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From the text...'The purpose of this document is to provide technical information on prescribed burning. It does so in two ways. One, it provides background information useful in determining reasonably available control measures (RACM) and best…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Edwards
In May 1990, a test of two levels of site preparation were implemented on a lower Piedmont site. The two silvicultural treatments were: 1 ) a spotgun application of the herbicide Velpar L and 2) brown and burn procedure. Seven 100 ft. x 2 ft.…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Rico-Gray, Garcia-Franco
We studied vegetation structure and soil seed bank composition in different successional stages of secondary lowland tropical deciduous forest in Yucatan, Mexico. The Series of study sites includes: slashed (S), slashed-and-burned (SB), and…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Barney, George, Trethewey
This paper presents the results of a study of handcrew fireline production rates. The methods are discussed. Tables and figures show the data collected and their analysis in a variety of stratifications. The basic data from the study are also…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Weber, Taylor
Present uses of prescribed fire in Canada are reviewed. Fire has been a natural component of many forested North American landscapes for millennia, making it an obvious choice as an effective forest management tool. It can be used in harmony with…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Stein, Price, Abrahamson, Sacchi
We performed two experimental burns of willow shrubs planted in common gardens, so that we could quantify the changes in willow architecture and the response of herbivores following fire. The first burn, which was conducted in May, showed no effect…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Paige
The primary goals of this paper were to experimentally assess the relative importance of fire, a potentially important selective agent involved in shaping scarlet gilia's compensatory response and, in general, determine scarlet gilia's response to…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Emmerich, Cox
Fire on rangelands used as a management tool or as an unwanted wildfire removes vegetation cover. Vegetation cover is thought to be a dominate factor controlling surface runoff and erosion. Surface runoff and sediment production were evaluated…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Cabrera-Perez, Garcia-Moya, Romero-Manzanares
Saltgrass cover the bed lake of Texcoco, Mexico. Spring burning is practiced to promote growth and to improve forage quality. To test the effect of burning on productivity an expriment with two treatments, burning and control with three replications…
Year: 1992
Type: Document

Thomas, Goodson
Many species of succulents, including cacti, live in desert grasslands which are being increasingly managed by fire. Plants may survive by (1) being missed by fire in refugia or (2) tolerating fire by vegetative recovery. Glasshouse experiments…
Year: 1992
Type: Document