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Lynch, Hessl
Interannual climatic variability strongly influences patterns of burning in many regions and this control may extend to fire regimes dominated by anthropogenic ignitions or fire suppression. A close linkage between fire and climate could reduce the…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Guyette, Stambaugh, Dey
Land managers developing fire management plans in the eastern and southern United States lack quantitative information on historic fire regimes. Twelve new fire histories were developed from dated fire scars on trees from regions where no fire scar…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Carroll, Cohn, Paveglio, Drader, Jakes
This article presents results from an interview-based case study examining burning practices of the Nez Perce tribe in the Inland Northwest in both their contemporary and historical policy context. Despite the lack of a prominent fire tradition, our…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Krebs, Pezzatti, Mazzoleni, Talbot, Conedera
'Fire regime' has become, in recent decades, a key concept in many scientific domains. In spite of its wide spread use, the concept still lacks a clear and wide established definition. Many believe that it was first discussed in a famous report on…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Champ, Brooks
In this conceptual article, the authors explore the possibilities of another approach to examining the human dimensions of wildland fire. They argue that our understanding of this issue could be enhanced by considering a cultural studies construct…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Fletcher, Thomas
Aim To reconstruct the Late Glacial and Holocene vegetation history of western Tasmania and to test the long-held notion of a replacement of forest by moorland during the mid to late Holocene in western Tasmania, Australia.Location Western Tasmania…
Type: Document
Year: 2010