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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, Acacia spp., Australia, Banksia, biogeography, conifers, conservation, distribution, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, European settlement, evolution, fire adaptations (plants), fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, firebreaks, flowering, fossils, glaciers, herbicides, histories, invasive species, land use, landscape ecology, Mediterranean habitats, mosaic, native species (plants), nongame birds, Nothofagus, orchids, paleoecology, plant diseases, range management, resprouting, scrub, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, soils, species diversity (plants), vegetation surveys, weed control, weeds, western Australia, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asteraceae, char, chemistry, Cistus ladaniferus, Cistus monspeliensis, Cistus salviifolius, Dactylis glomerata, Europe, Fabaceae, germination, Holcus lanatus, Mediterranean habitats, N - nitrogen, pH, plant communities, Poaceae, seed dormancy, seed germination, Senecio spp., shrublands, smoke effects, smoke management, Spain, Trifolium spp., wildfires, wood
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, air quality, Andropogon, backfires, biogeochemical cycles, Butyrospermum parkii, chemistry, combustion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, fuel loading, gases, Ghana, headfires, land use, range management, rangelands, savannas, season of fire, vegetation surveys, West Africa
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: annual plants, ash, Australia, eucalyptus, Fabaceae, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire resistant plants, fire sensitive plants, forest management, grasses, grasslands, heat, heat effects, herbaceous vegetation, Hypericum, litter, military lands, New South Wales, overstory, Oxalis, Paspalidium, perennial plants, plant communities, plant growth, post fire recovery, regeneration, sampling, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, soil management, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, Themeda australis, threatened and endangered species (plants), understory vegetation
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: age classes, Australia, biogeography, competition, conservation, distribution, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fragmentation, Grevillea, heat, light, mortality, mosaic, national parks, New South Wales, population density, population ecology, post fire recovery, predation, predators, range management, seed dormancy, seed germination, seed production, seeds, shrublands, shrubs, size classes, soil temperature, statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species (plants), vulnerable species or communities
This paper reports a study of seasonal and permanent homeowners in three wildland-urban interfaces in the United States: San Bernardino County in California, southwestern Colorado, and the panhandle of Florida. Past experiences with fuel reduction techniques, wildland fire, and…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: Apalachicola National Forest, Colorado, coniferous forests, cutting, education, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, Florida, fuel management, land use, National Fire Plan, national forests, public information, regeneration, site treatments, smoke effects, statistical analysis, thinning, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Fires in African savannas produce emissions contributing to changes in global biogeochemical processes. In the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI-2000), fuels characteristics were measured before and after experimental burns in two different western Zambian…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, combustion, experimental fires, fire intensity, flame length, fuel loading, rate of spread, moisture, Zambia, Africa, fire management, range management, grasslands, savannas, Kalahari, biomass, moisture content, fire intensity, rate of spread, flame length
Aquatic toxicity due to the creation and mobilization of chemical constituents by fire has been little studied, despite reports of post-fire fish kills attributed to unspecified pyrogenic toxicants. We examined releases of cyanides from biomass burning and their effect on…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: biomass burning, wildfires, ash, air quality, chemical compounds, fishes, pollution, runoff, soil leaching, toxicity, North Carolina, fire management, watershed management, wildlife habitat management, watersheds, cyanide, salmonids, stormwater
From the text ... 'This chapter focuses on the practical, management implications of the fire and climate change research that is reported in the earlier chapters of this volume. We start with an overview of fire management goals and strategies, and then draw some parallels…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, International
Keywords: fire damage (property), fire regimes, fire suppression, wildfires, air quality, climate change, Canada, Argentina, Chile, South America, fire management, forest management
Smoke and smoke-like analogues play a key role in the release of deep seed dormancy for a wide variety of geosporous (and three bradysporous) Australian plant species. Heat and ash were thought to be the primary cues for release of dormancy and subsequent germination. It is now…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire sensitive plants, wildfires, seed germination, western Australia, Australia, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, jarrah
'Painting, architecture, politics, even gardening and golf-all have their critics and commentators,' observes Stephen Pyne. 'Fire does not.' Aside from news reports on fire disasters, most writing about fire appears in government reports and scientific papers-and in journalism…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, fire suppression, fire policy
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by a survey of personnel from agencies and organizations within AWFCG in 2003. The topics were prioritized as High, Medium, or Low by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and Application Committee (FRDAC)…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Mapping
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: research needs
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: community ecology, conservation, cover type conversion, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fuel loading, genetics, herbaceous vegetation, herbivory, Icaricia, insects, introduced species, invasive species, invertebrates, Lepidoptera, Lupinus, Lupinus sulphureus, mowing, native species (animals), native species (plants), Oregon, plant communities, pollination, population ecology, prairies, range management, season of fire, seeds, site treatments, smoke management, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), weed control, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
From the text ... 'We conclude that HRV did form during an intense Montana wildland fire on a mountain face that was observed by the junior author. This article describes the phenomenon.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Weather
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: crown fires, fire case histories, fire control, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, fire whirls, flame length, fuel models, grass fuels, Montana, Pinus contorta, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rate of spread, spot fires, topography, US Forest Service, vortices, Washington, wildfires, wind
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Logistics, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: crown fires, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flame length, laboratory fires, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, plantations, rate of spread, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, spot fires, vortices, Washington, wildfires, wind, Wisconsin
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, convection, crown fires, crowns, droughts, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flame length, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, health factors, Idaho, national forests, Pinus contorta, rate of spread, statistical analysis, surface fuels, topography, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'It was a Black Friday for more than 50 families whose homes were destroyed.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, education, fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, lightning caused fires, North Carolina, Piedmont, pine forests, precipitation, public information, rate of spread, South Carolina, swamps, Washington, wildfires, wind
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Amazon, bibliographies, Brazil, catastrophic fires, cover type conversion, deforestation, distribution, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO, environmental impact analysis, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire regimes, forest edges, forest fragmentation, fuel appraisal, health factors, human caused fires, hydrology, land use, landscape ecology, post fire recovery, precipitation, rainforests, remote sensing, slash, South America, tropical forests, wildfires
The application of fire in the southern United States continues to increase in complexity due to urban sprawl, air quality issues and regulatory constraints. Many sites suffer from unnaturally high fuel accumulations due to decades of fire exclusion. The loss of habitat to…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Fire Ecology, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, conservation, cover type conversion, education, energy, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, habitat conversion, hardwood hammocks, ignition, liability, low intensity burns, marshlands, mowing, natural areas management, north Florida, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, plant communities, public information, roads, sandhills, scrub, site treatments, smoke management, succession, swamps, Taxodium distichum, urban habitats, watershed management, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
The emission of mercury from biomass burning was investigated in laboratory experiments and the results confirmed in airborne measurements on a wildfire near Hearst, Ont. Mercury contained in vegetation (live, dead, coniferous, deciduous) was essentially completely released in…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Acer, Adenostoma fasciculatum, air quality, biomass, Ceanothus crassifolius, chemistry, conifers, Connecticut, deciduous forests, fire management, flammability, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, hardwood forests, Idaho, Ilex glabra, litter, Montana, national forests, needles, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus monticola, Pinus palustris, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus strobus, pollution, Pseudotsuga menziesii, sampling, smoke management, South Carolina, statistical analysis, Thuja plicata, Tsuga heterophylla, Washington, wildfires
From the Conclusion ... 'A comprehensive, mechanistic simulation of wildland fire and ecosystem dynamics across a landscape may not be possible because of computer limitations, inadequate research, inconsistent data, and extensive parameterization. Therefore empirical and…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: bacteria, climate change, decomposition, disturbance, duff, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, evapotranspiration, fire growth, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fuel moisture, fungi, heat effects, humidity, hydrology, ignition, insects, landscape ecology, leaves, litter, mortality, nutrient cycling, photosynthesis, plant diseases, precipitation, radiation, rate of spread, regeneration, roots, runoff, seed dispersal, seed production, smoke behavior, smoke management, soil moisture, soil organic matter, soils, stand characteristics, temperate forests, understory vegetation, wilderness fire management, wildfires, woody fuels
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Eastern, Rocky Mountain, International
Keywords: Alberta, buds, Canada, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, ecotones, fire injuries (plants), heat, heat effects, leaves, moisture, mortality, mountains, plant growth, plant physiology, post fire recovery, prairies, smoke effects, soil temperature, statistical analysis, surface fires, Wisconsin
From the text ... 'Scientists at the University of Florida believe prescribed burnig may protect dogwoods from anthracnose by creating environmental conditions unfavorable to the disease.' Contact author at: sjose@ufl.edu .
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Anthracnose, biogeography, Cornus, Discula, distribution, Florida, forest management, fungi, Great Smoky Mountains, land management, land use, national parks, North Carolina, plant diseases, population density, smoke effects, state parks, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: age classes, air quality, annual plants, biomass, competition, fire frequency, fire management, grasslands, grazing, histories, invasive species, land management, litter, mortality, Nassella, native species (plants), natural areas management, perennial plants, phenology, plant growth, population density, population ecology, regeneration, season of fire, seed germination, seedlings, soil nutrients, statistical analysis, topography, weed control, wilderness areas, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics
Region(s): Northwest, International
Keywords: Achnatherum, annual plants, Artemisia tridentata, artificial regeneration, Astragalus, biomass, Centrocercus urophasianus, community ecology, competition, Crepis, Elymus elymoides, fire exclusion, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, firing techniques, flame length, forage, forbs, fragmentation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, game birds, grasses, grasslands, habitat conversion, headfires, herbaceous vegetation, microclimate, mosaic, native species (animals), native species (plants), Oregon, perennial plants, plant communities, plant growth, Poa secunda, population density, population ecology, post fire recovery, Pseudoroegneria, range management, rate of spread, regeneration, seed dispersal, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, shrublands, site treatments, statistical analysis, succession, temperature, topography, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, wildlife food habits, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges