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Distribution, habitat and Red List status of the New Caledonian endemic tree Canacomyrica monticola (Myricaceae)
Herbert
The monotypic genus Canacomyrica Guillaumin is a small tree endemic to the rare remaining fragments of primary forest growing on ultramafic geology in New Caledonia. In the rich flora of this island it is one of many endemics to be threatened by…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Recovery of rare species: case study of the masked bobwhite
Hernandez, Kuvlesky, DeYoung, Brennan, Gall
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Year: 2006
Type: Document

Interrelationships between hydrology and ecology in fire degraded tropical peat swamp forests
Wosten, Van der Berg, van Eijk, Gevers, Giesen, Hooijer, Idris, Leenman, Rais, Siderius, Silvius, Suryadiputra, Wibisono
Interrelationships between hydrology and ecology are established for the Air Hitam Laut watershed in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The developed relational diagram shows how modelled regional groundwater levels and flooding patterns are…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Direct effects of fire on endangered Mount Graham red squirrels
Koprowski, Leonard, Zugmeyer, Jolley
Direct mortality of forest wildlife due to fire is rarely documented. In June and July 2004, the Nuttall Complex Fire burned 11,898 ha in the Pinaleño Mountains, southeastern Arizona. Portions of these mountains serve as the only habitat of…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Using population viability analysis to predict the effects of climate change on the extinction risk of an endangered limestone endemic shrub, Arizona cliffrose
Maschinski, Baggs, Quintana-Ascencio, Menges
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Year: 2006
Type: Document

Wildland fire suppression: lack of clear guidance raises concerns about cost sharing between federal and nonfederal entities
Nazzaro, Bixler, Chu, Dent, Frisch, Guinane, Jackson, Johnson, Joy, Lin, Moscovitch, Sinkfield
From What GAO Recommends ... 'GAO recommends that the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, working with relevant state entities, provide more specific guidance on when to use particular cost-sharing methods and clarify the financial…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Is the migratory behavior of montane elk herds in peril? The case of Alberta's Ya Ha Tinda elk herd
Hebblewhite, Merrill, Morgantini, White, Allen, Bruns, Thurston, Hurd
There is growing concern that populations of migratory ungulates are declining globally. Causes of declines in migratory behavior can be direct (i.e., differential harvest of migrants) or indirect (i.e., habitat fragmentation or land-use changes).…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Southwestern ponderosa pine: ceanothus, wasps, and fire
Brown
From the text ... 'While examing a ceanothus fruit, he saw a tiny warp emerge, one never identified in Arizona.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Participatory landscape analysis to guide restoration of ponderosa pine ecosystems in the American Southwest
Sisk, Prather, Hampton, Aumack, Xu, Dickson
Over the past 5 decades, stand-replacing crown fires have increased in size and frequency throughout the long-needled pine forests of the American Southwest. Suppression of frequent, low-intensity ground fires has resulted in dense stands of fire-…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Modeling fuel treatment costs on forest service lands in the western United States
Calkin, Gebert
Years of successful fire suppression have led to high fuel loads on the nation's forests, and steps are being taken by the nation's land management agencies to reduce these fuel loads. However, to achieve desired outcomes in a fiscally responsible…
Year: 2006
Type: Document