Combination of wildfires and seismic lines may limit spread of non-native plants in Canada's boreal forest
A pair of disturbances common in Western Canada's boreal forests, when combined, may have an unexpected benefit of limiting the spread of non-native plant species, a University of Alberta study shows. The research gauged the interactive effect that natural wildfires and the presence of seismic lines...
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A pair of disturbances common in Western Canada's boreal forests, when combined, may have an unexpected benefit of limiting the spread of non-native plant species, a University of Alberta study shows. The research gauged the interactive effect that natural wildfires and the presence of seismic lines—narrow clearings cut into forests for oil and gas exploration—had on the establishment and spread of non-native plants growing beside roads.
Originally published at Phys.org
