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Sole, Keyser
From the text ... 'The following information described what is considered to be the single biggest problem facing bobwhite quail and other grassland birds throughout a major portion of their range. This is an area encompassing from southern Maryland…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Staddon, Duchesne, Trevors
Acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and arylsulfatase activities were determined from organic and mineral soils of a jack pine (Pinus banksiana L.) community 4 years after clear-cutting alone, clear-cutting followed by prescribed burning and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Staddon, Duchesne, Trevors
The impacts of clear-cutting and clear-cutting followed by prescribed burning on soil microbial diversity and community structure were assessed using sole-carbon-source utilization. Microorganisms were washed from organic and mineral soil samples…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Stapanian, Sundberg, Baumgardner, Liston
A probability-based sampling scheme was used to survey plant species composition in forests of 16 states in seven geopolitical regions of the United States (California, Colorado, Minnesota, and parts of the Pacific Northwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Feeney, Kolb, Covington, Wagner
This study assessed the effects of restoration treatments on growth, leaf physiology, and insect resistance characteristics of presettlement-age ponderosa pines (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.) at the Gus Pearson Natural Area in northern Arizona.…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Lynham, Wickware, Mason
In 1975 nd 1976, an experimental burning program was conducted in an immature stand of boreal jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) growing on level, granitic outwash sands in northern Ontario. Nine 0.4-ha plots were burned under a range of fire weather…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Feller
The influence of seedbed (undisturbed forest floor, burned forest floor, and mineral soil), light (closed forest, open forest, and clearcut), and competing vegetation (present, not present) on germination and initial seedling survival and growth of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Makarim, Arbai, Deddy, Brady
The report describes the 1997 land and forest fires in Indonesia, reviews of the control measures put in place and evaluates the national coordination efforts taken to combat the fires as the dry period extended toward what became a serious drought…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
From the text...'The need to understand both the role of wildland fire as an ecosystem process and the appropriate use of fire as a management tool has been recognized for years. Historically fire has played an important role in many ecosystems by…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Catling, Brownell
Vascular plants recorded within 50 one metre square quadrats in 1997 in an area cut and burned 37 years earlier revealed an unusually high species diversity with 87 native vascular plant species, which is roughly twice as high as that recorded in…
Year: 1998
Type: Document