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Ecology, physiology, and management of cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica): final report: prepared for Florida Institute of Phosphate Research

Shilling, Bewick, Gaffney, McDonald, Chase, Johnson
From the Conclusions and Recommendations...'Discing stands of cogongrass was not effective for cogongrass control. Shallow tillage only fragmented rhizomes, causing only short-term growth reduction and subsequent strong shoot growth. A combination…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Fire and logging history at Huckleberry Hallow, Shannon County, Missouri

Guyette, Dey
Disturbances such as windthrow, fire and timber harvest significantly effect how forest ecosystems develop. We have and continue to modify the nature of our forests through anthropogenic fire, fire suppression, and resource exploitation and…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Fire in sacred groves and wildlife reserves: the case of the boabeng-fiema monkey sanctuary

Nsiah-Gyabaah
From the text... "This paper examines the pressures that lead to reduction of biodiversity especially the threat of wildfire to environmental resources, how indigenous people in Ghana protect vital environmental resources through culture, religion…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Fire management challenges and opportunities for land managers: using Okefenokee and Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuges as examples

Reeves, Cole, Savery
Managers of designated wilderness or conservation areas, especially those that are fire-dependent, often face a major dilemma. It is essential that fire perform its natural role of rejuvenating the ecosystem. Standards of environmental regulation,…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

How agencies can achieve fire management objectives while protecting cultural resources: a look at the southwest

Lissoway
The rejuvenating effects of natural fires prior to 1900 in Southwestern forest communities have been replaced by recent, unprecedented crownfires. These wildfires have given rise to planned expansion of management fire as a tool for ecosystem…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Interactions of fire regimes and land use in the central Rio Grande valley

Baisan, Swetnam
Four centuries of land use history were compared to fire regime characteristics along a use-intensity gradient. Changes in intensity and type of utilization varied directly with changes in fire regime characteristics near population centers, while…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Interactions of fire regimes and land use in the Central Rio Grande Valley

Baisan, Swetnam
Four centuries of land use history were compared to fire regime characteristics along a use-intensity gradient. Changes in intensity and type of utilization varied directly with changes in fire regime characteristics near population centers, while…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Longleaf pine can catch up

Boyer
From the text...'There is an inherent bias in existing yield tables and site index curves for natural longleaf pine due to growth reductions associated with periodic fire. Growth habits of longleaf are such that early growth differences, which reach…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Markets, strategies, and incentives: a North Carolina perspective

Megalos
The resurgence of longleaf pine in North Carolina has resulted from a coordinated effort from a varied group of conservation groups, agencies and industry groups. A significant increase in acres planted in longleaf has occurred through a combination…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Mycangia of Henoticus serratus (Col., Cryptophagidae); their morphology and possible role in transmission of fungi to burned forest

Wikars, Elewi
The morphology of two types of paired deep depressions situated on the ventral side of the pterothorax of Henoticus serratus (Col., Cryptophagidae) were described. The shape of the depressions and surrounding setae indicate that they function as…
Type: Document
Year: 1997