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Delcourt, Delcourt
Fire suppression in the southern Appalachians is widely considered responsible for decreased regeneration in oak (Quercus) and fire-adapted species such as table mountain pine (Pinus rigida) and pitch pine (Pinus pungens) (Barden & Woods 1976;…
Type: Document
Year: 1997
Delcourt, Delcourt
We evaluated the importance of pre-Columbian human impacts on vegetation of the southern Appalachian highlands by comparing the fossil pollen and charcoal-particle record preserved in peat deposited during the past 3900 calendar years in Horse Cove…
Type: Document
Year: 1997
Bakken
In California, the percentage of wildland which is prescribed burned has been declining for many years. Fear of litigation, environmental concerns, and public perceptions seem to be the stumbling blocks. Is the reverse true: if we stop prescription…
Type: Document
Year: 1997
Cartledge
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Type: Document
Year: 1996
Stiner
From the text...'To many people, the thought of Canaveral National Seashore conjures up images of long stretches of pristine beach or spectacular NASA shuttle launches. Not as well known is the fact that the Seashore contains one of the most…
Type: Document
Year: 1994
Finney, Martin
Fire intervals were derived from analysis of fire scars on samples taken from 14 redwood (Sequoia sempervirens D. Don (Endl.)) stumps throughout Annadel State Park, California. Samples were obtained from small redwood groves that are isolated within…
Type: Document
Year: 1992
Denevan
The myth persists that in 1492 the Americas were a sparsely populated wilderness, 'a world of barely perceptible human disturbance.' There is substantial evidence, however, that the Native American landscape of the early sixteenth century was a…
Type: Document
Year: 1992
Van Pelt, Swetnam
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Type: Document
Year: 1990