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Berry, Buckley, McGarigal
The ARC/INFO system is a powerful GIS that is widely used by natural resource organizations. FRAGSTATS is an extensively used program that derives a comprehensive set of useful landscape metrics. The Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) is a forest…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Graham, Holle, Lopez
Present lightning detection networks provide fire managers in the United States with information about potential lightning-caused wildfires. Lightning location information can also be used for other purposes such as planning for prescribed natural…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Bunnell
Natural processes are clearly provided for in the Wilderness Act of 1964. This Act defines wilderness as a large land area which is primarily affected by the forces of nature. In addition, the defined purpose of the Act was to assure these lands…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Bergeron, Harvey
We present a method in which fundamental knowledge of natural ecosystem dynamics of the southern boreal forest may be used as a basis for a new silvicultural approach aimed at maintaining biodiversity and long-term ecosystem productivity under…
Year: 1997
Type: Document