UCLA researchers studying how the Woolsey fire affects plant and animal recovery.

Teams will monitor burn areas in the Santa Monica Mountains examining effects throughout the food chain.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-researchers-studying-how-the-woolsey-fire-affects-plant-and-animal-recovery

Posted on February 15, 2019 03:16 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1

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Can't wait for scientific data. I've been exploring the burn areas and contributed to https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/woolsey-fire-wildlife-and-plants, but of course cannot quantify and/or qualify the recovery I see, one observation at a time. But I also noticed that there are spots with scorched earth where nothing seems to take hold. They look like toxic islands surrounded by new growth. And there are so many invasive plants right now, Thistles, Mustards, Grasses...

Posted by andreacala almost 5 years ago

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