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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, bibliographies, fire management, nutrient cycling, plant communities, wildlife
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: boreal forests, Canada, grasslands, Pseudotsuga menziesii, range management, smoke management
Background and Aims Germination studies of species from fire-prone habitats are often focused on the role that fire plays in breaking dormancy. However, for some plant groups in these habitats, such as the genus Leucopogon (Ericaceae), dormancy of fresh seeds is not broken by…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, biogeography, disturbance, Ericaceae, fire management, germination, heat, heat effects, Leucopogon, New South Wales, phenology, plant physiology, post fire recovery, range management, regeneration, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, shrublands, smoke effects, Tasmania, temperature, Victoria, morphophysiological dormancy, embryo morphology, dormancy classification, germination, seasonal temperature, southeastern Australia, Leucopogon exolasius, Leucopogon setiger, Leucopogon esquamatus, Ericaceae, Epacridaceae
Fire has been shown to stimulate seed germination in a number of fire-prone ecosystems, mainly in Mediterranean type shrublands and, though not exclusively, in hardseeded species. Stimulation by heat, or by chemical constituents of charred wood and smoke, have been identified as…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: adaptation, Andropogon lateralis, Asteraceae, Brazil, Cyperaceae, ecosystem dynamics, Elionurus, Eryngium, fire adaptations (plants), fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, forbs, germination, grasses, grasslands, heat, heat effects, herbaceous vegetation, Mediterranean habitats, Poaceae, range management, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, shrublands, smoke effects, South America, temperature, wood, germination, grasslands, heat shock, southern Brazil
Soil seed banks that persist after a fire are important in fire-prone habitats as they minimise the risk of decline or local extinction in plants, should the fire-free interval be less than the primary juvenile periods of the species. In two common woody plant genera (Acacia and…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: Acacia spp., Acacia suaveolens, Australia, distribution, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, germination, Grevillea, heat, low intensity burns, mortality, national parks, New South Wales, population density, range management, season of fire, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, shrublands, smoke management, wildfires, Acacia spp., depth of burial, fire frequency, Grevillea, soil seed bank, southeastern Australia, seedling emergence
In the management of forest fires, early detection and fast response are known to be the two major actions that limit both fire loss and fire-associated costs. There are several inter-related factors that are crucial in producing an efficient fire detection system: the strategic…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Mapping, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Europe, fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, Portugal, season of fire, statistical analysis, wildfires, forest fires, lookout towers, Portugal, visibility, fire detection, fire towers, FIRE DETECTION FUNCTION MODEL
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Year: 2006
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: aerosols, air quality, Canada, fire management, Quebec, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires, forest fire, aerosol optical depth, Angstrom exponent
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: Africa, Alnus glutinosa, Asphodelus, Australia, chaparral, Chile, Cistus incanus, Clematis, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, Erica arborea, Erica australis, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, forest management, Fraxinus, fynbos, germination, Juniperus oxycedrus, Lavandula, Mediterranean habitats, plant communities, post fire recovery, range management, regeneration, resprouting, Rhamnus, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, South Africa, South America, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, wildfires, Mediterranean basin, chapparal, fynbos, kwongan, matorral, Erica, Juniperus
The effect of high temperatures and smoke on germination was tested on the shrubland Leguminosae species, Adenocarpus lainzii, Cytisus scoparius, Cytisus striatus, Genista berberidea, Genista triacanthos, and Pterospartum tridentatum, which are abundant and widely distributed…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Adenocarpus, Cytisus scoparius, Cytisus striatus, distribution, Europe, fire management, Genista, germination, heat, heat effects, legumes, plant communities, Portugal, Pterospartum tridentatum, regeneration, reproduction, seed germination, shrublands, shrubs, smoke effects, Spain, statistical analysis, wildfires, Atlantic shrubland, endemisms, reproductive behaviour, thermal shock, wildfire, darkness, woodland
Fire is one of the key disturbances affecting aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forest ecosystems within western Canadian wildlands, including Elk Island National Park. Prescribed fire use is a tool available to modify aspen forests, yet clearly understanding its potential…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Alberta, boreal forests, Canada, disturbance, droughts, duff, experimental fires, fire management, forest management, fuel moisture, ground cover, ground fires, hardwood forests, ignition, moisture, national parks, plant communities, Populus, Populus tremuloides, precipitation, soil moisture, statistical analysis, fuels management, ground fire ignition potential, aspen, Populus tremuloides, DMC - CFFDRS Duff Moisture Code, drought code, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System
A year-long sampling and analysis of 24 h airborne particles equal to or less than 10 mm (
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, chemistry, diseases, fire frequency, fire intensity, humidity, hydrocarbons, Mexico, Mexico City, organic matter, particulates, pollution, sampling, season of fire, smoke management
The past decade has seen an increasing interest in forest management based on historical or natural disturbance dynamics. The rationale is that management that favours landscape compositions and stand structures similar to those found historically should also maintain…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: age classes, Canada, carbon dioxide, coniferous forests, distribution, disturbance, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, logging, old growth forests, Quebec, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, wildfires
From the text ... 'We ensured that the New Mexico State air quality coordinator and the Southwest Coordination Center knew that the smoke predictions were posted on a publicly available Website.... The year 2003 saw record-high energy release component values in much of the…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Arizona, BlueSky, energy, fire danger rating, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, Idaho, Mexico, Montana, National Fire Plan, New Mexico, smoke management, wildfires
From the text... 'The three physiographic regions of the Southeast, all have their own unique requirements for the use of prescribed fire.... Smoke from the fire, a seemingly harmless element, has become as important and as potentially dangerous as the fire itself.... Fire in…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, Armillaria mellea, artificial regeneration, bark, coastal plain, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, firing techniques, forest management, grasses, grazing, hardwood forests, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, liability, livestock, mosaic, mowing, national forests, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus echinata, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, prescribed fires (escaped), regeneration, riparian habitats, Scirrhia acicola, wildlife habitat management
Results from two independently developed biomass-burning smoke plume models are compared. Model results were obtained for the temporal evolution of two nascent smoke plumes originating from significantly different fire environments (an Alaskan boreal forest and an African…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, biomass, boreal forests, coniferous forests, evolution, fire management, gases, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, mosaic, ozone, savannas, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke management, South Africa, statistical analysis, wildfires, biomass burning, computational modeling, intercomparison, tropospheric chemistry
Biomass burning from forest regions and agriculture crop residues can emit substantial amounts of particulate matter and other pollutants into the atmosphere. An inventory of forest, grassland and agricultural burning is important for studies related to global change. This study…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Asia, biomass, broadcast burning, croplands, fire management, gases, climate change, grasslands, India, particulates, range management, remote sensing, statistical analysis, biomass burning, cereal waste, gases and particle emissions, field burning, global change
The general perceptions of prescribed burning were elicited from forest users for an area that has been subject to this form of land management for at least 20 years. The largest group consisted of local residents living in and around the Wombat State Forest with two smaller…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, community ecology, conservation, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, land management, public information, season of fire, state forests, statistical analysis, Victoria, wildfires, Wombat State Forest, fuel reduction burning, planned fire, wildfire, land management, community
Repeated sequences of digitised and geo-referenced historical aerial photography provide a powerful means of understanding landscape change. We use this method to demonstrate a landscape wide expansion of closed forest (42% increase in total coverage) in the Australian monsoon…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Mapping, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, Australia, carbon dioxide, competition, distribution, drainage, ecosystem dynamics, elevation, fire protection, flammability, forest edges, forest management, GIS, grasses, habitat suitability, landscape ecology, Northern Territory of Australia, photography, savannas, statistical analysis, trees, aerial photography, historical ecology, Indigenous fire-use, generalised linear modelling, geographic information systems, landscape ecology, vegetation dynamics
Bushfires can cause widespread air pollution through the emission of high levels of toxic air contaminants that affect the health of surrounding communities. This review of studies that have evaluated the health impacts of bushfires in North America, Australia and South-East…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain, International
Keywords: air quality, Alberta, Asia, Australia, brush fires, Canada, CO - carbon monoxide, Colorado, diseases, fire management, fire size, health factors, mortality, particulates, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, Southeast Asia, toxicity, wildfires, atmospheric chemistry, bushfire, community health, particles, toxins
Fire is an important component of most Australian terrestrial ecosystems and exerts a major influence on plant recruitment in these systems. Seeds of species from Australian heath, woodland and grassland systems have a diverse response to fire-related germination cues.…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire intensity, fire regimes, heat effects, smoke effects, wildfires, plant growth, regeneration, seed dormancy, seed germination, shrubs, understory vegetation, weeds, eucalyptus, New South Wales, Australia, fire management, forest management, smoke management, rainforests, sclerophyll forests
This study is centred on Quercus robur, Q. pyrenaica and Q. ilex that have a distribution area covering all Europe. Fire is a frequent ecological factor in many ecosystems, especially in those with Mediterranean climates. Our working hypothesis is that fire affects the…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: heat effects, smoke effects, wildfires, ash, charcoal, plant growth, regeneration, seed germination, seeds, Quercus ilex, Holm oak, Quercus pyrenaica, Quercus robur, Europe, fire management, forest management, Mediterranean habitats, Quercus, germination, reproductive strategies, seeds
This paper describes the effects of temperature and simple or multiple dormancy-breaking treatments (potassium nitrate, surgical treatment, gibberellic acid (GA3), after-ripening at 45°C and nitrogen dioxide gas) on germination of five endemic and geographically restricted…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: smoke effects, herbaceous vegetation, perennial plants, seed dormancy, seed germination, temperature, western Australia, Australia, smoke management
That the capacity of global models to predict the future can be well tested by their capacity to reconstruct past events is generally agreed, as is the definition of normal winter as the numerical equivalent of >5x103 degree-days (with the degrees in Fahrenheit). One-…
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Weather, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, agriculture, Asia, biomass, boreal forests, catastrophic fires, combustion, coniferous forests, crown fires, decay, dendrochronology, droughts, fire case histories, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire management, fire scar analysis, flammability, grasslands, humus, Larix, light, logging, nuclear winter, peat, radiation, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soot, Soviet Union, taiga, temperature, wildfires
In regions with a Mediterranean-type climate wildfires are a frequent occurrence: in such environments fire tolerant/favoured species are frequently encountered. In the Mediterranean basin, many species of fire prone habitats are resprouters while others are known to germinate…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: chaparral, fynbos, Juniperus spp., Mediterranean basin, post-fire germination, kwongan, matorral
Epidemiological studies have shown that high levels of fine particulate matter (PM) are correlated with adverse human health effects. Approximately one-third of PM emissions in Canada originate from forest fires. However, air quality concerns are not typically included in…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: Canada, Alberta, economic analysis, forest fires, health effects, particulate matter (PM) emissions, dispersion models, air quality, diseases, fire case histories, fire management, health factors, particulates, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires