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An analysis of the western redcedar-grand fir forest communities in the Selway-Bitteroot wilderness, with special emphasis on fuel accumulations and fire potential
Habeck
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Year: 1973
Type: Document

Fire as a tool to manage tobosa grasslands
Wright
From the text ... 'Tobosa grass (Hilaria mutica) is a dominant of the Southern Desert Plains of North America (Clements and Shelford 1939) and is the climax on adobe soils (Campbell 1931). Moreover, it is a productive grass type (Paulsen and Ares…
Year: 1973
Type: Document

The habitat requirements of sage grouse and the role of fire in management
Klebenow
From the text ... 'Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus Bonaparte), due to their dependence upon sagebrush-grassland habitat for food and cover, are limited in distribution to the range type dominated by sagebrush, principally big sagebrush (…
Year: 1973
Type: Document

Fire effects in southwestern semidesert grass-shrub communities
Cable
From the Summary and Conclusions ... 'Results from over 20 years of research on the effects of burning on semidesert grasses and shrubs in southern Arizona indicate that shrubs are most susceptible to burning in June, the hottest and driest part of…
Year: 1973
Type: Document

Invasion of semidesert grassland by velvet mesquite and associated vegetation changes
Cable, Martin
From the data presented, we can conclude: 1. Even with the strong deterrent effect of a good stand of perennial grasses, velvet mesquite numbers are increasing significantly on these ranges. 2. The increases in velvet mesquite density of 6 and 20…
Year: 1973
Type: Document