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Influence of fire on aspen suckering
Horton, Hopkins
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Year: 1965
Type: Document

Use of an improved statistical method for group comparisons to study effects of prairie fire
Zimmerman, Goetz, Mielke
[no description entered]
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Vegetation management in wilderness areas and primitive parks
Heinselman
[no description entered]
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Aids to forest fire control planning at Petawawa
Van Wagner
A series of graphs, tables and maps are presented that form the basis of a revised fire control plan at the Petawawa Forest Experiment Station. Called aids to fire control planning, they are classified into those describing: (a) the pattern of fire…
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Energy production and temperatures in low-intensity forest fires
Van Wagner
From the introduction:'The purpose of this project is to measure the energy production of forest fires and how it is dissipated. If the use of energy output -rate is ever to become accepted as a means of describing forest fires, a simple method must…
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Measuring and controlling humidity: basic theory, terminology and measurement methods part I
Worrall
Several methods currently exist for describing the moisture content of an atmosphere or of a material. These are defined and their significance is analyzed. Terms are established and methods of measurement are indicated under varying conditions.…
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Some effects of slash-burning and clear-cut logging on soil properties and initial tree growth
Knight
Studies were made in 1955-62 in an old-growth Hemlock fir stand to determine the effects of logging (a) and logging plus slash burning (b) on soil-moisture trends, soil erosion, soil chemical properties, soil micro-organisms, and tree growth, and of…
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Oxides of nitrogen and unburned hydrocarbons produced during controlled combustion
Boubel, Ripperton
A diffusion flame burner was operated to determine the effect of several parameters on the quality of NOx and unburned hydrocarbons produced. The statistical analysis indicated the unburned hydrocarbon emissions to be dependent upon the rate of heat…
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Grassland fires
Granfelt
'...That man contributed (and continues to contribute) to the incidence of fires on the Great Plains cannot be denied, but the role of lightning should not be overlooked or slighted.'
Year: 1965
Type: Document

Sagebrush control on rangelands
Pechanec, Plummer, Robertson, Hull
In planning for sagebrush control, the following items should be considered: (1) Where, (2) when, (3) how, (4) grazing management afterward, and (5) the need for regrassing afterward. The purpose of this bulletin is to make information on these…
Year: 1965
Type: Document