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Savannas are a major terrestrial biome, comprising of grasses with the C4 photosynthetic pathway and trees with the C3 type. This mixed grass-tree biome rapidly appeared on the ecological stage 8 million years ago with the near-synchronous expansion of C4 grasses around the…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, cover, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire management, flammability, grasses, grasslands, land use, mortality, photosynthesis, plant growth, regeneration, savannas, trees, wildfires, C4 photosynthesis, cloud physics, feedbacks, systems analysis
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
From the text ... 'The use of prescribed fire as a land management tool has deep and ancient roots in south Carolina's heritage, but conducting prescribed burns is becoming increasingly challenging because of a variety of factors, according to the chairman of the South Carolina…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, birds, carnivorous plants, cavity nesting birds, Colinus virginianus, coniferous forests, Dionaea, education, fire dependent species, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire resistant plants, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, game birds, Gopherus polyphemus, grasslands, hardwood forests, hunting, land management, longleaf pine, Picoides borealis, Pinus palustris, post fire recovery, public information, range management, roots, Sarracenia, season of fire, Smokey Bear program, South Carolina, Turkey, wild turkey, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the Executive Summary ... 'Over 2,000 wildfires burned 500,000 acres of Florida real estate, most of it between May and mid July, 1998. Although virtually every county was impacted, the fires were concentrated in the northeast quadrant defined by boundaries extending north…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Aphelocoma coerulescens, catastrophic fires, Deeringothamnus rugelii, droughts, education, fire damage (property), Florida, fragmentation, fuel accumulation, fuel management, fungi, Georgia, GIS, habitat suitability, health factors, herbicides, human caused fires, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Leptographium, lightning, lightning caused fires, mortality, national forests, overstory, partial cutting, pine forests, plant diseases, plantations, public information, storms, suppression, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wildfires, wildlife refuges, BEHAVE, PREDICTORS OF EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR, HOME PROTECTION STRATEGIES, anthropogenic factors
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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
From the text ... 'Once fires are established on the western portion of the Klamath National Forest, the pattern becomes a long-term commitment of resources, overhead teams, and expenditures.... When it comes to what to do with the Wooley Fire, there is no shortage of issues and…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: fire case histories, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, forest management, health factors, ignition, national forests, northern California, public information, rate of spread, smoke effects, threatened and endangered species (animals), wildfires, wildlife habitat management
From the text ... 'A coordinated, interagency effort is required to ensure that fire use programs are implemented in a professional and competent manner.... Fire management is as much a philosophy and attitude toward the land as it is an action program.'
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, land management, public information, 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
Atmospheric concentrations of elemental mercury (Hg0), reactive gaseous Hg (RGM), and particulate Hg (pHg) concentrations were measured in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), U.S.A. using high resolution, real time atmospheric mercury analyzers (Tekran 2537A, 1130, and 1135). A…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, fire management, gases, Hg - mercury, particulates, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, wildfires, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, aerosol particles, aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS), wild fires, reactive gaseous mercury, particulate mercury, geothermal features
Over the last century, fire exclusion in the forests of the Sierra Nevada has allowed surface fuels to accumulate and has led to increased tree density. Stand composition has also been altered as shade tolerant tree species crowd out shade intolerant species. To restore forest…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Abies concolor, air quality, bark, Calocedrus decurrens, char, coniferous forests, Cornus nuttallii, Dendroctonus ponderosae, Dendroctonus valens, fire exclusion, fire intensity, fire management, firing techniques, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, insects, Ips, moisture, mortality, Nevada, old growth forests, phenology, pine, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, plant diseases, population density, Quercus kelloggii, Scolytus ventralis, scorch, season of fire, Sierra Nevada, size classes, statistical analysis, surface fuels, trees, Abies spp., Pinus, Dendroctonus, Scolytus, bark beetle
The impact of major gaseous and particulate pollutants emitted by the wildfire of October 2003 on ambient air quality and health of San Diego residents before, during, and after the fire are analyzed using data available from the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire case histories, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, gases, health factors, ozone, particulates, pollution, southern California, fire management, forest management
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
Previous research has found that exposure to fire-related cues enhances germination of some plant species, and such species may exist in frequent-fire southwestern United States Pinus ponderosa forests. I performed four greenhouse experiments with Penstemon barbatus, a perennial…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: germination, seeds, Penstemon barbatus, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arizona, char, coniferous forests, fire frequency, fire management, forbs, forest management, Grevillea spp., heat effects, perennial plant, Pinus ponderosa, plant ecology, presettlement fires, Schizachyrium scoparium, season of fire, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, soil temperature, soils, statistical analysis
From the introduction: Let me emphasize that I only claim to speak with authority about the task of restoring fire to the National Forests. Private landowners have their own special problems in using prescribed fire, size of forest tracts, lack of expertise, etc. Before we can…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: eastern forests, fire management, historic fire use, public education, oak forests, prescribed fire program, catastrophic fires, education, fire frequency, fire size, forest management, grasslands, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, Native Americans, public information, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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
Habitat loss, fragmentation, and declining habitat quality have created an extinction debt in boreal forests, which could be partly reversed by deliberately improving the habitat quality in managed areas outside reserves. We studied the effects of green-tree retention and…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forests, Coleoptera, controlled burning, Finland, habitat quality, residual trees, threatened species, tree retention, beetles, Alnus incana, Betula, conservation, decay, fire injuries (plants), fire management, forest management, fragmentation, heat effects, insects, invertebrates, logging, mortality, old-growth forest, Picea abies, Pinus, Pinus sylvestris, population density, Populus tremula, smoke effects, snags, species diversity, trapping
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: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfire, reproductive behavior, thermal shock, Atlantic shrubland, endemisms, Iberian Peninsula
The Research and Development (R&D) arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands. Research has been part of the Forest Service mission since the agency's…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Forest Service, research, research accomplishment report
During 2005, the USDA Forest Service celebrated its Centennial, recognizing 100 years of successfully caring for the land and serving people. The Rocky Mountain Research Station has been, and continues to be, an integral part of the Forest Service mission, dating back to the…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: Forest Service, research, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Over the last several decades, the overall air quality goal in the United States has been to protect public health and clear skies by reducing emissions. At the same time, however, the risk of catastrophic fire has been rising in forests around the country as overly dense trees…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky Modeling Framework, smoke concentration, smoke effects, smoke management, smoke estimation tools, smoke forecasting
Resilience against fire disturbance of Mediterranean vegetation has been frequently described. However, fire regimes change due to abandonment of local land use practices and climatic change. Thus, it is useful to know the importance of fire-specific and unspecific mechanisms…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: disturbance, regeneration, succession, fire adaptations, germination, Spain, seeder, Cistaceae, ash, char, coniferous forests, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire regimes, fire management, firebreak, forest management, heat, land use, logging, mountains, Mediterranean habitats, Pinus halepensis, post-fire recovery, seed germination, Quercus coccifera , seeds, site treatments, smoke effects, sprouting, Stipa tenacissima, wood