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Capturing crown fire behavior on wildland fires - the Fire Behavior Assessment Team in action

Vaillant, Ewell, Fites-Kaufman
While still not perfect, advancements in technology have made it possible to gather fire behavior data on actively burning wildland fires (Butler and others 2010, Jimenez and others 2007). The Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team (AMSET: a…
Type: Document
Year: 2014

Environmental change in Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems: the evolution of an eco-cultural landscape

Pellatt, Gedalof
Globally, colonialism resulted in the suppression of aboriginal land management practices, abetted by the concept of terra nullius, 'belonging to no one'; the belief that aboriginal people had little influence on or ownership of the land. Until…
Type: Document
Year: 2014

Fire responses to postglacial climate change and human impact in northern Patagonia (41-43°S)

Iglesias, Whitlock
Forest/steppe boundaries are among the most dynamic ecosystems on Earth and are highly vulnerable to changes in climate and land use. In this study we examine the postglacial history of the Patagonian forest/steppe ecotone (41-43°S) to better…
Type: Document
Year: 2014

Fire-reliant subsistence economies and anthropogenic coniferous ecosystems in the pre-Columbian northern American southwest

Sullivan, Forste
Archaeologists working in the vast coniferous uplands of the American Southwest have commonly assumed that the subsistence economies of the prehistoric peoples who dwelt there focused on corn (Zea mays) agriculture, the erratic yields of which were…
Type: Document
Year: 2014

Fuels and Fire Behavior Data Collected on Wildland Fires by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT): Methods, Datasets Available, and Potential Data Uses

Reiner, Ewell
Ali Reiner and Carol Ewell presented a webinar on June 10, 2014. Fire behavior and effects models are frequently used to inform fire and land management decisions despite a lack of testing against field measurements. The Adaptive Management Services…
Type: Media
Year: 2014

Holocene climate, fire and vegetation dynamics at the treeline in the Northwestern Swiss Alps

Schwörer, Kaltenrieder, Glur, Berlinger, Elbert, Frei, Gilli, Hafner, Anselmetti, Grosjean, Tinner
Treelines are expected to rise to higher elevations with climate warming; the rate and extent however are still largely unknown. Here we present the first multi-proxy palaeoecological study from the treeline in the Northwestern Swiss Alps that…
Type: Document
Year: 2014

History of ''olivillo'' (Aextoxicon punctatum) and Myrtaceae relict forests of Isla Mocha, Chile, during the late Holocene

LeQuesne, Villagran, Villa
Here we present fossil pollen and charcoal concentrations results from two stratigraphic columns from Isla Mocha (38°19'-38°25'S; 73°57'-73°52'W), Laguna Hermosa (350 m.a.s.l.) and Laguna Huairavos ( 125 m.a.s.l.). These results suggest that the…
Type: Document
Year: 1999

Longleaf pine on South Carolina's heritage preserves

Stowe
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) acquires land in the state to protect rare species and ecosystems, and significant cultural and archaeological sites. These lands -- called heritage preserves (HPs) -- also provide outstanding…
Type: Document
Year: 1999

Restoration in northwest interior forests

Hardy, Keane, Harrington
From the text...'The term restoration relates to activities required to reduce hazards from wildland fires and improve federal forest and grassland health to a condition that can be maintained through periodic disturbance. Restoration and…
Type: Document
Year: 1999

The genesis of two Picea-Cladina forests in northern Sweden

Hornberg, Ostlund, Zackrisson, Bergman
1. In northern Fennoscandia a rare forest type, characterized by Cladina species and Picea abies, occurs on dry productive sites outside the range of permafrost but close to the Scandes mountains. 2. We determined the history of vegetation…
Type: Document
Year: 1999