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Fire is a worldwide phenomenon that appears in the geological record soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants. Fire influences global ecosystem patterns and processes, including vegetation distribution and structure, the carbon cycle, and climate. Although humans and fire…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire management, fire regimes, carbon cycle, climate change, ecosystem processes, vegetation distribution, vegetation structure, aerosols, agriculture, biomass burning, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, climatology, combustion, crown fires, deforestation, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, distribution, fine fuels, fire control, fire protection, fire resistant plants, fire size, grazing, human caused fires, ignition, invasive species, O - oxygen, plant communities, soil leaching, surface fires, vegetation surveys, volatilization, wildfires
Shaped by fire for thousands of years, the forests of the western United States are as adapted to periodic fires as they are to the region's soils and climate. Our widespread practice of ignoring the vital role of fire is costly in both ecological and economic terms, with…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: fire management, fire regimes, forest management, fire use, forest regeneration, habitat, soil processes, air quality, catastrophic fires, combustion, coniferous forests, erosion, fire adaptations, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire scar analysis, fire suppression, fuel breaks, fuel management, O - oxygen, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, plant communities, post-fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus garryana, riparian habitats, Sequoia sempervirens, soil nutrients, soils, wildfires