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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern, International
Keywords: air quality, Alabama, Beadel, H.L., boreal forests, browse, catastrophic fires, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, community ecology, competition, coniferous forests, conifers, crown fires, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ecotones, European settlement, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, fire suppression, flammability, Florida, forbs, fuel accumulation, fuel types, game birds, grazing, ground cover, habitat types, hardwoods, herbivory, humidity, Komarek, E.V., Sr., land management, Leopold, Aldo, lightning caused fires, Meleagris gallopavo, mosaic, multiple resource management, nitrogen fixation, North Carolina, nutrient cycling, Odocoileus virginianus, organic matter, particulates, pesticides, pine forests, pine, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus rigida, plant communities, plant nutrients, pocosins, pollution, post fire recovery, prehistoric fires, prescribed fires (chance ignition), presettlement fires, recreation, regeneration, reproduction, savannas, scrub, shrublands, shrubs, site treatments, soil erosion, South Carolina, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), Stoddard, H.L., swamps, Tall Timbers Research Station, threatened and endangered species (plants), wetlands, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife management, wildlife openings, xeric soils, Yellowstone National Park
From introduction: The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) fires of 1988 were, in the words of National Park Service (NPS) publications, the most significant ecological event in the history of the national parks (NPS 1988). Their political consequences may be as far-reaching as their…
Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, bibliographies, catastrophic fires, community ecology, conservation, dendrochronology, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, European settlement, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, grasslands, human caused fires, Idaho, land management, Leopold, Aldo, lightning caused fires, mammals, Montana, mortality, mosaic, mountains, national forests, national parks, Native Americans, natural areas management, old growth forests, plant communities, post fire recovery, predation, prehistoric fires, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, season of fire, small mammals, smoke effects, soil erosion, species diversity (animals), state forests, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife management, wildlife refuges, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Mapping
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, arthropods, ash, birds, Botswana, charcoal, chemistry, community ecology, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, fire injuries (plants), fire regimes, flammability, fuel moisture, ground cover, habitat conversion, habitat types, hydrology, insects, mammals, mortality, mosaic, peat, peat fires, peatlands, perennial plants, plant communities, plant growth, plant nutrients, post fire recovery, precipitation, reproduction, rivers, seasonal activities, soil nutrients, soil permeability, soils, streamflow, surface fires, swamps, topography, water, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food plants
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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: air quality, birds, bottomland hardwoods, coastal plain, environmental impact statements, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, hardwoods, mammals, particulates, Piedmont, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus echinata, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, season of fire, sedimentation, site treatments, small mammals, soil erosion, soil nutrients, soils, tallgrass prairies, water quality, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
Wildfire emissions are challenging to measure and model, but simple and realistic estimates can benefit multiple disciplines. We evaluate the potential of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data to address this objective. A total of 11,004 fire pixels detected…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, British Columbia, Canada, fire danger rating, fire management, fire size, GIS - geographic information system, remote sensing, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires, area burned, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, aerosol emissions
The presence of glycosides of smoke-derived volatile phenols in smoke-affected grapes and the resulting wines of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon was investigated with the aid of high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). All volatile phenols…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Australia, phenology, smoke effects, smoke management, southern Australia, wildfires, volatile phenols, glycosides, smoke exposure, smoke taint, grapes, wine, bushfire, HPLC-MS, MS
Karrikins (2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-ones) are potent smoke-derived germination promoters for a diverse range of plant species but, to date, their mode of action remains unknown. This paper reports the structure activity relationship of numerous karrikin analogues to increase…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, germination, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, western Australia, karrikinolide, karrikin, seed germination, seed dormancy, germination stimulant
• Background and Aims Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae) is a fire ephemeral with an obligate requirement for smoke to germinate. Whether it is stimulated to germinate by 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one (karrikinolide, KAR1), the butenolide isolated from smoke that…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, fire sensitive plants, germination, Grevillea, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, Stylidium, Tersonia, western Australia, butenolide, germination, karrikinolide, 3-methyl-2H-furo[2, 3-c]pyran-2-one, Grevillea, Stylidium, Tersonia cyathiflora, Gyrostemonaceae
Prescribed fires can be used as a forest management tool to reduce the severity of wildfires. Thus, over prolonged and repeated periods, firefighters are exposed to toxic air contaminants. This work consisted in collecting and analyzing smoke released by typical Mediterranean…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: chemical compounds, Corsica, Europe, fire intensity, fire management, firefighting personnel, forest management, France, fuel loading, health factors, hydrocarbons, pine forests, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, toxicity, wildfires, wind, air quality, BTEXs, firefighter exposure, forest fire smoke, SVOC - semi-volatile organic compounds, VOC - volatile organic compounds, Mediterranean, firefighter health
A survey of the biodiversity of wild macrofungi, including edible species yields, was carried out from 1 May to 30 September 2007 at four different forest types (in mainly Miang tea forest). The plots 100 m2, comprised a tea garden with a few planted canopy tree species (37.2%…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, cover, fire injuries (plants), fire management, forest management, forest types, fungi, humidity, litter, overstory, Thailand, trees, wildfires, Basidiomycetes, burning, diversity, sustainable forestry, Thailand
An understanding of soil seed bank processes is crucial for understanding vegetation dynamics, particularly in ecosystems experiencing frequent disturbance. This paper examines seed bank dynamics in a tropical savanna in northern Australia, an environment characterised by…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, disturbance, experimental fires, fire frequency, fire management, forbs, forest management, grasses, heat, legumes, Northern Territory of Australia, population density, precipitation, savannas, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, soil temperature, species diversity (plants), sprouting, temperature, tropical forests, vegetation surveys, wildfires, seed bank, grass-layer, germination
• Background and Aims The role of fire as a germination cue for Mediterranean Basin (MB) plants is still unclear. The current idea is that heat stimulates germination mainly in Cistaceae and Fabaceae and that smoke has a limited role as a post-fire germination cue, in comparison…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Ericaceae, Europe, experimental areas, Fabaceae, fire management, germination, heat, heat effects, Mediterranean habitats, plant communities, plant growth, post fire recovery, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, shrublands, smoke effects, smoke management, Spain, woody plants, post-fire germination, heat treatments, Mediterranean basin, smoke treatments, seedling growth, Cistaceae, Fabaceae, Ericaceae, Lamiaceae, Linaceae, Scrophulariaceae , Primulaceae
Biomass burning is one of many sources of particulate pollution in Southeast Asia, but its irregular spatial and temporal patterns mean that large episodes can cause acute air quality problems in urban areas. Fires in Sumatra and Borneo during September and October 2006…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fuels, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Asia, biomass, biomass burning, Borneo, fire management, fire size, fuel models, Indonesia, Malaysia, pollution, Singapore, smoke management, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, urban habitats, wildfires, biomass burning, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, aerosol, aerosol transport modeling, aerosol modeling, emissions modeling, smoke emissions, Sumatra, Borneo
This review compiled the data from recent actual and simulation studies on toxic emissions from open burning and categorized into sources, broadly as biomass and anthropogenic fuels. Emission factors, in mass of pollutant per mass of material being burned, and actual…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Asia, biomass, biomass burning, charcoal, combustion, cropland fires, fire danger rating, fire management, fuel management, human caused fires, hydrocarbons, incendiary fires, Japan, land management, particulates, recreation related fires, smoke effects, toxicity, water, wildfires, open burning, PAH - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, particulate matter, PCDD - polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, Fs, toxic emissions
Smoke generated by burning of plant materials has widely been recognized as a germination cue for some species from both fire prone and fire-free ecosystems. It is an important factor for the understanding of vegetation dynamics and could have potential use for ecological…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, Africa, Borreria, Burkina Faso, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, fire regimes, forbs, germination, grasses, heat, heat effects, herbaceous vegetation, native species (plants), seed dispersal, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, vegetation surveys, forbs, native grasses, fire-related cues, propagation by seeds, West Africa
Ambient temperature and water availability regulate seasonal timing of germination. In fire-prone landscapes, the role of fire-related cues in affecting the range of temperatures and water potentials (Ys) across which germination can occur is poorly known, especially in non-…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, catastrophic fires, Epacris, Ericaceae, fire frequency, fire management, forest management, germination, heat, heat effects, Kunzea, Kunzea ambigua, national parks, New South Wales, plant growth, post fire recovery, regeneration, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, smoke effects, temperature, water, geat, hydrotime, water potential, soil seed bank
The European coastal heathlands are important habitats for international conservation. Today, these low-intensity farming systems are threatened by the cessation of traditional management regimes, such as grazing and prescribed burning. In natural systems, the effects of fire on…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: adaptation, Calluna, Calluna vulgaris, conservation, Europe, fire management, forest management, germination, grazing, heathlands, histories, human caused fires, keystone species, Norway, paleoecology, plant communities, population density, post fire recovery, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, succession, anthropogenic disturbance, germination cues, palaeoecology, plant-derived smoke, secondary succession
The inorganic main elements, trace elements and PAHs were determined from selected PM1, PM2.5 and
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, chemical compounds, distribution, Europe, Finland, hydrocarbons, particulates, K - potassium, season of fire, smoke management, wildfires, wind, atmospheric aerosols
The trend in global wildfire potential under the climate change due to the greenhouse effect is investigated. Fire potential is measured by the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), which is calculated using the observed maximum temperature and precipitation and projected changes…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Africa, Asia, Australia, droughts, Europe, fire management, climate change, greenhouse gases, precipitation, season of fire, South America, temperature, wildfires, wildfire potential, KBDI - Keetch-Byram Drought Index, projection, fire potential
Smoke plays an intriguing role in promoting the germination of seeds of many species following a fire. Recently, a bicyclic compound containing a condensed butenolide moiety, 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one (1), was reported as a potent germination promoter from plant-derived…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, chemical compounds, germination, Lactuca sativa, Passerina vulgaris, plant growth, post fire recovery, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, South Africa, Themeda triandra, toxicity
With the emergence of a new forest management paradigm based on the emulation of natural disturbance regimes, interest in fire-related studies has increased in the boreal forest management community. A key issue in this regard is the improvement of our understanding of the…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Models
Region(s): Alaska, Eastern, International
Keywords: biomass burning, fire frequency, fire size, wildfires, air quality, disturbance, climate change, paleoecology, statistical analysis, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, boreal forests, carbon emissions, charcoal analysis, simulation model
Charcoal fragments preserved in small, wet basins are used to characterise the fire regime of temperate and mixed boreal forest (hemiboreal) zones of southern Scandinavia during the last 3500 years. There was far less charcoal recorded from the temperate zone than the hemiboreal…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire frequency, fire intensity, fire regimes, flammability, fuel types, charcoal, paleoecology, pollen, sedimentation, Denmark, Scandinavia, Sweden, Holocene, fire management, forest management, boreal forests, coniferous forests, ecotones, charcoal analysis, hemiboreal forest zone, palaeoecology, temperate forest zone, temperate forest
The fragmentation of mediterranean climate landscapes where fire is an important landscape process may lead to unsuitable fire regimes for many species, particularly rare species that occur as small isolated populations. We investigate the influence of fire interval on the…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, forest management, fragmentation, climate change, Mediterranean habitats, mortality, plant growth, population density, post fire recovery, regeneration, seed dispersal, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, senescence, shrubs, smoke effects, threatened and endangered species (plants), western Australia, wildfires, PVA, demography, climate change, RAMAS Metapop, soil seed bank, non-sprouting fire recruiting shrub, obligate seeder
Background: Smoke released from burning vegetation functions as an important environmental signal promoting the germination of many plant species following a fire. It not only promotes the germination of species from fire-prone habitats, but several species from non-fire-prone…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: chemical compounds, distribution, Europe, germination, Hungary, light, post fire recovery, protein, reproduction, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires
Seasonally dry tropical forests are facing threat of extinction due to repeated lopping and forest fires. In the present study seed germination of four dry tropical trees, Acacia catechu, Bauhinia variegata, Dalbergia latifolia and Tectona grandis, was studied in response to…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Acacia spp., Acacia catechu, Asia, Bauhinia variegata, Dalbergia, Dalbergia latifolia, deciduous forests, fire management, forest management, germination, India, Malaysia, research, seed germination, seedlings, smoke effects, smoke management, Tectona grandis, trees, tropical forests, wildfires, dry tropical trees, growth, vigour, threat