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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Schoenocrambe linifolia (flaxleaf plainsmustard) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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Author(s): Bruce E. Rieman, Robert E. Gresswell, Michael K. Young, Charles H. Luce
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia rigida (stiff sagebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations.…
Author(s): Jack McWilliams
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia arbuscula (low sagebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations.…
Author(s): Peter D. Steinberg
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On the Dude Fire Staff Ride, we retraced the steps of people who were under pressure. Some of those people handled pressure well. Some didn’t. For a richer understanding of the Dude Fire, we should focus on what happens when people are overcome by…
Author(s): Karl E. Weick
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In late August 1996, a wildfire swept across the sagebrush-dominated foothills above Boise, Idaho. Fire impacts on infiltration and inter-rill erosion were examined 1 year following the fire with simulated rainfall. Densely vegetated north-facing…
Author(s): Frederick B. Pierson, D. H. Carlson, Kenneth E. Spaeth
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Topography, vegetation, and climate act together to determine the spatial patterns of fires at landscape scales. Knowledge of landscape-fire-climate relations at these broad scales (1,000s ha to 100,000s ha) is limited and is largely based on…
Author(s): Matthew G. Rollins, Penelope Morgan
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Janette S. Scher
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This third report in the FMF Natural Disturbance Program research series looks at fire patterns within riparian zones at four different scales using three different sets of data and methods. The report is essentially an integrated synthesis of all…
Author(s): David W. Andison, K. McCleary
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Fire has an important role in the sensory ecology of many animals. Using acoustic cues to detect approaching fires may give slow-moving animals a head start when fleeing from fires. We report that aestivating juvenile reed frogs (Hyperolius…
Author(s): T. Ulmar Grafe, Stefanie Dobler, K. Eduard Linsenmair
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Carex geyeri (elk sedge) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations. Information…
Author(s): Amy C. Chadwick
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ANNOTATION: The goal of this project is to estimate the cost of harvesting and transporting forest residues to processing centers in the northern Rocky Mountains. Regionwide estimates are to be made based on the detailed analyses of the volumes and…
Author(s): Charles E. Keegan, Michael J. Niccolucci, Carl E. Fiedler, J. Greg Jones, Roy W. Regel
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In this book, Nutt discusses why half of all decisions that are made fail, how a decision becomes a fiasco, and how failures can be prevented. Failed decisions occur as a result of three blunders (rushing to judgment, misusing resources, and…
Author(s): Paul C. Nutt
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Stream temperature and channel disturbance are two potentially important controls on the distribution and persistence of fish populations. Temperature regulates primary physiological processes that constrain the demographic response of populations…
Author(s): Charles H. Luce, Bruce E. Rieman, John G. King, Jason B. Dunham
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While the prospect of a static climate is no longer tenable, the direction of change for particular localities is not yet clear. Modelling vulnerability of silvicultural options to various scenarios of climate change requires a modelling system that…
Author(s): Albert R. Stage
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Tetradymia glabrata (littleleaf horsebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a keystone species in upper subalpine forests of many parts of the northern Rocky Mountains and Cascades in the United States and Canada. These diverse ecosystems have been declining in parts of its range because…
Author(s): Robert E. Keane, Katherine Kendall, Robert Crabtree
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Wildfire is a major ecological process and management issue in the western U.S. The 2000, 2001 and 2002 fire seasons were some of the biggest in history with over 2 million ha burned annually. What happens when the rains come? Most wildfires create…
Author(s): Peter R. Robichaud
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire…
Author(s): Peter D. Steinberg
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