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Prescribed Fire
Tu, Hurd, Randall
From the text ... 'TNC and other agencies and ogganizations that manage land for biodiversity often use prescribed burns to promote desired vegetation and species. Fire is sometimes necessary to prompt the germination of some plants, including a…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

The effect of rejuvenation of Aspen Parkland ecoregion grass-legume pastures on botanical composition
Lardner, Wright, Cohen, Curry, MacFarlane
[no description entered]
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Helminth community structure and pattern in Merriam's kangaroo rats, Dipodomys merriami Mearns, from the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico, USA
Fedynich, Monasmith, Demarais
[no description entered]
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Comparison of the understory vegetation in boreal forest types of southwest Quebec
Legare, Bergeron, Leduc, Paré
Variation in canopy composition can influence ecosystem processes, such as nutrient cycling and light transmittance, even when environmental soil conditions are similar. To determine whether forest cover type influences species composition of the…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Forest fires and environmental haze in Southeast Asia: using the 'stakeholder' approach to assign costs and responsibilities
Quah, Johnston
The 'seasonal haze' problem is one which afflicts large parts of Southeast Asia in years of drought. The major cause is forest, bush and field fires in the states of Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia, and to a lesser extent in Sabah, Sarawak, and…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Pyrolysis-GC-MS analysis of the formation and degradation stages of charred residues from lignocellulosic biomass
Gonzalez-Vila, Tinoco, Almendros, Martin
[no description entered]
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Mount Trumbull ponderosa pine ecosystem restoration project
Taulor, Bauman
[no description entered]
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Sand sagebrush response to fall and spring prescribed burns
Vermeire, Mitchell, Fuhlendorf
Sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) is a dominant shrub on sandy soils throughout the Great Plains and Southwest. Sand sagebrush is reported to reduce wind erosion and provides valuable forage and cover to numerous wildlife species. However, the…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

The International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment: an overview and summary to-date
Alexander
The International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME) was a major project of Canadian Forest Service fire research carried out in collaboration with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ Forest Management Division near the community of…
Year: 2001
Type: Media

Fire: A Brief History
Pyne
Here, in one concise book, is the essential story of fire. Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document