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Principal mass movement processes influenced by logging, road building, and fire
Swanston
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Year: 1971
Type: Document

This humidity business: what it is all about and its use in fire control
Countryman
[no description entered]
Year: 1971
Type: Document

Fire as an ecological factor
Odum
[no description entered]
Year: 1971
Type: Document

The natural role of fire in northern conifer forests
Heinselman
The primeval conifer forests of North America, with their associated deciduous components, were largely fire-dependent ecosystems. Fire was a key environmental factor in controlling succession, species composition, and age structure of these forests…
Year: 1971
Type: Document

The ecology of the rocky heathlands of western Nova Scotia
Strang
From the text ... 'At the request of the Provincial government, an ecological examination was carried out between 1966 and 1968, to determine whether afforestation would be practical. The soil and vegetation of the heathlands were examined in detail…
Year: 1971
Type: Document

Weather and fire control practices -- 1970
Reifsnyder
From the text ... 'One area where great strides can be made is in the climatology of fire weather and its application to fire planning. Recent advances have been made in application of climatology to agriculture, and many of the same principles can…
Year: 1971
Type: Document

The role of fire in the ecology and silviculture of jack pine
Cayford
From the Discussion ... 'It has been shown that a number of research foresters have investigated the use of prescribed burning as a technique for regenerating cut-over jack pine stands and, in general, results have been very promising. However, it…
Year: 1971
Type: Document

Measuring mall loss rates in free burning fires
Murray, Northcutt, Countryman
[no description entered]
Year: 1971
Type: Document

Prescribed fire, crown scorch and mortality: field and laboratory studies on red and white pine
Methven
The effect of crown damage on mortality of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) and white pine (Pinus strobus L.) was examined using both controlled temperature laboratory experiments on pine seedlings and prescribed fires in mature pine stands.…
Year: 1971
Type: Document

How much forest protection is needed?
Smith
The need to develop improved methods for damage appraisal and a desire for better understanding of the economics of forest protection are illustrated with some data on forest fires in British Columbia, 1912-1968. Fire suppression and general…
Year: 1971
Type: Document