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Area burned reconstruction and measurement: a comparison of methods
Larsen
Knowledge of temporal changes in the area burned by wildfires is required to understand their influence on global climate change. This paper reviews the primary methods of reconstructing and measuring area burned. The area burned by wildfires is…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on flora
This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Fire in western shrubland, woodland, and grassland ecosystems
Paysen, Ansley, Brown, Gottfried, Haase, Harrington, Narog, Sackett, Wilson
This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Climate change and insect disturbance regimes in Canada's boreal forests
Fleming
From the Summary ... 'Natural disturbances are integral processes in the succession, functioning, and carbon-cycling that occurs in most of the world's boreal forests. Insects represent dominating disturbance factors in Canada's boreal forests and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Influence of potential climate change on forest landscape dynamics of west-central Alberta
Li, Flannigan, Corns
Changes in climatic conditions may influence both forest biomass accumulation rates and natural disturbance regimes. While changes in biomass accumulation of forests under various climatic conditions have been described by yield equations, large…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Carbon metabolism of the terrestrial biosphere: a multitechnique approach for improved understanding
Canadell, Mooney, Baldocchi, Berry, Ehleringer, Field, Gower, Hollinger, Hunt, Jackson, Running, Shaver, Steffen, Trumbore, Valentini, Bond
Understanding terrestrial carbon metabolism is critical because terrestrial ecosystems play a major role in the global carbon cycle. Furthermore, humans have severely disrupted the carbon cycle in ways that will alter the climate system and directly…
Year: 2000
Type: Document