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No positive feedback between fire and a nonnative perennial grass
Geiger, McPherson
Semi-desert grasslands flank the 'Sky Island' mountains in southern Arizona and Nothern Mexico. Many of these grasslands are dominated by nonnative grasses, which potentially alter native biotic communities. One specific concern is the potential for…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Variation in nitrogen deposition and available soil nitrogen in a forest-grassland ecotone in Canada
Kochy, Wilson
Regional variation in nitrogen (N) deposition increases plant productivity and decreases species diversity, but landscape- or local -scale influences on N deposition are less well-known. Using ion-exchange resin, we measured variation of N…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Effects of an intense prescribed fire on understory vegetation in a mixed conifer forest
Huisinga, Laughlin, Fulé, Springer, McGlone
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Year: 2005
Type: Document

Responses of diversity and invasibility to burning in a northern oak savanna
MacDougall
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Year: 2005
Type: Document

Impacts of forest fires on tree diversity in tropical rain forest of East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Simbolon, Siregar, Wakiyama, Sukigara, Abe, Shimizu
Impacts of forest fires on the tree diversity of mixed dipterocarp forests have been studied in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Some plots were established in Bukit Bangkirai, East Kalimantan areas in 2001. Those were a 1 ha (later 1.12 ha) plot at the…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Afterburn
Kearns
From the text (p. 26) ... 'Wildfire has destroyed forests across the West. Help is needed to restore the life-giving 'natural capital' they provide. ... Wildfires are changing the landscape across the country and often not for the better. A long-…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Managing native invasive juniper species using fire
Ansley, Rasmussen
Junipers (Juniperus spp.) are native weedy shrubs that have expanded beyond their normal historical ranges in the western and southwestern United States since the late 1800s. Most ecologists and resource managers agree that juniper has become a…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Regional estimate of nitric oxide emissions following woody encroachment: Linking imaging spectroscopy and field studies
Martin, Asner
Woody encroachment, a spatially explicit process of land-cover change, is known to affect the biophysicaland biogeochemical properties of ecosystems. However, little information is available on the impacts of woody encroachment on N oxide emissions…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Tabanus abactor Philip responses to chaining and burning redberry juniper stands
Wiedemann, Slosser, Ansley
Ground-level chaining and elevated chaining followed by fire were evaluated as methods to eliminate stands of redberry junipers (Juniperus pinchotii Sudw.) which provide a habitat for Tabanus abactor Philip. Adult captures on bucket and board traps…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Listing of tribes that have documented use of fire by author and date of publication
Williams
From the introduction to the document ... '... In summary there are eleven major reasons for American Indian ecosystem burning, which are drived from well over 300 studies: Hunting ...Crop management ... Improve growth and yields ... Fireproof areas…
Year: 2005
Type: Document