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It is now well established that fire plays an important part as a periodic disturbing influence on many of the forest types of North America. The species composition of such forests has undergone selection as a result of the regularity of fires during their history so that the…
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Betula, biomass, Calluna, charcoal, coniferous forests, deciduous forests, Europe, fire adaptations (plants), fire frequency, fire management, forest types, heathlands, lakes, nutrient cycling, phosphorus, Pinus, pollen, K - potassium, sedimentation, smoke effects, succession, wildfires
Description of botanical collecting trip to south Florida in 1921.
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Year: 1923
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Acer rubrum, deserts, distribution, droughts, everglades, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire resistant plants, Florida, hardwood hammocks, histories, humus, lakes, land management, marshlands, mortality, Native Americans, native species (plants), Nyssa biflora, organic soils, pine forests, Pinus, plant communities, prairies, Quercus nigra, Quercus virginiana, rivers, Sabal palmetto, sand dunes, scrub, soil moisture, soil nutrients, south Florida, species diversity (plants), succession, Taxodium distichum, vegetation surveys, xeric soils
In a year of catastrophic wildland fires across the country, Alaska once again had the dubious honor of being host to the nation's largest wildland fire.
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: catastrophic fires, fire case histories, fire management, fire suppression, lightning caused fires, rate of spread, smoke effects, wilderness areas, wildfires