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Reed
This specialist report is an assessment of the potential for the aerial application of fire retardant to affect the character and integrity of historic properties. Additional general information about fire retardant can be found in the EIS.
Type: Document
Year: 2011
A recent scientific project funded by the Joint Fire Science Program studied the potential impact of wildland fire on near-surface archeological resources at six diverse sites within the Midwest Region of the National Park Service (NPS). Information…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Kirleis, Pillar, Behling
Palaeoecology may contribute to the debate on nature conservation and the preservation of cultural heritage. Here we present two palaeo-records from the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve and National Park in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The park…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Mooney, Harrison, Bartlein, Daniau, Stevenson, Brownlie, Buckman, Cupper, Luly, Black, Colhoun, D'Costa, Dodson, Haberle, Hope, Kershaw, Kenyon, McKenzie, Williams
We have compiled 223 sedimentary charcoal records from Australasia in order to examine the temporal and spatial variability of fire regimes during the Late Quaternary. While some of these records cover more than a full glacial cycle, here we focus…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Roebroeks, Villa
The timing of the human control of fire is a hotly debated issue, with claims for regular fire use by early hominins in Africa at ~1.6 million y ago. These claims are not uncontested, but most archaeologists would agree that the colonization of…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Kauffman, Martin
Numerous studies, historical accounts and archaeological evidence suggest that the historical density and abundance of black oak (Quercus kelloggii Newb.) in mixed conifer forests was much greater than today. Reasons for the decline of this species…
Type: Document
Year: 1987
Ritchie
Post-glacial Vegetation of Canada brings together all the available information about the complex history of vegetational and environmental change in Canada since the last Ice Age. As the lands began to emerge from under the ice, they provided a…
Type: Document
Year: 1987
Forney
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Type: Document
Year: 1987