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Effects of Prescribed Fire on Mammoth Cave National Park’s Oak-Hickory Vegetation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Mammoth Cave National Park contains a spectacular suite of plant communities; many of which are dependent on wildland fire as a disturbance process for their preservation. Over a third of the park is dominated by oak-hickory forests and woodlands.
Burton, Jesse A.
core   +1 more source

Wildfires' Cost for Societal Welfare: Economic Evaluation of Forestry Ecosystem Services Losses in Southern Italy

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forest ecosystem services (ESs) are garnering increasing public attention as awareness grows regarding society's fundamental dependence on them for well‐being. Forest fires, one of the major disturbances of ESs, are becoming more frequent and destructive, exacerbated in part by climate change.
Emanuele Spada   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

PRIOR REGULATION AND POST LIABILITY AS COMPLEMENTS: AN APPLICATION TO PRESCRIBED BURNING LAW IN THE UNITED STATES [PDF]

open access: yes
Prescribed burning is increasingly being recognized as a useful land management and conservation tool, but with it comes the risk of fire and smoke damage to the property of others.
Engle, David   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Which Patients With Dysfunctional Voiding Respond Well to Sacral Neuromodulation? ICI‐RS 2025

open access: yesNeurourology and Urodynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims Dysfunctional voiding (DV) is characterised by fluctuating or intermittent urinary flow during voiding in neurologically normal individuals. Given the different definitions used and heterogeneous pathophysiologies, outcomes following sacral neuromodulation/sacral nerve stimulation (SNM/SNS) are variably reported.
Jalesh N. Panicker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Moisture Factors in Grassland Fire Danger Index for Prescribed Fire Management in the Great Plains

open access: yesFire
Prescribed fire is a critical land management practice in the Great Plains of North America, helping to maintain native rangelands and reduce wildfire risk.
Mayowa B. George   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Response of Zigadenus fremontii to Variation in Fire Regime [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
California\u27s chaparral shrub communities are naturally exposed to dry-season fire. It could be reasoned that prescription burns set during the wet season by land managers would have more detrimental effects on plant regeneration than dry season fires
Dinis, Shannon Elizabeth
core   +1 more source

‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescribed Fire on Public Lands

open access: yes, 2013
This fact sheet helps readers understand prescribed fire planning and implementation on public lands.
Page, Wesley G., Kuhns, Michael R.
openaire   +1 more source

Why do we burn? Examining arguments underpinning the use of prescribed burning to manage wildfire risk

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
wiley   +1 more source

Is Wildfire Suppression in Giant Sequoia Groves a Problem, a Solution, or Neither?

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
In 1910, the U.S. federal government began an official policy of suppressing wildfires. Decades later it became understood that the giant sequoia, the world's most massive tree, is serotinous and depends upon fire to effectively reproduce. For a century,
Chad T. Hanson
doaj   +1 more source

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