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Wilcove, Rothstein, Dubow, Phillips, Losos
From the text (p. 247)...'Alteration of ecosystem processes is increasingly being recognized as a significant threat to biodiversity. Disruption of fire regimes, for example, affects 14% of listed species. About half of these species are threatened…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Harkins, Morgan, Neuenschwander, Chrisman, Zack, Jacobson, Grant, Sampson
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests (IPNF), in partnership with the University of Idaho, the Fire Sciences Laboratory, and The Sampson Group, developed a Geographic Information System (GIS) based wildfire hazard-risk assessment. The assessment was…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Huff, Smith
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Latta, Sondreal, Brown
Little is known about habitat use by the endemic Hispaniolan White-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera megaplaga), in part because of its small population size and wandering tendencies; before this study only a single nest had been described for the…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Kuvlesky, Gall, Dobrott, Tolley, Guthery, DeStefano, King, Nolte, Silvy, Lewis, Gee, Luders, Engle-Wilson
The masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) is an endangered species currently numbering <1500 individuals and restricted to 2 locales in southeastern Arizona and northcentral Sonora, Mexico. The subspecies' endangered status is attributed…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Clubine
Clubine discusses the best seasons to conduct burns in order to increase the quality of warm-season grasses, reduce woody plant species and cool-season grasses, and improve growth and reproduction. He recommends occasional burns in summer (July-…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Zedaker
Herbicides have been added to silvicultural treatments involving fire for nearly 50 years and, for some objectives, can even substitute for a prescribed burn. Herbicides and/or fire create changes in the effects of silvicultural treatments at…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Buddle, Spence, Langor
To test whether spider succession following harvest differed from succession following wildfire, spiders were collected by pitfall trapping and sweep netting over two years in aspen-dominated boreal forests, Over 8400 individuals is from 127 species…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Grace, Smith, Collins, Grace, Stohlgren
Temperate grasslands are currently among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. In North America, their widespread use for agriculture and livestock grazing, in addition to the effects of urbanization and other human activities, have led to…
Year: 2000
Type: Document