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The public policy of the State of Nevada is to achieve and maintain levels of air quality which will protect human health and safety, prevent injury to plant and animal life, prevent damage to property, and preserve visibility and the scenic and…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Robertson, Hickrnan, Harmoney, Leslie
The invasive yellow bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum [L.] Keng) threatens native biodiversity, and its control is of interest to land managers involved in restoration of invaded grasslands. We used single, double, and triple applications of…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Logan
From the text ... 'Decades of intense fire suppression have created thickets of trees and brush where the natural fire regime of more frequent, low intensity fires once nurtured a park-like forest of well-spaced trees and grass. Meanwhile, climate…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Dickinson, Ellison, Faulring, Holley, Hornsby, Hudak, Ichoku, Kremens, Loudermilk, Maben, Martinez, O'Brien, Paxton, Schroeder, Zajkowski
An ongoing challenge in fire measurement is obtaining quantitative and validated measurements of fire power (kW m-2) and energy (kJ m-2) across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Our approach to measurement has been hierarchical, where…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Keywood, Kanakidou, Stohl, Dentener, Grassi, Meyer, Torseth, Edwards, Thompson, Lohmann, Burrows
Fire has a role in ecosystem services; naturally produced wildfires are important for the sustainability of many terrestrial biomes and fire is one of nature's primary carbon-cycling mechanisms. Under a warming climate, it is likely that fire…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Rissman, Bihari, Hamilton, Locke, Lowenstein, Motew, Price, Smail
Conservation organizations rely on conservation easements for diverse purposes, including protection of species and natural communities, working forests, and open space. This research investigated how perpetual conservation easements incorporated…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Puhlick, Moore, Weiskittel
In the southwestern United States, there are currently no regeneration models for the growth and recruitment of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa C. Lawson var. scopulorum Engelm.) from seedlings to the sapling size class. The objectives of this study…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Owen, Sieg, Johnson, Gehring
Soil disturbances can alter microbial communities including arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, which may in turn, affect plant community structure and the abundance of exotic species. We hypothesized that altered soil microbial populations owing to…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Middleton
Land managers are grappling with massive changes in vegetation structure, particularly in protected areas formerly subjected to fire and grazing. The objective of this review was to compare notes on the historical and current management of…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
McGlone
Desert grasslands of the southwestern United States have experienced an increase in the abundance and distribution of woody plant species over the past century. Shrub encroachment has caused a substantial loss of grasslands in the northern…
Year: 2013
Type: Document