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Fire is a frequent and severe disturbance that affects plants on large scales, especially in Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTE). Plants have evolved traits that confer resilience to fire and other disturbances, ensuring their persistence in fire-prone systems, but MTE floras…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire adaptations (plants), fire regimes, fire resistant plants, flammability, wildfires, disturbance, resprouting, serotiny, seed dormancy, seed germination, Middle East, fire management, forest management, Mediterranean habitats, plant adaptive traits, flammability, germination, lignotuber, resprouting, serotiny
• Smoke-derived compounds provide a strong chemical signal to seeds in the soil seed bank, allowing them to take advantage of the germination niche created by the occurrence of fire. The germination stimulatory activity of smoke can largely be attributed to karrikinolide (KAR1…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: smoke effects, wildfires, agriculture, seed germination, seeds, Europe, fire management, smoke management, abscisic acid, germination, karrikinolide, Lactuca sativa
From the text ... 'The Encyclopedia of Southern fire Science (ESFS) is a web/based resource containing approximately 600 webpages of peer-reviewed fire science knowledge about the southern United States. Much of the information is equally applicable to other regions. Information…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: wildfires, computer networks, computer programs, research, fire management, smoke management
In fire-prone ecosystems, many species require signals such as heat or smoke to cue seedling establishment to the relatively favorable post fire environment. Grassland ecosystems are often maintained by recurring fire and many grassland species are considered well adapted to…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: fire frequency, heat effects, laboratory fires, smoke effects, grasses, seed dormancy, seed germination, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua eriopoda, Bouteloua gracilis, Salvia, Great Plains, Texas, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, range management, smoke management, grasslands, savannas, Bouteloua, Salvia, southern Great Plains, Texas
Intraspecific trait variability has a fundamental contribution to the overall trait variability. However, little is known concerning the relative role of local (e.g. disturbances and species interaction) and regional (biogeographical) processes in generating this intraspecific…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire frequency, heat effects, smoke effects, wildfires, regeneration, seed dormancy, seed germination, Cistus salviifolius, Lavandula, Turkey, Asia, Spain, Europe, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, Mediterranean habitats, Mediterranean ecosystems, germination traits, seed traits, spatial scale
We studied the effect of heat shock and wood-fueled smoke on the emergence of native and exotic plant species in soil samples obtained in an evergreen matorral of central Chile that has been free of fire for decades. It is located on the eastern foothills of the Andes Range in…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire exclusion, heat effects, lightning caused fires, smoke effects, wildfires, herbaceous vegetation, invasive species, native species (plants), seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, Asteraceae, Poaceae, Chile, South America, fire management, forest management, smoke management, central chile, exotic herb, heat shock
We review research on growing and burning herbaceous and woody energy plants, and compare the harmful substance emissions into the air while burning these plants. Research results of biomass combustion and reed usage as an environmentally-friendly fuel grown near lakes is…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, smoke effects, air quality, energy, environmental impact analysis, pollution, Lithuania, Europe, fire management, smoke management, energy plants, environmentally friendly fuel, willow, topinambour stems, chaff, burning, pollution, emission
A method was developed to estimate carbon consumed during wildland fires in interior Alaska based on medium-spatial scale data (60 m cell size) generated on a daily basis. Carbon consumption estimates were developed for 41 fire events in the large fire year of 2004 and 34 fire…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: disturbance, fuel moisture, remote sensing, boreal carbon dynamics, biomass burning, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire size, season of fire, wildfires, air quality, C - carbon, GIS - geographic information system, Picea mariana, black spruce, fire management, forest management, boreal forest
(From text) In the four decades between 1960 and 1999, wildfires in the United States scorched more than 7 million acres in a single year just once. Since 2000? Eight times, with 2012 at 8.8 million acres and still climbing. The annual number of wildfires exceeding 25,000 acres…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, fire suppression effects
This publication is a guide for resource managers on planning and executing prescribed burns in Southern forests and grasslands. It includes explanations of reasons for prescribed burning, environmental effects, weather, and techniques as well as general information on…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: environmental effects, prescribed fire burn plan, smoke management, firing techniques
The Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station conducts research on a wide range of topics to improve the management and use of natural resources. Categorizing this research is often difficult because in many cases the crux of an issue lies in its connection to many natural…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Aquatic
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: fire, wildlife, climate change, watersheds, community sustainability, forests and grasslands, learning events
The Prescribed Fire Strategy represents a consensus among representatives of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and the private sector. It focuses on achieving the goals of the Range-wide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine, which…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: landowners
Fire is frequently applied to many types of ecosystems for land management purposes. Smoke components from these prescribed burns can contribute to exceedances of air quality standards. Impaired air quality can lead to additional regulation of activities that contribute to air…
Person: Blocksome, Watson, Gross, Tapp, Grier
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: air quality, NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards, invasive species, rangeland, smoke management, Kansas, smoke management plan
Boreal forest fires are an important source of terrestrial carbon emissions, particularly during years of widespread wildfires. Most carbon emission models parameterize wildfire impacts and carbon flux to area burned by fires, therein making the assumption that fires consume a…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: dNBR - differenced (or delta) Normalized Burn Ratio, boreal forest, C - carbon, area burned, NLCD - National Land Cover Database