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Cuthrell
On the central California coast, the low incidence of lightning fires, coupled with a relatively predictable regional vegetation succession pattern, leads to the expectation that in the absence of regular anthropogenic burning, the landscape would…
Type: Document
Year: 2013
Fleishman, Chambers, Dobkin, Dickson
Prescribed fire and other fuels management treatments have been suggested as mechanisms to slow expansion of pinyon and juniper woodlands while minimizing potential expansion of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and increasing habitat quality and…
Type: Document
Year: 2013
Johnson, Evett, Lightfoot, Striplen
Indigenous peoples throughout the world have employed fire as a tool to manipulate and shape terrestrial vegetation and wildlife populations to benefit human use (Bird et al 2008, Williams 2002). Research conducted in many regions has reconstructed…
Type: Project
Year: 2013
Flatley, Lafon, Grissino-Mayer, LaForest
Fire-maintained ecosystems and associated species are becoming increasingly rare in the southern Appalachian Mountains because of fire suppression policies implemented in the early 20th century. Restoration of these communities through prescribed…
Type: Document
Year: 2013
Pyne
Fire has been an integral feature of our planet for over 400 million years. It has defined human culture from the beginning; it is something without which we cannot survive. While among the most destructive forces on Earth, fire displays equally…
Type: Document
Year: 2013
Lake
Indigenous people’s detailed traditional knowledge about fire, although superficially referenced in various writings, has not for the most part been analyzed in detail or simulated by resource managers, wildlife biologists, and ecologists. . . .…
Type: Document
Year: 2013
Urrego, Bush, Silman, Niccum, De La Rosa, McMichael, Hagen, Palace
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Holocene fire activity and drought on the mesic forests of the Upper Beni and the extent of ecotone migration in south-western Amazonia during the mid-Holocene. An additional goal was to address…
Type: Document
Year: 2013
Fowler
How do tropical farmers think about, handle, and respond to fire? What is the role of fire in the coevolution of self, society, and environment? In the compelling narratives that make up this ethnography, the lives of Kodi women, men, and children…
Type: Document
Year: 2013
Farella, Reiser
Type: Media
Year: 2013
The Madrean Archipelago or Sky Islands region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico is recognized for its unique biological diversity, natural beauty, and cultural heritage. This 2012 conference brought together scientists, managers…
Type: Document
Year: 2013