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A global assemblage of regional prescribed burn records - GlobalRx. [PDF]
Sci DataAbstract Prescribed burning (RxB) is a land management tool used widely for reducing wildfire hazard, restoring biodiversity, and managing natural resources. However, RxB can only be carried out safely and effectively under certain seasonal or weather conditions.
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Trends and Gaps in Prescribed Burning Research. [PDF]
Environ ManageAbstract Prescribed burning is a key tool in land management globally used to reduce wildfire risks and achieve ecological, cultural and resource management objectives across both natural and human systems. Despite its widespread application, research on prescribed burning is marked by significant gaps.
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Prescribed burning techniques [PDF]
Forest@ - Rivista di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale, 2014 Nella collana “Scienza e innovazione per i sistemi forestali ed ambientali” della Editrice Aracne è stato recentemente pubblicato il volume “La tecnica del fuoco prescritto” a cura di G. Bovio e D. Ascoli dell’Università di Torino.
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Occupational PAH Exposures during Prescribed Pile Burns [PDF]
The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2008 Wildland firefighters are exposed to particulate matter and gases containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), many of which are known carcinogens. Our objective was to evaluate the extent of firefighter exposure to particulate and PAHs during prescribed pile burns of mainly ponderosa pine slash and determine whether these exposures were ...
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Where to prescribe burn: the costs and benefits of prescribed burning close to houses [PDF]
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2019 Prescribed burning is used in Australia as a tool to manage fire risk and protect assets. A key challenge is deciding how to arrange the burns to generate the highest benefits to society. Studies have shown that prescribed burning in the wildland–urban interface (WUI) can reduce the risk of house loss due to wildfires, but the costs and benefits of ...
Veronique Florec +4 more
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Prescribed burning: a topical issue [PDF]
Forest@ - Rivista di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale, 2013 Prescribed burning is a promising technique for the prevention of forest fires in Italy. The research deepened several ecological and operative aspects. However, legal issues need to be thoroughly investigated.
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EXPLORATORY FIRECLIMATE SURVEYS ON PRESCRIBED BURNS [PDF]
Monthly Weather Review, 1960 Abstract In the summer of 1957, short-term weather surveys were made in four prescribed burn areas in the central Sierra Nevada foothills and in the central Coast Range in California The local fireclimate patterns were studied, a fire-weather forecast was adapted to the burn area for each fire, and attempts were made to note the effects of the fires on
MARK J. SCHROEDER, CLIVE M. COUNTRYMAN
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Socio-demographic and health vulnerability in prescribed-burn exposed versus unexposed counties near the National Forest System. [PDF]
Sci Total Environ, 2022 Kondo MC +4 more
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Extremal Trees With Prescribed Burning Numbers
18 pages, revised from version 1 to improve the similarity ...
Leong, Eugene Jun Tong +2 more
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Prescribed Burning in an Aspen – Mixed Hardwood Forest
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 1974 The effects of prescribed burning and complete clearcutting on Populustremuloides and associated hardwoods and shrubs were compared for 8 years after commercial harvest of a 60-year-old P. tremuloides stand. Because of the lack of suitable burning weather, P. tremuloides suckers were 2 years old before the burn could be made.
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