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Fire history of southwestern mixed conifer: a case study
Dieterich
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document

Fire history and grassland vegetation: three pollen diagrams from southern British Columbia
Cawker
Recent vegetation change in the grasslands of southern British Columbia is examined using pollen analysis, and the results are compared with documentary records. The increasing dominance of the grasslands after 1890 by Artemisia tridentata and other…
Year: 1983
Type: Document

Weather conditions associated with major wildland fires in the western United States [preprint]
Brotak
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document

Integrating fire weather programs and fire history to develop fire management prescriptions: Hells Canyon Wilderness, Oregon and Idaho
Mangan
The use of existing fire weather history from computerized data storage libraries, in conjunction with fire use programs and routines, allows the fire planner to develop realistic prescription limits, especially when the use of unplanned ignitions…
Year: 1983
Type: Document

Fire management options in Canada's National Parks
Lopoukhine, White
Fire management in Canada's national parks is facing other alternatives besides traditional suppression. The 1979 Parks Canada Policy permits a full range of options while the Natural Resources Management Process (NRMP) provides the framework by…
Year: 1983
Type: Document

The history and pattern of fire in the boreal forest of southeastern Labrador
Foster
The fire history of the wilderness of southeastern Labrador is marked by a patchy distribution of large fires in time and space. During the 110-year period encompassed by this study, major fires occurred in four decades, 1870-1879, 1890-1899, 1950-…
Year: 1983
Type: Document

Heat tolerance of rhizomes of several understory species
Flinn, Pringle
Rhizomes of eight understory species were subjected to treatments of 45, 50, 55 and 60 degrees for 5 min in a water bath. Selecton of thesespecies for study was based on differences in the depth of the rhizomes, in habitat, and in rhizome morphology…
Year: 1983
Type: Document

One and one-half centuries of fire in Wood Buffalo National Park
Delisle, Dube
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document

Economic efficiency of fire management on nonfederal forest and range lands
Bellinger, Kaiser, Harrison
An analysis, made by a cost-plus-net-value-change criterion, revealed that the amount of money spent nationwide to achieve an efficient fire protection on nonfederal forest and range lands is appropriate. However, improvements in efficiency can be…
Year: 1983
Type: Document

Decomposition of litter from three major plant species of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm.) forest in relation to site fire history and soil type
O'Connel, Menage
Rates of weight loss and release of N, P, K, S, Ca, Mg, Na, and Cl from litter of several species in jarrah (E. marginata Donn ex Sm.) forest were measured in relation to site fire history and soil type. Weight loss from leaf litter decreased in the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document