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Kucera
Most grassland environments are conducive to the ignition and spread of fire. The vegetation provides flammable fuel which when burned facilitates new growth and restricts tree encroachment. The grassland community exhibits various adaptations to…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Komarek
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Tisdale, Hironaka
The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of literature on the vegetation of the sagebrush region of North America. Since the objective is to document the current status of knowledge of sagebrush vegetation, emphasis has been…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Bratten, Davis, Flatman, Keith, Rapp, Storey
FOCUS (Fire Operational Characteristics Using Simulation) is a computer simulation model for evaluating alternative fire management plans. This final report provides a broad overview of the FOCUS system, describes two major modules-fire suppression…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Marty, Barney
A guidebook has been developed to assist the fire managers and planners in estimating actual economic costs, losses, and benefits resulting from fire management activities. This guidebook was developed and tested on 12 National Forests during the…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Kilgore
Fire plays an important role in determining structure of forests and scrublands throughout the West. Distribution and structure of vegetation depends upon topography, climatic regime, and fire regime. Six fire regimes are defined based on fire…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Pyne
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Year: 1981
Type: Document