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Gleason
From the text ... 'As the only agency managing lands in all 50 states and every U.S. territory, the FWS [Fish and Wildlife Service] manages fire on the greatest number of units with the smallest fire budget of any federal agency.'
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Evans
Based on the original experimental results from stimulating the infrared radiation sensors of Melanophila acuminata (DeCeer) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), it has been concluded that the sensors function at forest fires by protecting beetles from…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
D'Amico, Halainen
From the text ... ''Fire is fire' is a familiar catch-phrase in the fire management community, recognizing that fire is both a tool and a process that shapes the landscape. Today, National Park Service managers use the goals and objectives…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Bagne, Finch
Mechanical and fire treatments are commonly used to reduce fuels where land use practices have encouraged accumulation of woody debris and high densities of trees. Treatments focus on restoration of vegetation structure, but will also affect…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
From the text ... 'The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service manages fire to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats, while first ensuring human safety and then protecting our facilities and neighboring communities.…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Leonard, Koprowski
We studied demography and behavior of endangered Mount Graham red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) inhabiting areas within and outside low-intensity burns following the Nuttall Fire in the Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona. Body mass,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Kirkpatrick, Conway
We studied breeding populations of 2 coexisting ground-nesting birds, the red-faced warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons) and yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus), in high-elevation (>2,000 m) forested drainages of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Spear, Storfer
Understanding the influence of habitat alteration on population structure and persistence is critical for effective conservation strategies. Timber harvest and wildfire are two of the most prevalent disturbances across temperate forests, yet the…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Schindler, Lee
Boreal regions contain more than half of the carbon in forested regions of the world and over 60% of the world's surface freshwater. Carbon storage and the flood control and water filtration provided by freshwaters and wetlands have recently been…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Quinn, McFarland, LaFiandra, Bazar, Johnson
2-Amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene (2A-DNT) is a metabolite of the explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) which is present in the soil at numerous U.S. Army installations as the result of TNT manufacture or training activities. Although many avian species…
Year: 2010
Type: Document