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Spatial application of a predictive wildlife occurrence model to assess alternative forest management scenarios in northern Arizona
Ray, Dickson, Sisk, Sesnie
Wildlife species of conservation concern can present forest managers with a particular challenge when habitat needs appear to be in contrast with other management objectives, particularly fuel reduction to reduce wildfire risk. Proposed actions can…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Structural heterogeneity increases diversity of non-breeding grassland birds
Hovick, Elmore, Fuhlendorf
Grassland birds have experienced greater population declines than any other guild of birds in North America, and yet we know little about habitat use and the affects of management during their non-breeding period on wintering grounds. The paucity of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Relative abundance of small mammals in nest core areas and burned wintering areas of Mexican spotted owls in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
Ganey, Kyle, Rawlinson, Apprill, Ward
Mexican Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) are common in older forests within their range but also persist in many areas burned by wildfire and may selectively forage in these areas. One hypothesis explaining this pattern postulates that prey…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Potential impacts of a high severity wildfire on abundance, movement, and diversity of herpetofauna in the Lost Pines ecoregion of Texas
Brown, Duarte, Mali, Jones, Forstner
In September and October 2011, a high severity wildfire burned 39% of the 34,400 ha Lost Pines ecoregion in Bastrop County, Texas, USA. We assessed potential impacts of the wildfire on abundance, movement, and diversity of herpetofauna using drift…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Fuel treatment prescriptions alter spatial patterns of fire severity around the wildland-urban interface during the Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA
Kennedy, Johnson
Fuel reduction treatments are implemented in the forest surrounding the wildland-urban interface (WUI) to provide defensible space and safe opportunity for the protection of homes during a wildfire. The 2011 Wallow Fire in Arizona USA burned through…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Fire type and hemisphere determine the effects of fire on the alpha and beta diversity of vertebrates: a global meta-analysis
Pastro, Dickman, Letnic
Aim: We conducted a quantitative meta-analysis to investigate the responses of vertebrate diversity to fire, controlling for variables such as fire type, taxon and ecoregion to identify trends across studies and locations. Location: World-wide.…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Biotic and abiotic effects of human settlements in the wildland-urban interface
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