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The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is partnering with FRAMES to help fire managers access important fire science information related to the Southwest's top ten fire management issues.

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Science and uncertainty in habitat conservation planning
Watchman, Groom, Perrine
'A review of 43 habitat conservation plans reveals numerous ways to reduce uncertainty for landowners and imperiled species alike.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document

How conservation easements can benefit woodland owners
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From the text ... 'Conservation easements are a voluntary, incentive-based approach to recognizing the public benefits provided by private forests. The land stays in private ownership and in productive use, while key 'conservation values' such as…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Ecological approaches to reduce predation on ground-nesting gamebirds and their nests
Jimenez, Conover
In human-modified environments, high predation rates on ground-nesting birds and their eggs can be a serious problem. We reviewed the literature to determine the effectiveness of ecological aproaches to improve recruitment of ground-nesting birds.…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Fire residuals as habitat reserves for epigaeic beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Staphylinidae)
Gandhi, Spence, Langor, Morgantini
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Year: 2001
Type: Document

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

Peatland restoration in southern Quebec (Canada): a paleoecological perspective
Lavoie, Zimmermann, Pellerin
We used macrofossil analyses to reconstruct the long-term development of plant assemblages and the history of fire events in a bog in southern Quebec which was partly disturbed by peat mining activities and recently restored. Our main objectives…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Toward restoration and recovery: an assessment of the 2000 fire season in the Northern & Intermountain regions
From the Introduction ... 'To help address the many challenges created by the 2000 fire season, leadership in the Northern (Region One) and Intermountain (Region Four) Regions combined their efforts through a post-fire strategy. This strategy seeks…
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

Management of boreal forest biodiversity -- a view from the outside
Simberloff
A plethora of new concepts for managing production forests so as to preserve biodiversity have found their way into management procedures without much testing to make them most effective. The general framework for a new approach has, in most regions…
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