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Keane, Hessburg, Landres, Swanson
This paper examines the past, present, and future use of the concept of historical range and variability (HRV) in land management. The history, central concepts, benefits, and limitations of HRV are presented along with a discussion on the value of…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Smith, Finch, Hawksworth
Despite widespread efforts to avert wildfire by reducing the density of flammable vegetation, little is known about the effects of this practice on the reproductive biology of forest birds. We examined nest-site selection and nest survival of the…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Romme, Allen, Bailey, Baker, Bestelmeyer, Brown, Eisenhart, Floyd-Hanna, Huffman, Jacobs, Miller, Muldavin, Swetnam, Tausch, Weisberg
Pinon-juniper is a major vegetation type in western North America. Effective management of these ecosystems has been hindered by inadequate understanding of 1) the variability in ecosystem structure and ecological processes that exists among the…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Ravi, D'Odorico, Wang, White, Okin, Macko, Collins
Desert grasslands, which are very sensitive to external drivers like climate change, are areas affected by rapid land degradation processes. In many regions of the world the common form of land degradation involves the rapid encroachment of woody…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Eiswerth, Krauter, Swanson, Zielinski
Since the mid-1980s, sagebrush rangelands in the Great Basin of the United States have experienced more frequent and larger wildfires. These fires affect livestock forage, the sagebrush/grasses/forbs mosaic that is important for many wildlife…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Baer, Engle, Knops, Langeland, Maxwell, Menalled, Symstad
Vast areas of arable land have been retired from crop production and ''rehabilitated'' to improved system states through landowner incentive programs in the United States (e.g., Conservation and Wetland Reserve Programs), as well as Europe (i.e.,…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Schwilk, Keeley, Knapp, McIver, Bailey, Fettig, Fiedler, Harrod, Moghaddas, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy, Youngblood
Changes in vegetation and fuels were evaluated from measurements taken before and after fuel reduction treatments (prescribed fire, mechanical treatments, and the combination of the two) at 12 Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) sites located in forests…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Ortega-Sanchez, Harveson, Lopez, Sullins
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) are a common quail species in southwestern states of the United States and the northwestern states of Mexico. In Texas this species occurs in the Trans-Pecos region, are underutilized, and could become an…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Parisien, Moritz
Despite its widespread occurrence globally, wildfire preferentially occupies an environmental middle ground and is significantly less prevalent in biomes characterized by environmental extremes (e.g., tundra, rain forests, and deserts). We evaluated…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Beyers
Post-fire seeding is used to stabilize burned slopes by increasing plant cover, prevent invasion of burned areas by noxious weeds, replace weedy annual grasses on burned rangelands, and reestablish desirable vegetation including tree species. Fast-…
Year: 2009
Type: Document