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Nevada Smoke Management Program 2013
The public policy of the State of Nevada is to achieve and maintain levels of air quality which will protect human health and safety, prevent injury to plant and animal life, prevent damage to property, and preserve visibility and the scenic and…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Impact of nitrogen and climate change interactions on ambient air pollution and human health
Peel, Haeuber, Garcia, Russell, Neas
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are important components of ambient and indoor air pollution and are emitted from a range of combustion sources, including on-road mobile sources, electric power generators, and non-road mobile sources. While anthropogenic…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Stand structure and breeding birds: implications for restoring ponderosa pine forests
Kalies, Rosenstock
Fire-adapted forests in the western United States have dramatically departed from the natural or evolutionary environment over the past century because of fire suppression, logging, grazing, and other management practices. In particular, most…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Research and development supporting risk-based wildfire effects prediction for fuels and fire management: status and needs
Hyde, Dickinson, Bohrer, Calkin, Evers, Gilbertson-Day, Nicolet, Ryan, Tague
Wildland fire management has moved beyond a singular focus on suppression, calling for wildfire management for ecological benefit where no critical human assets are at risk. Processes causing direct effects and indirect, long-term ecosystem changes…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

The overlooked benefits of wildfire
Hanson, DellaSala, Bond
From the text ... 'There is an urgent need for scientists to report on the myriad ecosystem benefits of wildfires, including high-severity fires, and to effectively document the impacts of fuel treatments on wildlife, especially rare species, so…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Return of fire as a restoration tool: long-term effects of burn severity on habitat use by Mexican fox squirrels
Doumas, Koprowski
After decades of suppression, fire is returning to forests of the western United States through wildfires and prescribed burns. These fires may aid restoration of vegetation structure and processes, which could improve conditions for wildlife…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Effect of heterogeneity in burn severity on Mexican fox squirrels following the return of fire
Doumas, Koprowski
After decades of suppression, fire has returned to many forested areas of the western United States. Understanding responses of wildlife species to fire is essential to native species conservation because contemporary fires may not have the same…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Changes in cultured dermal fibroblasts during early passages across five wild bird species
Calhoon, Miller, Jimenez, Harper, Williams
With the advent of the usage of primary fibroblasts in comparative and evolutionary biology, it is important for researchers to know the extent to which cells might be altered during the culturing process and how much species might differ in…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Early brooding temperature considerations for bobwhite quail
Blake, Hess, Berry
Limited information exists concerning the requirements for brooding bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) chicks to maintain livability and health. Three short-term (14-d) studies were conducted to evaluate brooding temperature requirements on early…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Performance of bobwhite quail fed different levels of protein and feed additive supplementation
Blake, Hess
Native bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) populations have declined during the previous 40 yr, and as a result, about 20 million birds are produced commercially to fulfill hunting needs. Limited information exists concerning the dietary…
Year: 2013
Type: Document