About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of invasive grasses on fire spread and management in dry forest-mosaic landscapes.

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Claire Tortorelli and Alison Dean about how invasive grasses change the spread of fire across the landscape and how to manage it.

People in this episode

Host: Bob Keane

Guests: Claire Tortorelli, Alison Dean

Topics covered

• prescribed fire
• invasive grasses
• fire management
• landscape ecology
• dry forest-mosaic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fire Ecology, Association for Fire Ecology

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