204-213
Bradley BA, Houghton RA, Mustard JF, et al (2006) Invasive grass reduces aboveground carbon
stocks in shrublands of the Western US. Glob Change Biol 12:1815-1822
Bradshaw A (1997) What do we mean by restoration? In: Urbanska KM, Webb NR, Edwards PJ
(eds) Restoration ecology and sustainable development, Cambridge University press,
Cambridge, pp. 8-16
Brooks ML, D'Antonio CM, Richardson DM, et al (2004) Effects of invasive alien plants on fire
regimes. Bioscience 54:677-688
Bruno JF, Fridley JD, Bromberg KD, Bertness MD (2005) Insights into biotic interactions from
studies of species invasions. In: Sax DF, STachowicz JJ, Gaines SD (eds). Species invasions:
insights into ecology, evolution and biogeography, Sinauer, Sunderland MA.
Cabin RJ, Weller SG, Lorence DH, et al (2000) Effects of long-term ungulate exclusion and recent
alien species control on the preservation and restoration of a Hawaiian tropical dry forest.
Conserv Biol 14:439-453
