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Hurteau, Stoddard, Fulé
Forests provide climate change mitigation benefit by sequestering carbon during growth. This benefit can be reversed by both human and natural disturbances. While some disturbances such as hurricanes are beyond the control of humans, extensive…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Climate change, and its ecological impact, is right on the horizon. According to climate predictions over the next century, the southwestern United States will face higher temperatures and greater evaporative loss, which will heighten the…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Bouchard, Butman, Hawbaker, Li, Liu, Liu, McDonald, Reker, Sayler, Sleeter, Sohl, Stackpoole, Wein, Zhu
This assessment was conducted to fulfill the requirements of section 712 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 and to improve understanding of carbon (C) and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the Great Plains region in the central…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Laughlin, Roccaforte, Fulé
We analyzed the effects of a second-entry prescribed fire in a mixed conifer forest in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 14 years after the initial burn to assess whether restoration and management objectives were achieved. The surface fire had…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Luce, Buffington, Dare, Dwire, Holden, Isaak, McGrath, Morgan, Rieman
Managing the balance between aquatic resources, wildfire, and fuel conditions has always been difficult, and is becoming further complicated by changes in climate that alter both aquatic ecosystems and wildfire characteristics. An important question…
Year: 2011
Type: Project
Sommers, Coloff, Conard
The proposed research will deliver a synthesis of Fire History information in relation to Climate Change (FHCC), which will include guidance for managers on how this information can be considered in making decisions. The synthesis and supporting…
Year: 2011
Type: Project
McCarthy
Webinar recording of a presentation by Patrick McCarthy on the work of the Southwest Climate Change Initiative (SWCCI), which is working to provide information and tools for managing landscapes and watersheds in light of a changing climate, assess…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Lowenstein
Climate change is no longer a threat; it's a reality. A rapidly changing climate is already transforming ecosystems and the processes that sustain them; greater changes lie in front of us. Climate change will change physical relationships (e.g. the…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Evans
Dr. Zander Evans, the Research Director of the Forest Guild, presents on his Joint Fire Sciences Program-funded report on fuels treatment practices. The report focuses on the mixed conifer ecosystems of California, the central and southern Rockies,…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Kolb
In this webinar Dr. Thomas Kolb will summarize the key findings of a six-year study of impacts of intense fire and fuel-reduction thinning on the carbon and water balances of ponderosa pine forests in Arizona. The results should be of interest to…
Year: 2011
Type: Media