A data-driven analysis and optimization of the impact of prescribed fire programs on wildfire risk in different regions of the USA. [PDF]
Nat Hazards (Dordr), 2023 Jose E, Agarwal P, Zhuang J.
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.We evaluated habitat characteristics of spring migration routes and stopover sites for adult female elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the San Juan Mountains (2021–2022) and found species‐specific differences in vegetation structure, terrain, and proximity to land cover types relative to ...
Joanna R. Ennis +3 more
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Remote SensingPrescribed 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
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Long-term response of wetland plant communities to management intensity, grazing abandonment, and prescribed fire. [PDF]
Ecol Appl, 2023 Sonnier G, Boughton EH, Whittington R.
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Northern bobwhites select for native grasses on working grazing land
The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.Northern bobwhites in eastern Kentucky selected for native warm‐season grasses at multiple spatial scales in an environment dominated by exotic cool‐season grass cattle forage. Our study suggests that incorporating native warm‐season grass cattle forages into existing operations across the southeastern United States may be a viable working‐lands ...
Douglas B. Mitchell +6 more
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Strategies to reintroduce prescribed fire as a grassland management process on the Canadian prairies
Ecological Solutions and EvidencePrescribed fire is a land management practice utilized in fire‐adapted ecosystems to reduce wildfire risks, control invasive, exotic and woody plant species, enhance productivity and biodiversity, and share knowledge of land and culture.
Dale V. Gross, Eric G. Lamb
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Annual survival and resource selection of juvenile male wild turkeys in central Tennessee
The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.Juvenile male wild turkeys in central Tennessee, USA, selected areas with smaller patch sizes and lower proportions of developed land. Annual survival was 0.73 and decreased as dense land cover such as young and deciduous forest increased and cover types with high visibility decreased. Abstract Documenting juvenile male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Christian R. Smith +6 more
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Economic Tools to Design Efficient Integrated Wildfire Fighting Management Strategies [PDF]
In spite of the increasing efforts on behalf of the administrations to meliorate qualitatively the prevention and combat measures undertaken, the wildfire scenario in Mediterranean regions has been worsen and one fears that the situation will be ...
Isabel Mendes
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A 6-yr evaluation of prescribed-fire timing on yearling cattle growth performance and plant community dynamics on native tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills. [PDF]
Transl Anim Sci, 2023 Duncan ZM +6 more
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