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National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy: Addendum Update
[Executive Summary] The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) presents this Addendum Update, to spotlight wildland fire critical emphasis areas and challenges that were not identified or addressed in depth in the 2014 National Cohesive Wildland…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wood Shreds on Post-Fire Erosion
Robichaud, Foltz, Showers
The increased size and severity of wildland fires require increasingly effective BAER treatments. A commonly used BAER treatment is mulching, the spreading of agricultural straw by hand or from the air using a helicopter. While widely used and…
Year: 2012
Type: Project

Black-chinned Hummingbird nest-site selection and nest survival in response to fuel reduction in a southwestern riparian forest
Smith, Finch, Hawksworth
Despite widespread efforts to avert wildfire by reducing the density of flammable vegetation, little is known about the effects of this practice on the reproductive biology of forest birds. We examined nest-site selection and nest survival of the…
Year: 2009
Type: Document

Do changes in connectivity explain desertification?
Okin, Parsons, Herrick, Bestelmeyer, Peters, Fredrickson
Arid and semiarid regions cover more than 40% of Earths land surface. Desertification, or broadscale land degradation in drylands, is a major environmental hazard facing inhabitants of the world's deserts as well as an important component of global…
Year: 2009
Type: Document

Mechanical thinning impacts on runoff, infiltration, and sediment yield following fuel reduction treatments in a southwestern dry mixed conifer forest
Cram, Baker, Fernald, Madrid, Rummer
Increasing densities of small diameter trees have changed ecological processes and negatively impacted conservation of soil and water resources in western forests. Thinning treatments are commonplace to reduce stein density and potential fire hazard…
Year: 2007
Type: Document

Influences of disturbance and vegetation on abundance of native and exotic detritivores in a southwestern riparian forest
Smith, Kelly, Finch
Detritivores play important roles in energy and nutrient flow in riparian ecosystems. Endemic crickets (Gryllus alogus Rehn) and exotic isopods (Armadillidium vulagare Latreille and Porcellio laevi Latreille.) are abundant detritivores in riparian…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Postfire logging in riparian areas
Reeves, Bisson, Rieman, Benda
We reviewed the behavior of wildfire in riparian zones, primarily in the western United States, and the potential ecological consequences of postfire logging. Fire behavior in riparian zones is complex, but many aquatic and riparian organisms…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Seed dispersal in fens
Middleton, van Diggelen, Jensen
Question: How does seed dispersal reduce fen isolation and contribute to biodiversity? Location: European and North American fens. Methods: This paper reviews the literature on seed dispersal to fens. Results: Landscape fragmentation may reduce…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Controlling speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) invasion in a wetland reserve of southern Quebec
Brisson, Cogliastro, Robert
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Year: 2006
Type: Document

Seed banks of native and exotic grasses and potential for vegetation recovery following wildfire [abstract]
Hunter, Omi
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Year: 2004
Type: Document