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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bufo boreas (western toad) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species' taxonomy…
Author(s): Janet Sullivan
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Prescribed fire is an important management tool to increase herbaceous productivity and maintain seral communities of Intermountain sagebrush grasslands. Currently, pastures treated with prescribed fire are rested from livestock grazing before…
Author(s): Steven J. Jirik, Stephen C. Bunting
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bromus ciliatus (fringed brome) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Lora L. Esser
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There are four major questions affecting the future of ecological restoration. The first and most serious question is philosophical. Should we attempt to restore ecosystems? Some people want to separate humans from nature because they believe that…
Author(s): Thomas M. Bonnicksen
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During the 1988 fires in the GYE, Minshall et al. (1989) observed fish kills in streams, but the extent and causes of mortality were not reported. While conducting other studies of watersheds in the GYE, we observed a fish kill in a burned watershed…
Author(s): Michael K. Young, Michael A. Bozek
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The Greater Yellowstone Area ecosystem experienced major wildfires in 1988, resulting in a substantial number of catchments being burned. We studied diatom assemblage structure at 14 sites over 5 years in catchments ranging from 0 to over 90% burned…
Author(s): Christopher T. Robinson, Samuel R. Rushforth, G. Wayne Minshall
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Deschampsia elongata (slender hairgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Lora L. Esser
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Aquila chrysaetos (golden eagle) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Ratibida columnifera (upright prairie coneflower) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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A fire history investigation was conducted for three forest community types in the Absaroka Mountains of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Master fire chronologies were based on fire-initiated age classes and tree fire scars. The area's major…
Author(s): Stephen W. Barrett
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Chimaphila umbellata (pipsissewa) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Robin F. Matthews
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Tympanuchus phasianellus (sharp-tailed grouse) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bromus vulgaris (Columbia brome) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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The objective of this paper is to examine whether the severity and great extent of the 1988 Yellow-stone fires impacted the water quality of two of Yellowstone's major lakes. Analysis of water quality records for Yellowstone and Lewis Lakes…
Author(s): R. G. Lathrop
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Sagebrush seedling establishment appeared to be strongly related to moisture availability as influenced by ecological site, soil surface texture, herbaceous competition, microtopography, seedling year precipitation, exposure, position on slope, etc…
Author(s): Mike Boltz
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Festuca subulata (bearded fescue) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Lora L. Esser
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Janet Sullivan
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Hierochloe odorata (sweetgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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Following fire, changes in streamflow and bank stability in burned watersheds can mobilize coarse woody debris. In 1990 and 1991, I measured characteristics of coarse woody debris and standing riparian trees and snags in Jones Creek, a watershed…
Author(s): Michael K. Young
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Falco sparverius (American kestrel) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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