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Wilcove, Rothstein, Dubow, Phillips, Losos
From the text (p. 247)...'Alteration of ecosystem processes is increasingly being recognized as a significant threat to biodiversity. Disruption of fire regimes, for example, affects 14% of listed species. About half of these species are threatened…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Huff, Smith
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Pellerin, Lavoie
One of the main problems associated with small natural reserves is their progressive loss of ecological integrity owing to the influence of surrounding human activities. In southern Quebec (Bas-Saint-Laurent, Canada), peatlands are extensively mined…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Kuvlesky, Gall, Dobrott, Tolley, Guthery, DeStefano, King, Nolte, Silvy, Lewis, Gee, Luders, Engle-Wilson
The masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) is an endangered species currently numbering <1500 individuals and restricted to 2 locales in southeastern Arizona and northcentral Sonora, Mexico. The subspecies' endangered status is attributed…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Dudley, DeLoach, Lovich, Carruthers
From the text...'the goals of this paper are to describe briefly the nature of impacts that saltcedar has to riparian ecosystems and how human impacts relate to this invasion, to review our expectations for a biological control program to augment…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Joyce, Mitchell, Loftin
Criterion 3 - Maintenance of Ecosystem Health - encompasses three indicators: disturbance, air pollution, and biological components. Our objective is to assess how well Criterion 3, developed to monitor temperate and boreal forests, applies to…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Maina, Howe
We explore the implications of an often overlooked fact in community restoration: most species, in real or synthetic communities, are infrequent or rare, a phenomenon we call 'inherent rarity.' Whether from long-term interactions of many factors…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Patel, Rapport
An effective approach to increase forest health is to identify and validate a suite of indicators for monitoring forest conditions. We sought indicators of impacts due to deer browsing. prescribed burn, visitor use, and trails on understory plants…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Moser
From the Preface ... 'Fire's impact upon the land, atmosphere, and global environment have been apparently more pronounced and more anxiety-causing to the public. The suppression of fire has caused harm to some ecosystems, either through elimination…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
White, Loftin
Woody perennials have invaded semiarid grasslands throughout the Southwestern United States. This invasion was coupled with decreased grass cover and increased runoff and soil erosion. Fire, which was a natural force that shaped and maintained the…
Year: 2000
Type: Document