Reducing Fuel while Protecting Soil Biocrusts: Research Brief
/Non-native annual grasses, such as red brome (Bromus rubens), have increased the amount and continuity of fine fuels in drylands of the southwestern U.S. Where herbicide is not allowed or may have undesirable non-target effects, one of the alternative treatments that has been proposed and used in more mesic habitats is carbon addition.
Chiquoine, L.P., S.R. Abella, J.L. Greenwood, and A. DeCorte. 2020. Unexpected side effects in biocrust after treating non-native plants using carbon addition. Restoration Ecology 28:S32-S44. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rec.13106
