Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants (Rainbow Series) Part 2 - Invasion Ecology, Use of Fire to Control Plants, Northeast, Southeast, Central, West Bioregions

This state-of-knowledge review of information on relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants can assist fire managers and other land managers concerned with prevention, detection, and eradication or control of nonnative invasive plants. The 16 chapters in this volume synthesize ecological and botanical principles regarding relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants, identify the nonnative invasive species currently of greatest concern in major bioregions of the United States, and describe emerging fire-invasive issues in each bioregion and throughout the nation. This volume can help increase understanding of plant invasions and fire and can be used in fire management and ecosystem-based management planning. The volume's first part summarizes fundamental concepts regarding fire effects on invasions by nonnative plants, effects of plant invasions on fuels and fire regimes, and use of fire to control plant invasions. The second part identifies the nonnative invasive species of greatest concern and synthesizes information on the three topics covered in part one for nonnative invasives in seven major bioregions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Central, Interior West, Southwest Coastal, Northwest Coastal (including Alaska), and Hawaiian Islands. The third part analyzes knowledge gaps regarding fire and nonnative invasive plants, synthesizes information on management questions (nonfire fuel treatments, postfire rehabilitation, and postfire monitoring), summarizes key concepts described throughout the volume, and discusses urgent management issues and research questions.

Keywords: ecosystem, fire effects, fire management, fire regime, fire severity, fuels, grass/fire cycle, invasibility, invasiveness, monitoring, nonnative species, plant community, plant invasion, plant response, plants, prescribed fire, rehabilitation, succession, vegetation, wildfire

Chapter 10 - Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants in the Northwest Coastal Bioregion * Chapter 11 - Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants in the Hawaiian Islands Bioregion * Chapter 12 - Gaps in Scientific Knowledge About Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants * Chapter 13 - Effects of Fuel and Vegetation Management Activities on Nonnative Invasive Plants * Chapter 14 - Effects of Fire Suppression and Postfire Management Activities on Plant Invasions * Chapter 15 - Monitoring the Effects of Fire on Nonnative Invasive Plant Species * Chapter 16 - Fire and Nonnative Plants - Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 10 * Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants in the Northwest Coastal Bioregion * Introduction * Coastal Douglas-fir Forests * Role of Fire in Promoting Nonnative Plant Invasions in Coastal Douglas-fir Forests * Effects of Nonnative Plant Invasions on Fuels and Fire Regimes in Coastal Douglas-fir Forests * Use of Fire to Manage Invasive Plants in Coastal Douglas-fir Forests * Upper Montane Conifer Forests and Meadows * Role of Fire in Promoting Invasions of Nonnative Plant Species in Upper Montane Communities * Effects of Nonnative Plant Invasions on Fuels and Fire Regimes in Upper Montane Communities * Use of Fire to Manage Invasive Plants in Upper Montane Communities * Riparian Forests * Role of Fire in Promoting Nonnative Plant Invasions in Riparian Forests * Effects of Nonnative Plant Invasions on Fuels and Fire Regimes in Riparian Forests * Use of Fire to Manage Invasive Plants in Riparian Forests * Oregon Oak Woodlands and Prairies * Role of Fire in Promoting Nonnative Plant Invasions in Woodlands and Prairies * Effects of Nonnative Plant Invasions on Fuels and Fire Regimes in Woodlands and Prairies