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Masters, Gray, Oswald, Rideout-Hanzak
This conference will provide a forum on global wildland fire research and management. Speakers will focus on the regional dichotomy between indigenous cultural use and understanding of fire and the modern cultural attitude toward fire. Concurrent…
Type: Project
Year: 2009
Ostlund, Ahlberg, Zackrisson, Bergman, Arno
The Sami people of northern Scandinavia and many indigenous peoples of North America have used pine (Pinus spp.) inner bark for food, medicine and other purposes. This study compares bark-peeling and subsequent uses of pine inner bark in Scandinavia…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Parr, Woinarski, Pienaar
How effective are large, well-resourced protected areas at achieving biodiversity conservation goals? In this study we critically review biodiversity research and management practice in two of the world's premier savanna reserves (Kruger National…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Cha, Chun, Lee, Lee, Ohga
We examined T. matsutake survived in soil after forest fires in T. matsutake-produced forest in the pre-fire period and the situation of damages from forest fire in stands. We established a square plot of (50 m x 50 m) in a burned site and divided…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Ascoli, Beghin, Ceccato, Gorlier, Lombardi, Lonati, Marzano, Bovio, Cavallero
Calluna vulgaris-dominated heathlands are globally important habitats and extremely scarce outside of north-west Europe. Rotational fire, grazing and cutting by local farmers were dominant features of past heathland management throughout Europe but…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Krawchuk, Moritz
Aim: Substantial overlap in the climate characteristics of the United States and China results in similar land-cover types and weather conditions, especially in the eastern half of the two countries. These parallels suggest similarities in fire…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Tsiakiris, Stara, Pantis, Sgardelis
Common farmland birds are declining throughout Europe; however, marginal farmlands that escaped intensification or land abandonment remain a haven for farmland species in some Mediterranean mountains. The purpose of this study is to identify the…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Umbanhower, Shinneman, Tserenkhand, Hammon, Lor, Nail
Fires are common in grassland regions of the world, and the frequency and severity of fire is linked to climate-driven changes in fuel loads. Western Mongolia is dominated by grasslands but the fire history of this region is largely unknown. We…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Carcaillet, Ali, Blarquez, Genries, Mourier, Bremond
The goal of this study was to determine the effect of local and large-scale processes on fire frequency during the postglacial period in a subalpine ecosystem (Alps, France). Large-scale processes should produce homogeneous distribution of fire-free…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Carcaillet, Ali, Blarquez, Genries, Mourier, Bremond
The goal of this study was to determine the effect of local and large-scale processes on fire frequency during the postglacial period in a subalpine ecosystem (Alps, France). Large-scale processes should produce homogeneous distribution of fire-free…
Type: Document
Year: 2009