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Sisson
From the text ... 'I will briefly discuss the basic ecology and history of imported fire ants, and then summarize all the research that has been done on their effects on quail and quail populations. The information presented here is based on a…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Pylypec
Breeding bird populations were monitored for three years after an October prescribed burn in a fescue grassland near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Breeding populations of 12 species were recorded on a 12.9 ha burned plot and an adjacent 5.6 ha unburned…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Peck, Peek
Prescribed fire has traditionally been used to create and maintain Elk habitat in the Tuchodi River area of northeastern British Columbia. Elk use of post fire vegetation was examined. Elk wintered primarily on younger postburn vegetation dominated…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Keiter, Boyce
From the text: 'In this concluding chapter, therefore, we try to put these Greater Yellowstone developments in perspective. We begin by identifying the principal conflicts involved in this transition to an ecosystem-based management policy in…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Houle, Payette
We studied the seed dynamics of Abies balsamea and Acer saccharum in a sugar maple-yellow birch forest of Quebec, Canada. Seed rain was censused every week from spring to autumn in 1988 and 1989. The soil seed bank was sampled four times during the…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Andersen
Ants were sampled using pitfall traps in two replicate 1 ha plots of each of three experimental fire treatments (annually burned, biennially burned, and unburned for over 14 years) in a eucalypt-dominated savanna of tropical northern Australia. The…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Brennan
My purpose in this paper is to outline a research and management manifesto for the northern bobwhite in the 1990's. My objectives are to (1) describe the probable causes for the northern bobwhite population decline, (2) outline the research agenda…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Christensen
In this paper, I shall argue that questions such as these can only be answered in the context of a clear understanding of wilderness processes and overall wilderness management objectives. I shall assert that wilderness management should be based on…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Holliday
Beginning 1 year after an intense forest fire in the Interlake region of Manitoba, carabid beetles were sampled by pitfall trapping in two burned sites and two unburned control sites. Before the fire, one burned site had been dominated by aspen and…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Keiter, Boyce
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Year: 1991
Type: Document