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This review summarizes information that was available in the scientific literature as of 2020 on the biology, ecology, and effects of fire on diffuse knapweed in North America. Diffuse knapweed is not native in North America and is invasive in…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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Changes in fire size, shape, and frequency under different fire-management strategies were evaluated using time series of fire perimeter data (fire atlases) and mapped potential vegetation types (PVTs) in the Gila-Aldo Leopold Wilderness Complex (…
Author(s): Matthew G. Rollins, Thomas W. Swetnam, Penelope Morgan
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pinus flexilis (limber pine) 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): Kathleen A. Johnson
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Author(s): Raymond J. Hoff, Dennis E. Ferguson, Geral I. McDonald, Robert E. Keane
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Whitebark pine is a dominant feature of western high-mountain regions, offering an important source of food and high-quality habitat for species ranging from Clark's nutcracker to the grizzly bear. But in the northwestern United States and…
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Stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence indicate floods that occur soon after forest fires have been intermittent but common events in many mountainous areas during the past several thousand years. The magnitude and recurrence of these post‐fire flood…
Author(s): John G. Elliott, R. S. Parker
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Cirsium arvense (Canada 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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We excluded litter (leaves and wood) inputs to an Appalachian headwater stream for 5 years. Leaves disappeared from the streambed very rapidly (<1 year) following litter exclusion, however, a large residual mass of woody debris remained. After…
Author(s): J. Bruce Wallace, Jackson R. Webster, Sue L. Eggert, Judy L. Meyer, Edward R. Siler
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Compared to presettlement times, many ponderosa pine forest of the United States are now more dense and have greater quantities of fuels. Widespread treatments are needed in these forests to restore ecological integrity and to reduce the risk of…
Author(s): James D. McIver, Charles P. Weatherspoon, Carleton B. Edminster
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale) 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): Kevin A. Simonin
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Among the most pronounced vegetation changes in past 130 years has been the increase in both distribution and density of juniper (Juniperus spp.) and pinyon (Pinus spp.) across the Intermountain West. Juniper and pinyon species between the Canadian…
Author(s): Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch
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Interactions between forests, climatic change and the Earth's carbon cycle are complex and represent a challenge for forest managers-they are integral to the sustainable management of forests. In this volume, a number of papers are presented…
Author(s): David L. Peterson, John L. Innes, Kelly O'Brian
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Nassella viridula (green needlegrass) 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): Jennifer L. Taylor
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We used the computer program RAMAS to explore the sensitivity of an extinction-risk model for the Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gibe) to management of wildfires and number of populations of the species. The Gila trout is an endangered salmonid presently…
Author(s): D. K. Brown, A. A. Echelle, D. L. Propst, J. E. Brooks, W. L. Fisher
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Ceanothus velutinus (snowbrush ceanothus) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Michelle B. Anderson
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The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, is a significant ecological force at the landscape level. The majority of the life cycle is spent as larvae feeding in the phloem tissue (inner bark) of host pine trees. This feeding…
Author(s): Jesse A. Logan, James A. Powell
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Acer glabrum (Rocky Mountain maple) 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): Michelle B. Anderson
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A science fiction story by Edmond Hamilton entitled 'Alien Earth' (Hamilton 1949) describes the experience of a young scientist in a tropical country. The scientist obtains a potion that slows his physiology to a rate at which he can…
Author(s): Jane Kapler Smith, Nancy E. McMurray, Garon C. Smith
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This analysis examines the dynamic path of recreational values following a forest fire in three different states in the intermountain western United States. The travel cost demand analysis found that annual recreation values after a fire follow a…
Author(s): Jeffrey Englin, John B. Loomis, Armando Gonzalez-Caban
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Recent fires have renewed interest in fire's effect on different components of the ecosystem, in particular fire's effects on infiltration and runoff. Forests subjected to high severity burns often develop water repellent soil conditions.…
Author(s): Juli A. Brady, Peter R. Robichaud, Frederick B. Pierson
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