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Raptor abundance and northern bobwhite survival and habitat use
Turner, Hernandez, Boal, Ballard, Bryant, Wester
Predation risk has a profound influence on prey behavior and habitat use. The Rio Grande Plains ecoregion of Texas, USA, provides a unique opportunity to investigate changes in prey behavior because the ecoregion experiences a high influx of raptors…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Trends in threat status and priorities in conservation of the woodpeckers of the world
Lammertink
Taking the first IUCN Red List from 1988 as a starting point, I review trends in the threat status of the woodpecker species of the world, the geographical distribution of (near-) threatened woodpecker species, threat factors affecting these species…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Public acceptance of wildland fire and fuel management: panel responses in seven locations
Toman, Shindler, McCaffrey, Bennett
Wildland fire affects both public and private resources throughout the United States. A century of fire suppression has contributed to changing ecological conditions and accumulated fuel loads. Managers have used a variety of approaches to address…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Wildfire and postfire restoration action effects on microclimate and seedling pine tree survivorship
Brown, Mali, Forstner
Through modification of structural characteristics, ecological processes such as fire can affect microhabitat parameters, which in turn can influence community composition dynamics. The prevalence of high-severity forest fires is increasing in the…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Synthesis on Crown Fire Behavior in Conifer Forests
[Preface to this full issue of Fire Management Today] Mass media images of raging crown fires have affected how many people view their wildlands. Flames surge and leap dozens and even hundreds of feet into the air; planes zoom above the flames…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Areas of the U.S. wildland-urban interface threatened by wildfire during the 2001-2010 decade
Thomas, Butry
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is defined in terms of housing density and proximity to wildlands, yet its relevance seems to be only in conjunction with wildland fire threats. The objective of this paper is to (1) identify the WUI areas…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Post-fire recovery of desert bryophyte communities: effects of fires and propagule soil banks
Smith, Abella, Stark
Questions: As changing wildfire regimes modify North American deserts, can fires of greater severity and frequency negatively impact the recovery of native bryophyte communities, which are not adapted to such disturbances? Does post-fire recovery…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) response to seasonality and frequency of fire
Archuleta
Fragmentation of the landscape, habitat loss, and fire suppression, all a result of European settlement and activities, have precipitated both the decline of Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) populations and the occurrence of fire…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Vulnerability of riparian obligate species to the interactive effect of fire, climate and hydrological change
Friggens, Loehman, Holsinger, Finch
Climate change is expected to have multiple direct and indirect impacts on ecosystems in the interior western U.S. (Christensen et al., 2007; IPCC 2013). Global climate predictions for the Southwest include higher temperatures, more variable…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Final report of the interagency fuels treatment decision support system (IFTDSS) evaluation study - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
Bennett, Brown, Doney, Gates, Miller, Palmquist, Place
The Joint Fire Sciences Program (JFSP) is a multi-federal agency group that brings together a diverse set of stakeholders that need to understand fire behavior with scientists who study fire behavior. The program's doctrine, training, and tool…
Year: 2014
Type: Document