[APWG] NEWS: Invasive plant species increase wildfire risk
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Apr 13 09:10:07 CDT 2010
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/10/INEQ1CQ6Q4.DTL
Invasive plant species increase wildfire risk
Ben Preston
Sunday, April 11, 2010
(04-11) 04:00 PDT Santa Barbara - --
No matter where you live in California, wildfire has been a widespread
issue over the past several years, and it doesn't seem to be getting
better. Nearly four years of statewide drought coupled with hot, dry
weather haven't helped the problems set out for us by nature, but another
facet to the wildfire formula often is ignored: invasive plants destroying
or replacing native species, a process known as "type conversion."
See the link above for the full article text.
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