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Fire-history implications of fire scarring

Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2013
Fire scars are widely used to reconstruct fire history, yet patterns of scarring are poorly understood, hampering effective sampling and analysis. Factors that influence the probability a tree will receive a scar (SP) and the fraction of trees that scar (SF) are little studied.
William L. Baker, Alexa J. Dugan
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The Further History of Fire Science

Combustion Science and Technology, 1984
(1984). The Further History of Fire Science. Combustion Science and Technology: Vol. 40, No. 1-4, pp. 167-174.
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Histories of Domestic Fire

2013
This chapter examines scholarly and expert writing about four developmental phases of domestic fire in Europe: the hearth, fireplace, mantelpiece and, finally, objects displayed on mantels. The first problem is material ‘evidence’: what has survived and, just as importantly, what has not.
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Fire Suppression Effectiveness for Simultaneous Fires: An Examination of Fire Histories

Western Journal of Applied Forestry, 1990
Abstract We examined fire and weather records for areas of the western United States for the period 1970-1984 to determine the effects of simultaneous wildfire occurrence on fire suppression efforts. Burning conditions were accounted for by use of short strings of fires which involved simultaneous suppression efforts.
Larry F. Bednar   +2 more
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FIRE AND FOREST HISTORY AT MOUNT RUSHMORE

Ecological Applications, 2008
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota is known worldwide for its massive sculpture of four of the United States' most respected presidents. The Memorial landscape also is covered by extensive ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forest that has not burned in over a century.
Peter M, Brown   +2 more
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Garments fire: History repeats itself

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2013
One hundred years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City that caused the death of 146 garment workers, a garment fire on November 24, 2012 in Bangladesh resulted in 111 deaths under remarkably similar circumstances. The majority of these workers were also young women, economically disadvantaged, migrants, and, by any definition ...
Hasanat, Alamgir   +2 more
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The Culture of Fire: An Introduction to Anthropogenic Fire History

1997
The capture of fire by the genus Homo changed forever the natural history of the Earth. The manipulation of fire, a species monopoly, defined humanity’s ecological niche. Even today fire appears at the core of many popular scenarios for environmental apocalypse.
Stephen J. Pyne, Johann G. Goldammer
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Fire History and Fire Regimes Shifts in Patagonian Temperate Forests

2017
Fire has been a frequent disturbance in Patagonia. The presence of charcoal in sedimentary records covering the last 44,000 years suggests that natural fires played a significant role in shaping the landscape before the arrival of Native Americans ca. 14,500–12,500 years ago.
Mundo, Ignacio A.   +3 more
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