Avian Response to Wildfire in Interior Columbia Basin Shrubsteppe

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Susan L. Earnst, Heidi L. Newsome, William L. LaFramboise, Nancy LaFramboise
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Ornithological Society 2009
• Subjects: Lower Post; Eremophila alpestris
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2009.080109

Wildfire and conversion of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) shrublands to cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) grasslands is a serious threat to the shrubsteppe ecosystem, but few studies have documented wildfire's effects on birds with multiple years of pre-and post-fire data. Using data from avian point co...