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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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Author(s): Natasha B. Kotliar, Sallie Hejl, Richard L. Hutton, Victoria A. Saab, C. P. Melcher, Mary E. McFadzen
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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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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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A statistical forecast methodology exploits large-scale patterns in monthly U.S. Climatological Division Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) values over a wide region and several seasons to predict area burned in western U.S. wildfires by ecosystem…
Author(s): Anthony L. Westerling, Alexander Gershunov, Daniel R. Cayan, Tim P. Barnett
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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 Balsamorhiza sagittata (arrowleaf balsamroot) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Jack McWilliams
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The Northern Rockies Adaptation Partnership (NRAP) includes diverse landscapes, ranging from high mountains to grasslands, from alpine glaciers to broad rivers (fig. 1.1). This region, once inhabited solely by Native Americans, has been altered by…
Author(s): S. Karen Dante-Wood
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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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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Larix occidentalis (western larch) 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): Janette S. Scher
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From the text ... "This article discusses factors that are critical to both firefighters and fire managers in ensuring a safe and productive workforce. First, it discusses such items as the work environment, the firefighter workforce, physical…
Author(s): Richard Mangan
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the total energy expenditure (TEE) by using the doubly labeled water (DLW) methodology during 5 d of wildfire suppression in Montana, California, Florida, Washington, and Idaho. METHODS:…
Author(s): Brent Ruby, T.C. Schriver, T.W. Zderic, B.J. Sharkey, C. Burks, S. Tysk
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia cana, Artemisia cana subsp. Bolanderi, Artemisia cana subsp. cana, Artemisia cana subsp. viscidula (silver sagebrush, Bolander silver sagebrush, plains silver…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Cynoglossum officinale (houndstongue) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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We examined the use of snag stands by seven species of cavity-nesting birds from 1994-1998. Selection of snags was studied in logged and unlogged burned forests at two spatial scales: microhabitat (local vegetation characteristics) and landscape (…
Author(s): Victoria A. Saab, Ree Brannon, Jonathan G. Dudley, Larry Donohoo, Dave Vanderzanden, Vicky Johnson, Henry Lachowski
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Interactions between humans and wildfires have increased in many regions over the last decades driven by climate and land-use changes. A shift towards more adaptive fire management and policies is urgently needed but remains difficult to achieve.…
Author(s): Cristina Santin, Aristides Moustakas, Stefan H. Doerr
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