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Clary, Ffolliott, Jameson
3 forest floor layers were distinguished: L or litter layer, consisting of unaltered organic matter, F or duff layer (partly decomposed) and H or humus layer (well decomposed). Herbage production was measured in ponderosa pine stands; the main…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Kayll
Through a review of literature, the essential role of fire in the boreal forest as a natural regulatory agent of composition and succession is discussed in terms of plants, soils, and animals. In natural, long-term cycles, the incidence of lightning…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Cushwa
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Jarvis, Tucker
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Zwolinski, Ehrenreich
From the text ... 'Watershed management is one area in which fire is becoming increasingly important. In Arizona, prescribed burning has been used in all phases of watershed management with a considerable amount of success.To quantify some of the…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Cramer
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Ward
From the text ... 'The Delta Marsh lies in south-central Manitoba, 75 miles north of the U.S. border. It is within the eastern edge of the Aspen Parkland, between the Great Plains of central North America and the coniferous forests of the Pre-…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Baldwin
From the text ... 'Following experimental burns in 1961 and 1962, and in keeping with Forest Service fuel hazard reduction policy, the decision was made to use fire as a management tool in large chaparral areas.About 5,000 acres in Brushy Basin, 50…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Kayll
From the text ... 'The experiments reported here were undertaken to investigate the heat tolerance of tree seedlings and to determine how it varies with species, degree of physiological activity, and method of heat application.'From the Summary…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Smith
From the text ... 'This paper deals with investigations which concentrated on certain aspects of the direct and indirect effects of surface fire on the soil in the jack pine barren community in northern Ontario.The experiment, started in 1964 and…
Year: 1968
Type: Document