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Schoettle, Sniezko
Only recently have efforts begun to address how management might prepare currently healthy forests to affect the outcome of invasion by established non-native pests. Cronartium ribicola, the fungus that causes the disease white pine blister rust (…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
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
Abella, Covington, Fulé, Lentile, Sánchez Meador, Morgan
Old growth in the frequent-fire conifer forests of the western United States, such as those containing ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Jeffrey pine (P. jeffreyi), giant sequoia (Sequioa giganteum) and other species, has undergone major changes…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Richardson, Rundel, Jackson, Teskey, Aronson, Bytnerowicz, Wingfield, Proches
Pines (genus Pinus) form the dominant tree cover over large parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Human activities have affected the distribution, composition, and structure of pine forests for millennia. Different human-mediated factors have affected…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Munger, Zouhar, Smith
The Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) provides reviews of the scientific literature regarding basic biology and fire ecology of nearly 1,000 plant and animal species. Managers use FEIS in planning for post-fire rehabilitation, use of fire in…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Kalkhan
Integration of spatial information (i.e., remote sensing, geographic information system [GIS], and Global Positioning System [GPS]) with geospatial statistics can be used to investigate the spatial relationships among plant diversity, fuels,…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Freeman, Stohlgren, Hunter, Omi, Martinson, Chong, Browns
Fire is a natural part of most forest ecosystems in the western United States, but its effects on nonnative plant invasion have only recently been studied. Also, forest managers are engaging in fuel reduction projects to lessen fire severity, often…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Bragg
The tallgrass prairie (Andropogon-Panicum) of central North America and the spinifex (Triodia) grasslands of the Gibson Desert of central Western Australia differ substantially in many ways, including in their responses to fire, but are similar in…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Guo
Diversity, biomass, and productivity, the three key community/ecosystem variables, are interrelated and pose reciprocal influences on each other. The relationships among the three variables have been a central focus in ecology and formed two schools…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Black, Hodges, Vaughan, Shepherd
From the text ... 'Despite the recognized importance of pollination services, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests pollinators are at risk. In the United States, the National Research Council (2006) reported that both managed honey bee…
Year: 2007
Type: Document