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A decade of progress, a decade of frustration

Brennan
The past decade has seen tremendous research progress for the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). Research conducted during the 1990s advanced our understanding of bobwhite breeding biology, habitat relationships, long-term population trends,…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

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

Back to the future: ecosystem dynamics and local knowledge [Chapter 5]

Berkes, Folke
From the text...'Our appreciation of the role of fire management in cultural landscapes is relatively recent. For example, the early explorers of the U .S. Pacific Northwest encountered a varied landscape of open woods, spacious meadows, and patches…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

Bacterial diversity associated with subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) ectomycorrhizae following wildfire and salvage-logging in central British Columbia

Khetmalas, Egger, Massicotte, Tackaberry, Clapperton
To assess the effect of fire and salvage logging on the diversity of mycorrhizal–bacterial communities, bacteria associated with Cenococcum, Thelephora, Tomentella, Russulaceae, and E-strain ectomycorrhizae (ECM) of Abies lasiocarpa seedlings were…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

Chisos Basin Study Unit - Big Bend National Park: an evaluation of fuel treatment alternatives in a pinyon-oak-juniper woodland

Bundschuh
This paper analyzes the fuel loading and potential for a catastrophic fire in a 65-acre woodland plot adjacent to the developed area in the Chisos Basin of Big Bend National Park. Several fuel treatment alternatives are explored which would reduce…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

Creating defensible space for the Crevice Creek Cabin Site: a mechanical treatment strategy

Warthin
The Crevice Cabin Project recommends a strategy to protect human life and create defensible space for a culturally significant resource. The analysis of environmental and economic factors determines an appropriate long-term mechanical fuels…
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

Dendrochronological investigation of disturbance history for a native American site in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Ruffner, Abrams
Dendrochronological methods were used to identify the disturbance history of a Late Woodland Seneca Iroqouis settlement in northwestern Pennsylvania. The impacts of aboriginal disturbance on the landscape are widely speculative and few studies have…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

Dynamics of an anthropogenic fire regime

Guyette, Muzika, Dey
Human interaction with fire and vegetation occurs at many levels of human population density and cultural development, from subsistence cultures to highly technological societies. The dynamics of these interactions with respect to wildland fire are…
Type: Document
Year: 2002

Emerging trends in midwest bobwhite culture

Dailey
We begin the 21st century with the Midwestern northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) range reduced to a small portion of its historic distribution. This precipitous decline occurred largely during the last quarter of the 20th century, coincident…
Type: Document
Year: 2002