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Helminth community structure and pattern in Merriam's kangaroo rats, Dipodomys merriami Mearns, from the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico, USA
Fedynich, Monasmith, Demarais
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Year: 2001
Type: Document

Sand sagebrush response to fall and spring prescribed burns
Vermeire, Mitchell, Fuhlendorf
Sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) is a dominant shrub on sandy soils throughout the Great Plains and Southwest. Sand sagebrush is reported to reduce wind erosion and provides valuable forage and cover to numerous wildlife species. However, the…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Short-term impacts of prescribed fire on a rodent community in desert grasslands
Fitzgerald, Krausman, Morrison
We compared vegetation features and rodent communities between a recently burned area and a nearby control area, and also these same areas 1 year prior to the fire treatment. Bare ground increased and grass and litter decreased following the burn.…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Restoring heterogeneity on rangelands: ecosystem management based on evolutionary grazing patterns
Fuhlendorf, Engle
From the text ... 'We purpose a paradigm that enhances heterogenity instead of homogeneity to promote biological diversity and wildlife habitat on rangelands grazed by livestock.' © American Institute of Biological Sciences. Abstract reproduced by…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Costs and effectiveness of multi-scale integrated management
Hann, Hemstrom, Haynes, Clifford, Gravenmier
To understand benefits of integrating management at landscape scales, we estimated cost and projected integrated outcomes for three alternatives for public land management in the interior Columbia River basin over 100 years. Effectiveness was…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Reducing the spread of invasive exotic plants following fire in western forests, deserts, and grasslands [abstract]
Asher, Dewey, Johnson, Olivarez
Wildland fire is a natural process that often helps to maintain or improve the health and productivity of native plant communities. However, when invasive exotic plants (hereafter, weeds) are involved, fires burn in an unnatural situation. There are…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

A literature review of insect responses to fire, compared to other conservation managements of open habitat
Swengel
This literature review concerns insect responses to fire, compared to other feasible and appropriate conservation managements of open habitats. Many insect groups decline markedly immediately after fire, with the magnitude of reduction related to…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Reproductive success of Lewis's Woodpecker in burned pine and cottonwood riparian forests
Saab, Vierling
Lewis*s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) has been characterized as a "burn specialist” because of its preference for nesting within burned pine forests. No prior study, however, has demonstrated the relative importance of crown-burned forests to this…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Catastrophic wildfire and number of populations as factors influencing risk of extinction for Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
Brown, Echelle, Propst, Brooks, Fisher
We used the computer program RAMAS to explore the sensitivity of an extinction-risk model for the Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gibe) to management of wildfires and number of populations of the species. The Gila trout is an endangered salmonid presently…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

The effect of management for red grouse shooting on the population density of breeding birds on heather-dominated moorland
Tharme, Green, Baines, Bainbridge, O'Brien
1. Breeding birds, vegetation and moorland management were surveyed in 320 1-km squares on 122 estates in upland areas of eastern Scotland and northern England where red grouse shooting is a widespread land use. We assessed whether population…
Year: 2001
Type: Document