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Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) the Olympic Peninsula, Washington: autecology and population status

Shebitz, Reichard, Woubneh
We studied the autecology and population status of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.) on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, focusing in the Olympic National Forest (ONF). Objectives were to: (1) define and describe beargrass habitat…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Estimating rates of substitution for protecting values at risk for initial attack planning and budgeting

Rideout, Ziesler, Kling, Loomis, Botti
With changes in land management planning and a new federal fire policy, increased emphasis has been placed on protecting a broader set of resource values such as those associated with sensitive species habitat or cultural resources. Fire managers…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Fire and its management in central Australia

Edwards, Allan, Brock, Duguid, Gabrys, Vaarzon-Morel
Over the last 130 years, patterns of land use in central Australia have altered dramatically, and so too have fire regimes and fire management objectives. Although Aboriginal people still have tenure over large parts of the landscape, their…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Implications of a 14,200 year contiguous fire record for understanding human-climate relationships at Goochs Swamp, New South Wales, Australia

Black, Mooney, Attenbrow
This paper interprets macroscopic charcoal (>250 μm), humification and loss-on-ignition over the last ~14200 cal. BP from Goochs Swamp, located to the west of Sydney in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. This study aimed to…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Potentials and limitations for human control over historic fire regimes in the boreal forest

Granstrom, Niklasson
Fire, being both a natural and cultural phenomenon, presents problems in disentangling the historical effect of humans from that of climate change. Here, we investigate the potential impact of humans on boreal fire regimes from a perspective of…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Potentials and limitations for human control over historic fire regimes in the boreal forest

Granström, Niklasson
Fire, being both a natural and cultural phenomenon, presents problems in disentangling the historical effect of humans from that of climate change. Here, we investigate the potential impact of humans on boreal fire regimes from a perspective of…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Prescribed fire roots and state of the art in the south [abstract]

Masters
The use of prescribed fire in the South has a long and storied history. From earliest times fire has had a place on the southern landscape defining and redefining plant community and thus wildlife community boundaries. Before human settlement,…
Type: Document
Year: 2008

Woody bioenergy systems in the United States

Hall
ANNOTATION: This paper describes how most wood bioenergy crop systems in the United States are still in the early stages of development, with a wide variety of approaches under test in different regions of the country. In the United States,…
Type: Document
Year: 2008