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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia nova (black 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): Janet L. Fryer
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The herbicide imazapic is registered for use on rangelands and provides effective short-term control of certain invasive annual grasses. However, details about optimal application rates for downy brome and susceptibility of simultaneously seeded…
Author(s): Christo Morris, Thomas A. Monaco, Craig W. Rigby
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The National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) indices deduced from the monthly to seasonal predictions of a meteorological climate model at 50-km grid space from January 1998 through December 2003 were used in conjunction with a probability model…
Author(s): Shyh-Chin Chen, Haiganoush K. Preisler, Francis M. Fujioka, John W. Benoit, John O. Roads
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Potentilla hippiana (woolly cinquefoil) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Rachelle Meyer
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Persistent changes in tree mortality rates can alter forest structure, composition, and ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration. Our analyses of longitudinal data from unmanaged old forests in the western United States showed that background…
Author(s): Phillip J. van Mantgem, Nathan L. Stephenson, John C. Byrne, Lori D. Daniels, Jerry F. Franklin, Peter Z. Fule, Mark E. Harmon, Andrew J. Larson, Jeremy M. Smith, Alan H. Taylor, Thomas T. Veblen
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Human-caused disruptions to seed-dispersal mutualisms increase the extinction risk for both plant and animal species. Large-seeded plants can be particularly vulnerable due to highly specialized dispersal systems and no compensatory regeneration…
Author(s): Shawn T. McKinney, Carl E. Fiedler, Diana F. Tomback
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The recent dramatic impacts of bark beetle outbreaks across conifer forests of the West have been mapped and reported by entomology and pathology professionals with Forest Health Protection (FHP), a component of USDA Forest Service's State and…
Author(s): Robert J. Cain, Jane L. Hayes
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In recent years, advances in computational power have led to an increase in attempts to model the behaviour of wildland fires and to simulate their spread across landscape. The present series of articles endeavours to comprehensively survey and…
Author(s): Andrew L. Sullivan
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By collecting information on fuel loading, fuel consumption, fuel moisture, site conditions and fire weather on fires in a variety of shrubland types, researchers are developing a fuller knowledge of shrubland fire effects. Results are being…
Author(s): Jake Delwiche
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Forest structure and species composition in many western U.S. coniferous forests have been altered through fire exclusion, past and ongoing harvesting practices, and livestock grazing over the 20th century. The effects of these activities have been…
Author(s): Scott L. Stephens, Jason J. Moghaddas, Carleton B. Edminster, Carl E. Fiedler, Sally M. Haase, Michael G. Harrington, Jon E. Keeley, Eric E. Knapp, James D. McIver, Kerry L. Metlen, Carl N. Skinner, Andrew P. Youngblood
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The key to working effectively with tribes is the ability to build trust and to respect differences. Unfortunately, all too often, fire managers make critical mistakes when dealing with tribal governments, tribal people, and tribal fire teams. It is…
Author(s): Germaine White, Pat McDowell
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Festuca thurberi (Thurber fescue) 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): Rachelle Meyer
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The purpose of this paper is to quantify climatic controls on the area burned by fire in different vegetation types in the western United States. We demonstrate that wildfire area burned (WFAB) in the American West was controlled by climate during…
Author(s): Jeremy S. Littell, Donald McKenzie, David L. Peterson, Anthony L. Westerling
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Distance sampling is a survey technique for estimating the abundance or density of wild animal populations. Detection probabilities of animals inherently differ by species, age class, habitats, or sex. By incorporating the change in an observer's…
Author(s): Stephen T. Buckland, Robin E. Russell, Brett G. Dickson, Victoria A. Saab, Donal N. Gorman, William M. Block
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Summertime cloud-to-ground lightning strikes are responsible for the majority of wildfire ignitions across vast sections of the seasonally dry western United States. In this study, a strong connection between active phases of the Madden–Julian…
Author(s): John T. Abatzoglou, Timothy J. Brown
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[Full Title: Grus canadensis, Grus canadensis canadensis, Grus canadensis nesiotes, Grus canadensis pratensis, Grus canadensis pulla, Grus canadensis rowani, Grus canadensis tabida (sandhill crane, lesser sandhill crane, Cuban sandhill crane,…
Author(s): Katharine R. Stone
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Carex inops subsp. heliophila, Carex inops subsp. inops (sun sedge, long-stolon sedge) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and…
Author(s): Janet L. Fryer
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On the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, U.S., the Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness is bordered by a buffer zone. To successfully improve forest health within that buffer zone and restore fire in the wilderness, the managing agency and the…
Author(s): Alan E. Watson, Roian Matt, Tim Waters, Kari Gunderson, Stephen J. Carver, Brett Davis
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Observed climate changes in the Western Mountains and Forests bioregion include increased seasonal, annual, minimum, and maximum temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and a shift toward earlier timing of peak runoff. These climatic changes…
Author(s): Rachel A. Loehman, Greer Anderson
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The Northern Rocky Mountains have sustained wildfire for centuries. Fires are widespread throughout the region during certain years, most recently in 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2007. However, until very recently there was little understanding of whether…
Author(s): Rachel Clark
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