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Aboriginal fire regimes of monsoonal Australia in the 19th century

Braithwaite
The ethnohistorical and ethnographic interpretations of the seasonal pattern of traditional Aboriginal burning are in broad agreement and both are consistent with the fire management strategy now being advocated by me. That is, burning throughout…
Type: Document
Year: 1991

Aspect and species influences on nitrogen and phosphorus availability in Arizona chaparral soils

Klemmedson, Wienhold
Biota and topography are among the most important factors affecting nutrient status of wildland soils. Knowledge of these relations has a fundamental bearing on management of chaparral ecosystems. This study was conducted to determine the effect of…
Type: Document
Year: 1991

Fire and the environment: ecological and cultural perspectives

Nodvin, Waldrop
Forty-one papers based on oral presentations are included under four categories: Fire Ecology; Fire Management; Cultural; and Fire History. In addition, three papers are presented from a special session on the 1988 fires in the Greater Yellowstone…
Type: Document
Year: 1991

Fires, forests, and tribes in the northern Philippines: cultural and ecological perspectives

Codamon-Quitzon
The study was exploratory. The researcher utilized participant observation, case study, and interview-discussion methods to gather data. Purposive stratified multi-stage sampling guided initial selection of 103 respondents in 3 groups: kaingineros,…
Type: Document
Year: 1991

Projections of emissions from burning of biomass for use in studies of global climate and atmospheric chemistry

Ward, Hao
Emissions of trace gases and particulate matter from burning of biomass are generally factored into global climate models. Models for improving the estimates of the global annual release of emissions from biomass fires are presented. Estimates of…
Type: Document
Year: 1991

Smoke management: are rights included with the responsibility to use fire in managing public lands?

Shinn
[From the text] In the southeastern United States, the native biota of many natural ecosystems are adapted to periodic burning. It is generally believed that in Florida at the time of European intervention, these ecosystems were sustained as fire…
Type: Document
Year: 1991

Smoke management: are rights included with the responsibility to use fire in managing public lands?

Shinn
[From the text] In the southeastern United States, the native biota of many natural ecosystems are adapted to periodic burning. It is generally believed that in Florida at the time of European intervention, these ecosystems were sustained as fire…
Type: Document
Year: 1991