Table 1 Fire-related topics targeted in literature searches for information on relationships between fire and invasive plants.
From: Characteristics of Information Available on Fire and Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States
Topic | Description |
|---|---|
Fire regimes | Fire regime characteristics (season, frequency, severity) that can be tolerated by an invasive species and effects of invasive species on the prevailing fire regime. |
Fuels | Information on fuel characteristics of invasive plants and changes in fuel characteristics of invaded plant communities. |
Heat tolerance of seed | Information about seed survival or mortality after fire or heating. |
Immediate fire effects on plant | Indications of plant survival, damage, or mortality immediately following fire. |
Postfire occurrence | Documentation of plants occurring on burned sites, but without abundance measurements, comparisons to prefire or unburned conditions, timing of postfire establishment, or indication of whether individuals were sprouts or seedlings. |
Postfire abundance | Data from specific measures of abundance (e.g., cover, frequency, density) after fire, compared with measurements before fire or on similar unburned sites. |
Postfire seedling establishment | Reports of seedling establishment after fire or on burned sites, typically within one to two growing seasons after fire. |
Postfire vegetative response | Information on postfire sprouting, including both qualitative and quantitative reports. |