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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
Middleton, van Diggelen, Jensen
Question: How does seed dispersal reduce fen isolation and contribute to biodiversity? Location: European and North American fens. Methods: This paper reviews the literature on seed dispersal to fens. Results: Landscape fragmentation may reduce…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Bock, Jones, Bock
Housing developments are replacing ranches in the southwestern United States, with potentially significant but little-studied ecological effects. We counted grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and measured vegetative cover for 2 years in a…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Lowe
Standing dead trees, also known as snags, are an important component of a thriving forest ecosystem. They are an essential part of the nutrient cycling process and provide crucial wildlife habitat for many species of animals. Although some may…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Smith, Kelly, Finch
Annually emerging cicadas are a numerically and ecologically dominant species in Southwestern riparian forests. Humans have altered disturbance regimes that structure these forests such that floods are less common and wildfires occur more frequently…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
The Research and Development (R&D) arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands. Research has been part of the Forest…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
DiTomaso, Brooks, Allen, Minnich, Rice, Kyser
Prescribed burning has primarily been used as a tool for the control of invasive late-season annual broadleaf and grass species, particularly yellow starthistle, medusahead, barb goatgrass, and several bromes. However, timely burning of a few…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Fire is one of the oldest tools used by humans to manage vegetation. Its use can be traced back to pre-historic times when it was used to manipulate vegetation to improve opportunities for hunting wildlife and to increase production of plant species…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Barkley
A University of Idaho Extension publication explaining the causes, mechanics, behavior and suppresion of wildfire. Identifies potential effects on vegetation, wildlife, soils and watersheds and offers a postfire management plan.
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Converse, White, Block
As part of a national experiment, the Fire and Fire Surrogate Project, we evaluated the effects of forest thinning on small mammal population densities and total small mammal biomass in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)-dominated forests at 2 study…
Year: 2006
Type: Document