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Observations of arthropod populations following the La Mesa Fire of 1977
Pippin, Nichols
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Year: 1996
Type: Document

Remembering the La Mesa Fire
Lissoway
[no description entered]
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Plant demography and fire II. Event-dependent effects [Chapter 5]
Bond, van Wilgen
[no description entered]
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Distribution, historical development and ecophysiological attributes of oak species in the eastern United States
Abrams
Approximately 30 Quercus (oak) species occur in the eastern United States, of which Q alba, Q rubra, Q velutina, Q coccinea, Q stellata and Q prinus are among the most dominant. Quercus distribution greatly increased at the beginning of the Holocene…
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Species interactions on the biome transition zone in New Mexico: response of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) and black grama (Bouteloua eripoda) to fire and herbivory
Gosz, Gosz
The desert/grassland biome transition zone in central New Mexico provides an important region for testing species differences to changing environmental conditions and various land management practices. Interactions of black grama (Bouteloua eripoda…
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Old-growth white spruce and balsam poplar forest of the Peace River Lowlands, Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada: development, structure, and diversity
Timoney, Robinson
Thirty-seven permanent plots were established and sampled during 1993 and 1994 in Timber Berth 408, Peace River Lowlands, of Wood Buffalo National Park. Sites were sampled for vegetation, bird, physical, and structural attributes. The transition…
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Managing the pattern of forest harvest: lessons from wildfire
Delong, Tanner
Managing forests for sustainable use requires that both the biological diversity of the forests and a viable forest industry be maintained. A current approach towards maintaining biological diversity is to pattern forest management practices after…
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Prescribed fire
Riggs, Bonting, Daniels
None
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Applying neural network technology to human-caused wildfire occurrence prediction
Vega-García, Lee, Woodard, Titus
Human-caused forest fires are a serious problem throughout the world. Believing that there are predictable characteristics common to all fires, we analyzed the historical human-caused fire occurrence data for the Whitecourt Provincial Forest of…
Year: 1996
Type: Document

Restoring fire to ecosystems: methods vary with land management goals
Mutch, Cook
From the Current Solutions...'Some breakthroughs in providing more latitude for expanding prescribed fire programs are apparent. For example, the state of Florida has enacted innovative legislation that provides liability protection for prescribed…
Year: 1996
Type: Document