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Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: adaptation of science, policy, and practices
Climate change is but one aspect of the Anthropocene, a new epoch in which the effects of human activities have become the predominant force in the global biosphere. More than just an overlay on the traditional concerns of sustainable natural…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Augustine, Derner, Smith
In semi-arid grasslands of the North American Great Plains, fire has traditionally been viewed as having few management applications, and quantitative measurements of fire behavior in the low fuel loads characteristic of this region are lacking.…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Bar-Massada, Radeloff, Stewart
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area in which human settlements adjoin or intermix with ecosystems. Although research on the WUI has been focused on wildfire risk to settlements, we argue here that there is a need to quantify the extent of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document