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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

Influence of fire and Juniper encroachment on birds in high-elevation sagebrush steppe
Noson, Schmitz, Miller
We examined relationships between high-elevation sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) steppe habitats altered by prescribed fire and western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) encroachment on breeding distributions of Brewer's Sparrows (Spizella breweri),…
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

Salvage logging, ecosystem processes, and biodiversity conservation
Lindenmayer, Noss
We summarize the documented and potential impacts of salvage logging -- a form of logging that removes trees and other biological material from sites after natural disturbance. Such operations may reduce or eliminate biological legacies, modify rare…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Herbaceous vegetation responses (1992-2004) to restoration treatments in a ponderosa pine forest
Moore, Casey, Bakker, Springer, Fulé, Covington, Laughlin
Ecological restoration treatments are widely applied in southwestern ponderosa pine forests to convert them to an open canopy structure similar to that found at the time of Euro-American settlement. An experiment was initiated in northern Arizona in…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Recommendations for integrating restoration ecology and conservation biology in ponderosa pine forests of the southwestern United States
Noss, Beier, Covington, Grumbine, Lindenmayer, Prather, Schmiegelow, Sisk, Vosick
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Year: 2006
Type: Document

Seed supply of native and cultivated grasses in pine forests of the southwestern United States and the potential for vegetation recovery following wildfire
Hunter, Omi
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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

Evaluating wildland fire use fire effects
Laughlin, Fulé
From the text ... 'Three 2003 Grand Canyon National Park fires burned 83 plots across the park's North Rim old-growth forests that range from open ponderosa pine groves to dense spruce-fir-aspen stands at 7,300 to 8,800 feet (2,224 to 2,682 m)…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Meeting forest ecosystem objectives with wildland fire use
Laughlin, Fulé
From the text ... 'Old-growth forests provide researchers a unique setting to study the role of fire in forested ecosystems.... These wildland fire use fires have important management implications for Federal land management agencies.... Land…
Year: 2006
Type: Document