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Effects of fire on threatened and endangered plants: an annotated bibliography

January 1, 1995

This bibliography presents basic information about the effects of fm on plants that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists as endangered or threatened or as category-one (Cl) candidates for federal listing. We searched 23 databases for publications, unpublished reports, and records with pertinent information; summarized and compiled information on the effects of fire from all final rulings on endangered and threatened plants and from endangered species recovery plans for plants; and solicited information from key researchers and agencies involved in fire ecology. The bibliography includes 126 references to the effect of fire on 172 federally listed plant species, or on 26% of the total number of federally listed plant species in these categories. Our study revealed that the total number of relevant articles has been increasing since the 1970s and more rapidly since the 1980s. Although research on fire and rare plants is increasing, an absence of information on many species persists. We hope that this document will facilitate and encourage research in this increasingly important field of botanical conservation.

Publication Year 1995
Title Effects of fire on threatened and endangered plants: an annotated bibliography
Authors Amy Hessl, Susan Spackman
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype Federal Government Series
Series Title Information and Technology Report
Series Number 2
Index ID itr2
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse