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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Sporobolus airoides (alkali sacaton) 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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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Abies concolor (white fir) 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): Kristin L. Zouhar
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Our objective was to document the effect of fire-history sampling on the mortality of mature ponderosa pine trees in Oregon. We examined 138 trees from which fire-scarred partial cross sections had been removed five to six years earlier, and 386…
Author(s): Emily K. Heyerdahl, Steven J. McKay
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Author(s): Katherine Kendall, Robert E. Keane
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Tetradymia canescens (spineless 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): Janette S. Scher
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We monitored the response of cavity-nesting species to three snag density treatments (high = 37-80 snags/ha, medium = 15-35 snags/ha, and low = 0-12 snags/ha) during two breeding seasons 4-5 yr post-fire and logging in Douglas-fir- ponderosa pine…
Author(s): Maryellen Haggard, William L. Gaines
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Aspen exhibits a variety of ecological roles. In southern Colorado, the 1880 landscape mosaic contained a range of stand ages, of which half were >70 years old and half were younger. Pure aspen stands in southern Colorado are widespread and may…
Author(s): William H. Romme, Lisa Floyd-Hanna, David D. Hanna, Elisabeth Bartlett
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Riparian habitats in eastern Oregon and Washington compose a small percentage of the landscape, and yet these habitats are essential for many species of vertebrates. Riparian areas are sensitive to disturbance agents, which can pose a formidable…
Author(s): Barbara C. Wales
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Ephedra viridis (green ephedra) 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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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) seeds are dispersed by Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), a bird that makes caches under 2-3 cm of soil. Cached seeds may delay germination for one or more years in part because of underdeveloped…
Author(s): Diana F. Tomback, Angela J. Anderies, Katherine S. Carsey, Mary L. Powell, Sabine Mellmann-Brown
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Populus angustifolia (narrowleaf cottonwood) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Kevin A. Simonin
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This volume is divided into three sections: (1) Ecological, Biological, and Physical Science; (2) Social and Cultural; and (3) Economics and Utilization. Effective ecological restoration requires a combination of science and management. The authors…
Author(s): Regina K. Vance, Carleton B. Edminster, W. Wallace Covington, Julie A. Blake
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Factors related to the composition of riparian forest stands on three streams in the northern Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest type were related to proximity to the water course and years since fire. Using a linear regression analysis 46 variables…
Author(s): William H. Russell, Joe R. McBride
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Nitrogen fixing plants have been reported to play an important role in replacing N lost from soil in fire dominated ecosystems. Exclusion of fire from ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.)-Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco…
Author(s): J. A. Newland, Thomas H. DeLuca
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Danthonia unispicata (onespike danthonia) 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 Fallugia paradoxa (Apache plume) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Jack McWilliams
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This Supplement presents data syntheses and new evidence from temperate (primarily boreal) North American studies of aquatic ecosystem response to episodic watershed deforestation and acid rain. These studies confirm the dominant role of the…
Author(s): Richard Carignan, Robert J. Steedman
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The significant geographic extent of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in the interior West and the large proportion within the mixed-severity fire regime has led to efforts for more ecologically based management of lodgepole pine. New research and…
Author(s): Colin C. Hardy, Robert E. Keane, Catherine A. Stewart
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The scientific literature on logging after wildfire is reviewed, with a focus on environ-mental effects of logging and removal of large woody structure. Rehabilitation, the practice of planting or seeding after logging, is not reviewed here. Several…
Author(s): James D. McIver, Lynn Starr
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A prime forest resource is clean water for downstream beneficial uses. Sediment from forests may impair those beneficial uses. Sedimentation by water erosion is rare unless road activities, timber harvesting, or fire disturb the forest. We have been…
Author(s): William J. Elliot, Randy B. Foltz, Peter R. Robichaud
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