Displaying 1 - 10 of 34
Scotti, Cadoni
Common lands are known for the management problems they experience as well for their unique contributions to local communities cultural heritage. Forest knowledge and management of the commons represents a relevant component of this heritage that is…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Petty, Bowman
We use satellite imagery to compare and contrast fire patterns across a repeating mosaic of vegetation types occurring within the tropical savanna of the Northern Territory, Australia. Our study area included different land management settings that…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Calkin, Hyde, Robichaud, Jones, Ashmun, Loeffler
Wildfire effects include loss of vegetative cover and changes to soil properties that may lead to secondary effects of increased runoff, erosion, flooding, sedimentation, and vulnerability to invasive weeds. These secondary effects may threaten…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Warren, Sherman, Zeidler
This report represents the final deliverable for the project entitled Assessment of Livestock Grazing Impacts on Cultural Resources and Fuels at Mākua Military Reservation, carried out by the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Way
This essay examines the work of wildlife biologist Herbert Stoddard, who came to the longleaf pine-grassland forests of south Georgia in 1924 to study the bobwhite quail, and stayed to develop a method of land management that stressed ecological…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Stephens, Fry, Franco-Vizcaino, Collins, Moghaddas
The cultural practices associated with Euro-American settlement in the United States have altered forest structure and ultimately changed fundamental ecosystem processes. Coarse woody debris (CWD) and canopy cover are recognized as having great…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Brncic, Willis, Harris, Washington
This paper presents the results from a palaeoecological study to establish the impact of prehistoric human activity and climate change on the vegetation and soils of the Goualougo area of the Nouabale- Ndoki National Park, in the Republic of Congo (…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Kaufmann, Binkley, Fulé, Johnson, Stephens, Swetnam
There are varying definitions of old-growth forests because of differences in environment and differing fire influence across the Intermountain West. Two general types of forests reflect the role of fire: 1) forests shaped by natural changes in…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
Johnston, Jacups, Vickery, Bowman
The spread of industrial civilizations has been particularly traumatic for the last remaining hunter-gatherer societies. Manifestations of this include expatriation from ancestral lands, sickness, poverty, and environmental degradation. Northern…
Type: Document
Year: 2007
García-Montero, Manjón, Pascual, Garcia-Abril
Most studies on Tuber melanosporum fail to supply statistical data on carpophore production and other quantitative data associated with truffle ecology, such as the development of its burns (truffle production sites). During 7 years, we studied 208…
Type: Document
Year: 2007