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Kayll
Through a review of literature, the essential role of fire in the boreal forest as a natural regulatory agent of composition and succession is discussed in terms of plants, soils, and animals. In natural, long-term cycles, the incidence of lightning…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Cushwa
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Ward
From the text ... 'The Delta Marsh lies in south-central Manitoba, 75 miles north of the U.S. border. It is within the eastern edge of the Aspen Parkland, between the Great Plains of central North America and the coniferous forests of the Pre-…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Baldwin
From the text ... 'Following experimental burns in 1961 and 1962, and in keeping with Forest Service fuel hazard reduction policy, the decision was made to use fire as a management tool in large chaparral areas.About 5,000 acres in Brushy Basin, 50…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Komarek
From the text ... 'This paper is an attempt to bring about a better ecological understanding of lightning and lightning fires, as they concern living organsms and their habitat. The comprehension of these forces is difficult because of their great…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Komarek
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Turner
This note outlines the objectives and problems of prescribed burning as a tool of forest management. The importance of a number of weather factors is discussed and suggestions are presented for provision of effective weather guidance to forest…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Baldwin
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Daubenmire
This chapter reviews the ecology of fire in grasslands. It describes several generalizations such as environmental alterations, effects on species of plants, effects on vegetation, and associated animals. The grassland essentially includes any herb-…
Year: 1968
Type: Document