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Importance of montane riparian forest and influence of wildfire on nest-site selection of ground-nesting birds
Kirkpatrick, Conway
We studied breeding populations of 2 coexisting ground-nesting birds, the red-faced warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons) and yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus), in high-elevation (>2,000 m) forested drainages of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona…
Year: 2010
Type: Document

Effects of fuel reduction treatments on avian nest density in the upper piedmont of South Carolina
Kilpatrick, Lanham, Waldrop
The Fire and Fire Surrogate Study is a national study installed at 13 sites across the United States. One goal of the southeastern Piedmont FFS installation was to assess the effects of fuel reduction treatments such as prescribed burning and…
Year: 2010
Type: Document

Wildfire risk and hazard: procedures for the first approximation
Calkin, Ager, Gilbertson-Day, Scott, Finney, Schrader-Patton, Quigley, Strittholt, Kaiden
This report was designed to meet three broad goals: (1) evaluate wildfire hazard on Federal lands; (2) develop information useful in prioritizing where fuels treatments and mitigation measures might be proposed to address significant fire hazard and…
Year: 2010
Type: Document

Fire helps restore natural disturbance regime to benefit rare and endangered marsh birds endemic to the Colorado River
Conway, Nadeau, Piest
Large flood events were part of the historical disturbance regime within the lower basin of most large river systems around the world. Large flood events are now rare in the lower basins of most large river systems due to flood control structures.…
Year: 2010
Type: Document

Managing for fish and fire: a balancing act in the Gila National Forest
The Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico harbors two imperiled aquatic species in its mid-to-high elevation streams, the Gila chub and the Gila trout. Modern and historical land use pressures, and the introduction of non-native fishes,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document

Importance of montane riparian forest and influence of wildfire on nest-site selection of ground-nesting birds
Kirkpatrick, Conway
We studied breeding populations of 2 coexisting ground-nesting birds, the red-faced warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons) and yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus), in high-elevation (>2,000 m) forested drainages of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona…
Year: 2010
Type: Document

First-order fire effects on animals: review and recommendations
Engstrom
Models of first-order fire effects are designed to predict tree mortality, soil heating, fuel consumption, and smoke production. Some of these models can be used to predict first-order fire effects on animals (e.g., soil-dwelling organisms as a…
Year: 2010
Type: Document

Fire management in Yellowstone National Park
Sellers, Despain
From the text ... 'Over 1,900,000 acres (770,000 ha) of Yellowstone Park are managed as wilderness. The administrative policy for the management of natural areas of the National Park system such as Yellowstone clearly stated in 1970 The presence or…
Year: 1976
Type: Document