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Nez
Jason Nez, a Fire Archaeologist on the 2015 Rock Fire (Kaibab National Forest), will discuss how cultural resources can be protected during managed wildfires. The Kaibab National Forest has numerous cultural resources that are vulnerable to fire,…
Type: Media
Year: 2015
Alday, Santana, Lee, Allen, Marrs
Shrub-dominated ecosystems such as moorlands are recognized internationally as cultural landscapes with high biodiversity conservation value. These ecosystems are commonly managed using prescribed burning to reduce the impact of wildfires, increase…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Anderson, Rosenthal
Ethnographic interviews and historical literature reviews provide evidence that the nine ethno-linguistic groups inhabiting the foothill region of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada relied on a variety of plants and animals from chaparral…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Jones, Russell
A legacy of past fires is evident in the form of blackened basal hollows found throughout the southern range of the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens [D. Don] Endl.) forest. A deeper look reveals cambial scars dating back centuries, telling a…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Nakonechny
Modern studies of site distribution, utilization of near-coastal riverine resources, and the development of cultural complexity during the Holocene in southwestern Washington are hampered by the limited amount of data from previous archaeological…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Alcasena, Salis, Ager, Arca, Molina, Spano
We used a fire simulation modeling approach to assess landscape scale wildfire exposure for highly valued resources and assets (HVR) on a fire-prone area of 680 km2 located in central Sardinia, Italy. The study area was affected by several wildfires…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Cocking, Varner, Engber
California deciduous oak woodlands provide many ecological, cultural, and economic benefits, and often represent unique plant communities that harbor native rare and declining species. Oak woodlands have suffered substantial losses in area and…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Scasta, Engle, Talley, Weir, Fuhlendorf, Debinski
We compared the influence of patch-burn grazing to traditional range management practices on abundance of the most economically injurious fly parasites of cattle. Horn flies (Haematobia irritans), face flies (Musca autumnalis), stable flies (…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Haverkamp, Prior, Fogliani, L'Huillier, Anquez, Hua, Bowman
New Caledonia is a global biodiversity hotspot and an epicentre for Gondwanan conifers, many of which are threatened by mining and by altered fire regimes. We studied the distribution, abundance and demography of the endangered Callitris sulcata.…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Lehndorff, Linstädter, Kehl, Weniger
Fire residues elucidate the where, when, and how of land use. Charcoal analysis provides insights into wood-burning practices, but is restricted by the size of identifiable particles. The present paper is the first to apply a black carbon (BC)…
Type: Document
Year: 2015