[PCA] NEWS: Invasive plant species increase wildfire risk

[Olivia Kwong]

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."

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