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Frequent burning and limited stand-replacing fire supports Mexican spotted owl pair occupancy
Jones, Clément, Latimer, Wright, Sanderlin, Hedwall, Kirby
Changing fire regimes have the potential to threaten wildlife populations and communities. Understanding species’ responses to novel fire regimes is critical to formulating effective management and conservation strategies in an era of rapid change.…
Year: 2024
Type: Document

Wildlife and Fire: Perspectives and Effects
Grassmick, Sanderlin, Tingley
In January, the Southwest Fire Science Consortium, USDA Forest Service, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and many other partners hosted a two-day workshop on the intersection of wildlife and fire. Based on the needs identified in the…
Year: 2024
Type: Media

Wildfire probability estimated from recent climate and fine fuels across the big sagebrush region
Holdrege, Schlaepfer, Palmquist, Crist, Doherty, Lauenroth, Remington, Riley, Short, Tull, Wiechman, Bradford
Background: Wildfire is a major proximate cause of historical and ongoing losses of intact big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) plant communities and declines in sagebrush obligate wildlife species. In recent decades, fire return intervals…
Year: 2024
Type: Document

Fire ecology in the cedar-hemlock zone of the northern Rocky Mountains
Shiplett, MacKinnon, Fischer, Neuenschwander
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Year: 1978
Type: Document

Response of birds, small mammals, and vegetation to burning sacaton grasslands in southeastern Arizona
Bock, Bock
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Year: 1978
Type: Document

Bibliography on the effects of prescribed burning and mammal and waterfowl utilization of wetlands: annotated literature search with selected abstracts
Rutkosky
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Year: 1978
Type: Document

Status of Bachman's warbler: a progress report
Hamel, Hooper
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Year: 1978
Type: Document

On the economics of timber damage appraisal for public forests
Brown, Boster
Damage appraisal is the basis for fire-suppression decisions. Where timber is managed for production of maximum site rent, appraisal is a rather straightforward matter of applying standard financial criteria in a 'with and without' procedure. Where…
Year: 1978
Type: Document

Determining potential wildlife benefits from wildfire in Arizona ponderosa pine forests
Lowe, Ffolliott, Dieterich, Patton
Large wildfires are frequently destructive to the timber resource, but wildlife may not be so adversely affected. A study of selected species of wildlife (deer, elk, rodents, and birds) that were present on large burned areas, 1, 3, 7, and 20 years…
Year: 1978
Type: Document

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in forest fire smoke
McMahon, Tsoukalas
The occurrence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the combustion products of carbonaceous fuels is a well known phenomenon. Several PAW are known to be carcinogenic in animals. Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is the most well-known and studied…
Year: 1978
Type: Document