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Daniels, Yocom, Sherriff, Heyerdahl
Wildfire is a key disturbance agent in forests worldwide, but recent large and costly fires have raised urgent questions about how different current fire regimes are from those of the past. Dendroecological reconstructions of historical fire…
Type: Document
Year: 2017
Stowe
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Type: Media
Year: 2017
Kipfmueller, Schneider, Weyenberg, Johnson
We developed a fire history for Voyageurs National Park (VNP), MN, USA based on 129 fire-scarred cross sections collected at 39 disjunct locations to develop a baseline understanding of the history of fire in the region. We dated 443 scars…
Type: Document
Year: 2017
Steen-Adams, Charnley, Adams
We examine the influence of wildfire institutions on management and forest resilience over time, drawing on research from a multiownership, frequent-fire, coupled human and natural system (CHANS) in the eastern Cascades of Oregon, USA. We…
Type: Document
Year: 2017
Mu, Qin, Zhang, Xu
Henan was the site of development for several ancient cultures during the Holocene. In this study, black carbon (BC) in the Holocene sediment is compared with known climatic changes and cultural events to provide information concerning the link…
Type: Document
Year: 2017
Dietre, Walser, Kofler, Kothieringer, Hajdas, Lambers, Reitmaier, Haas
Agro-pastoral activities in the past act as environmental legacy and have shaped the current cultural landscape in the European Alps. This study reports about prehistoric fire incidents and their impact on the flora and vegetation near the village…
Type: Document
Year: 2017
Lake
In this webinar, Frank Lake, Research Ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station presented findings from the 2014 Crafting Solutions for Wildland and Prescribed Fires Across Tribal and Nontribal Jurisdictions workshop and the 2012…
Type: Media
Year: 2017
Stambaugh, Creacy, Sparks, Rooney
In 2011, the most destructive wildfire in Texas history (Bastrop County Complex Fire, BCCF) burned 34,000 acres including most of Bastrop State Park. We used dendrochronological analysis of vegetation paired with documentary information to…
Type: Document
Year: 2017
Fire regimes in north-eastern Cambodian monsoonal forests, with a 9300-year sediment charcoal record
Aim To provide insights concerning changes in fire regime in north-eastern Cambodia over the course of the Holocene, and discuss implications of these long-term data for fire management in the present day.Location Southern Ratanakiri Province, north…
Type: Document
Year: 2004
Brauneis
From the text ... 'The Sioux and Cheyenne traditionally set fire to the prairie as they moved their summer camps in pursuit of game. ...The Great Sioux War provides a sharp contrast in how two different cultures with diverse values and objectives…
Type: Document
Year: 2004