Type
Topic
Region
Year
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3
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…
Person:
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
Fire occurs frequently over wetland, but little is known of its impact on soil carbon variations and carbon mineralization, process that are potentially important in global carbon cycle. To investigate this issue, we have designed and implemented a two-year field campaign to…
Person:
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire frequency, season of fire, wildfires, C - carbon, nutrient cycling, soil nutrients, China, Asia, fire management, soil management, watershed management, wetlands, carbon cycling, soil carbon, wetland, mineralization, microbial biomass carbon
We used land-cover maps and active fire detection based on satellite imagery to evaluate the rates and spatial distribution of peatland deforestation in Southeast Asia from 1990 to 2010. Over this time period, the proportion of forest cover in the peatlands of Peninsular…
Person:
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence, Aquatic
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire frequency, wildfires, air quality, C - carbon, cover, deforestation, mosaic, remote sensing, Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sumatra, Asia, fire management, forest management, peatlands, swamps