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Bahre
From a Pacific Historical Review ... '..., it has long been presumed that changes in the region's climate have also contributed to vegetation change. Geographer Conrad Bahre now challenges the view that these vegetation changes are due to climatic…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Kourtz, Todd
Lightning causes one third of the 9000 wildfires that occur in Canada. Annually, these lightning-caused fires account for 90% of the area burned and cost Canadians at least 150 million dollars in suppression costs and values destroyed. Unlike the…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Van Wagner
This paper looks first at the kind of forest fire statistics that are currently available in Canada. The main statistics are number of fires area burned, causes, and control costs. Good inventory data on burned areas are not available. The recent…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Brown, Reinhardt
Equations for predicting duff and large woody fuel (7.6+ cm) consumption are summarized. Dependent variables are duff depth reduction, percentage duff depth reduction, percentage mineral soil, large fuel diameter reduction, and percentage large fuel…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Latham
A prescribed fire was ignited near Chapleau, western Ontario, Canada, on the afternoon of August 10, 1989. The fire, covering approximately 400 ha, burned vigorously over a period of 3 hours, from 1400 to 1700 EDT, generating a plume cloud structure…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Messier, Kimmins
Above-and below-ground vegetation recovery was assessed 2,4 and 8 years after logging and burning on an age sequence of sites dominated by salal (Gaultheria shallon Pursh) on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The total above-ground…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Davi
Computers are rapidly expanding into the urban fire safety area. This paper presents some social implications caused by the use of computers for fire safety databases, arson prediction programs, and fire simulation programs. In regards to the new…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Christensen
In this paper, I shall argue that questions such as these can only be answered in the context of a clear understanding of wilderness processes and overall wilderness management objectives. I shall assert that wilderness management should be based on…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
White, Fenton
The western national parks managed by the Canadian Parks Service (CPS) are dominated by fire dependent forests of lodgepole pine, spruce and trembling aspen. Values at risk and high-intensity fire regimes limit the acceptability of unscheduled (…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Carlton
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Year: 1991
Type: Document