Could biological soil crusts act as natural fire fuel breaks in the sagebrush steppe?

Ecology. 2023 Apr;104(4):e3971. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3971. Epub 2023 Feb 22.

Authors

Lea A Condon¹, Douglas J Shinneman², Roger Rosentreter³, Peter S Coates⁴

Affiliations

¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Reno, Nevada, USA.
² U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Boise, Idaho, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA.
⁴ U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon, California, USA.

PMID: 36688623
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3971

No abstract available

Keywords: annual forbs; biocrusts; disturbance; lichens; morphogroups; mosses; perennial grasses; sagebrush; wildfire.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Artemisia*
Ecosystem
Fires*
Soil
Soil Microbiology

Substances

Soil