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Cornerstones of biodiversity conservation? Comparing the management effectiveness of Kruger and Kakadu National Parks, two key savanna reserves

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

Mapping tradeoffs in values at risk at the interface between wilderness and non-wilderness lands

Watson, Matt, Waters, Gunderson, Carver, Davis
On the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, U.S., the Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness is bordered by a buffer zone. To successfully improve forest health within that buffer zone and restore fire in the wilderness, the managing agency and the…
Type: Document
Year: 2009

A model for defining and predicting the urban-wildland interface for the Piedmont of South Carolina

Marek, Gering
Resource managers continue to experience a deluge of management conflicts as urban population centers expand into areas that were formerly wildland settings. Traditional forest management practices, fire suppression, recreational opportunities and…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

Cultural, environmental and historical controls of vegetation patterns and the modern conservation setting on the island of Martha's Vineyard, USA

Foster, Hall, Barry, Clayden, Parshall
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Type: Document
Year: 2002

Eolian deposition of forest-fire charcoal above tree limit, Colorado Front Range, USA: Potential contamination of AMS radiocarbon samples

Benedict
Shallow soil cores from 56 localities along the crest of the Colorado Front Range were processed by water flotation and wet sieving, then examined for wood charcoal and charred conifer-needle fragments. Charred particles were largest and most…
Type: Document
Year: 2002