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Towards a Sounder Fire Ecology

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2003
This forum brings together fire ecologists from outside the current wildfire controversy in the US to give their views on three central topics related to ecosystems in which wildfires are an important process. First, how do fire behavior and ecological effects vary between ecosystems?
Johnson, Edward A   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Reproductive stages in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) occur earlier with increasing temperature

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Climate change is altering the timing of many plant phenological events, yet most studies focus on flowering, with less attention given to later reproductive stages such as fruit development and ripening. Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry) is an important perennial berry species that may be sensitive to these changes.
Jenna Floyd   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ducks and passerines nesting in northern mixed‐grass prairie treated with fire

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2011
Prescribed fire is an important, ecology‐driven tool for restoration of grassland systems. However, prescribed fire remains controversial for some grassland managers because of reported reductions in bird use of recently burned grasslands.
Todd A. Grant   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Connecticut State Fire Safety Code (2018); Other title: Connecticut state fire safety code

open access: yes, 2018
Effective October 1, 2018.; Title from cover.; Based on the 2015 editions of the ICC Fire Code and NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.; "The Connecticut State Fire Safety Code shall be administered as provided in chapter 541 of the Connecticut General Statutes"-
Connecticut. Office of the State Fire Marshal,
core   +1 more source

Spatial dynamics of Fabiana imbricata shrublands in northwestern Patagonia in relation to natural fires [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2010
Fire is a critical disturbance in the structuring and functioning of most Mediterranean ecosystems. In northwestern Patagonia, vegetation patterns are strongly influenced by fire and environmental heterogeneity.
L. Ghermandi, N. Dudinszky, F. J. Oddi
doaj   +1 more source

Facilitating Prescribed Fire in Northern California through Indigenous Governance and Interagency Partnerships

open access: yesFire, 2021
Prescribed burning by Indigenous people was once ubiquitous throughout California. Settler colonialism brought immense investments in fire suppression by the United States Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL ...
Tony Marks-Block, William Tripp
doaj   +1 more source

NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
wiley   +1 more source

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