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Willey, van Riper
We studied a small isolated population of Mexican Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) from 1996-1997 in the Rincon Mountains of Saguaro National Park, southeastern Arizona, USA. All mixed-conifer and pine-oak forest patches in the park were…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
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
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
Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: adaptation of science, policy, and practices
Climate change is but one aspect of the Anthropocene, a new epoch in which the effects of human activities have become the predominant force in the global biosphere. More than just an overlay on the traditional concerns of sustainable natural…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Hunter, Iniguez, Farris
Fire suppression has been the dominant fire management strategy in the West over the last century. However, managers of the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wilderness Complex in New Mexico and the Saguaro Wilderness Area in Arizona have allowed fire to play a…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Augustine, Derner, Smith
In semi-arid grasslands of the North American Great Plains, fire has traditionally been viewed as having few management applications, and quantitative measurements of fire behavior in the low fuel loads characteristic of this region are lacking.…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
The Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Guide (PMS 484) provides standardized procedures specifically associated with planning and implementation of prescribed fire. These procedures meet all policy requirements…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Long, Jensen, Matlack
Encroachment of woody plants is widespread in semiarid grasslands of the southwestern United States. Wildlife responses to shrub removal techniques in the region are relatively unknown. In 2008 and 2009, we examined avian responses to prescribed…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Archer, Predick
The vegetation of semi-arid and arid landscapes is often comprised of mixtures of herbaceous and woody vegetation. Since the early 1900s, shifts from herbaceous to woody plant dominance, termed woody plant encroachment and widely regarded as a state…
Year: 2014
Type: Document