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Ecology, physiology, and management of cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica): final report: prepared for Florida Institute of Phosphate Research

Shilling, Bewick, Gaffney, McDonald, Chase, Johnson
From the Conclusions and Recommendations...'Discing stands of cogongrass was not effective for cogongrass control. Shallow tillage only fragmented rhizomes, causing only short-term growth reduction and subsequent strong shoot growth. A combination…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

How agencies can achieve fire management objectives while protecting cultural resources: a look at the southwest

Lissoway
The rejuvenating effects of natural fires prior to 1900 in Southwestern forest communities have been replaced by recent, unprecedented crownfires. These wildfires have given rise to planned expansion of management fire as a tool for ecosystem…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Interactions of fire regimes and land use in the central Rio Grande valley

Baisan, Swetnam
Four centuries of land use history were compared to fire regime characteristics along a use-intensity gradient. Changes in intensity and type of utilization varied directly with changes in fire regime characteristics near population centers, while…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Interactions of fire regimes and land use in the Central Rio Grande Valley

Baisan, Swetnam
Four centuries of land use history were compared to fire regime characteristics along a use-intensity gradient. Changes in intensity and type of utilization varied directly with changes in fire regime characteristics near population centers, while…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Mycangia of Henoticus serratus (Col., Cryptophagidae); their morphology and possible role in transmission of fungi to burned forest

Wikars, Elewi
The morphology of two types of paired deep depressions situated on the ventral side of the pterothorax of Henoticus serratus (Col., Cryptophagidae) were described. The shape of the depressions and surrounding setae indicate that they function as…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Wildland fire as a luminal environment

Mejer
Building on insights provided by Beck (1988), Pyne (1982) and others, the paper views wildland fire as an event revealing a social and scientific field in which basic dilemmas that separate nature and culture, environmental autonomy and human…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth

Pyne
World Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseparable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet.
Type: Document
Year: 1997

How to integrate fire with land use planning and management - a process

Barney
A process concept for integrating fire into land use planning is discussed. A general planning process includes: identify issues, set objectives, gather information, develop alternatives, select alternative, feedback and adjust selection, develop…
Type: Document
Year: 1977