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MacKay, Rebeles, Arrendondo, Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Vinson
We investigated the effect of slashing and burning a tropical forest on native ant populations in the State of Chiapas, Mexico. We sampled ant populations one month after the forest was burned and compared species present with species occurring in…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Sumrall, Roundy, Cox, Winkel
Eragrostis lehmanniana (Lehmann lovegrass) is a warm-season bunchgrass native to South Africa which dominates many desert grassland sites in southern Arizona. To determine why fire results in high seedling recruitment of this species, we measured…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Rothermel
An account is presented of the initial long-range, 30-day, projections of fire growth of the wildfires in the Greater Yellowstone Area in 1988. The request for information, the method of prediction, and the actual fire growth are discussed and…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Noss
From the text ... 'The best that land managers might do to cope with these problems, with respect to maintaining biodiversity, is to attempt to mimic the natural disturbance regime (however changing) with their management activities. Because land…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Hogenbirk, Wein
Drought and fire, which may increase in frequency and severity because of global warming, were simulated in mid-boreal wetlands by transplanting soil blocks upslope to a lower water table and by prescribed burns. In the 2 years after treatments were…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Christensen
From the Summary ... 'Wilderness is, in many ways, a uniquely New World concept. Our concepts of wilderness grew in parallel with our nineteenth century notions of frontier, the contrast of landscapes conquered by humans versus those free of human…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Doren, Roberts, Richardson
Fire as an ecological factor is of major importance in the distribution, species composition, and productivity of the sand pine scrub community, both in its own right and as it interacts with other factors such as animal influences, trophic factors…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Pitts
Urban mass fires are relatively infrequent events which have historically resulted in immense losses of life and property. Mass fires often have occurred as the result of natural disasters or warfare. The development of nuclear weapons has increased…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Ward, Babbitt, Susott, Blakely, Hao
Because of the importance of emissions from fires in biomass fuels globally, we developed a highly portable Fire Atmosphere Sampling System (FASS) for sampling smoke emissions. Emissions were sampled with the FASS packages from a variety of fuel and…
Year: 1991
Type: Document