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Impacts of climate change on land management and wildland fire smoke in the Southeastern United States

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters
Although prescribed fire is frequently used in the Southeastern United States, land managers in the region and across the country plan to expand burning to mitigate wildfire and achieve other ecological goals.
Megan M Johnson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management regime and habitat response influence abundance of regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) in tallgrass prairie [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The \u3e2,570,000-ha Flint Hills ecoregion of Kansas, USA, harbors the largest remaining contiguous tract of tallgrass prairie in North America, a unique system, as the remainder of North America’s tallgrass prairie has succumbed to development and ...
Albanese, G.   +4 more
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Prescribed fire effects in Missouri Ozark upland forests [PDF]

open access: yes
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf ...
Stevenson, Aaron P.
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Working Paper 03: Protecting Old Trees from Prescribed Fire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Due to logging and other ecological changes, old trees have grown scarce in most southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Many of those that remain are under increased stress due to competition from overcrowded younger trees, as well as from fire and insects.
Minard, A.E.
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Wildfire Severity to Valued Resources Mitigated by Prescribed Fire in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

open access: yesRemote Sensing
Prescribed fire is increasingly utilized for conservation and restoration goals, yet there is limited empirical evidence supporting its effectiveness in reducing wildfire-induced damages to highly valued resources and assets (HVRAs)—whether natural ...
C. Wade Ross   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation to Increasing Risks of Forest Fires [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This work presents a quantitative assessment of adaptation options in the context of forest fires in Europe under projected climate change. A standalone fire model (SFM) based on a state-of-the-art, large-scale forest fire modeling algorithm is used to ...
Camia, A.   +8 more
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