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Effects of experimental prescribed fire and tree thinning on oak savanna understory plant communities and ecosystem structure

, 2020
In the Midwestern United States, oak savannas have been reduced in area by at least 99% since European settlement, mirroring global trends for savannas, grasslands, and shrublands.
T. Bassett, D. Landis, L. Brudvig
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Challenges for prescribed fire management in Australia’s fire-prone rangelands – the example of the Northern Territory

, 2020
Northern Australia comprises by far the most fire-prone-half of a fiery continent, where fire frequencies range from annual in the tropical savannas to periodic very-extensive fire events following above-rainfall conditions in the central Australian ...
J. Russell-Smith, A. Edwards, K. Sangha, Cameron P. Yates, M. Gardener   +4 more
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Using Behavioral Change Models to Understand Private Landowner Perceptions of Prescribed Fire in North Dakota

Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2020
In the northern Great Plains of North America, Kentucky bluegrass has become a conservation concern on many remaining rangelands. Reintroduction of fire may be one of the best ways to combat bluegrass invasion in the northern Great Plains, but ...
Cayla R. Bendel, D. Toledo, T. Hovick, D. McGranahan   +3 more
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Attitudes Toward Prescribed Fire Policies

Journal of Forestry, 1990
This article discusses the fire policy of several land management agencies and research done to assess public attitudes toward these policies. Biological information may provide support for a prescribed fire policy in areas managed with a preservation mandate, that alone is not sufficient justification for its implementation. Fire policy has a critical
Michael J. Manfredo, Martin Fishbein, Glenn E. Haas, Alan E. Watson   +3 more
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Global Application of Prescribed Fire

2022
Global Application of Prescribed Fire provides a first-hand perspective of the various methods and ways people around the world view and use prescribed fire. It covers the logistics, constraints and social dynamics surrounding the intentional use and application of fire by humans, and demonstrates how, why, when and where prescribed fire is used in ...
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Policy barriers and opportunities for prescribed fire application in the western United States

International journal of wildland fire, 2019
Prescribed fire is an important management tool on US federal lands that is not being applied at the necessary or desired levels. We investigated the role of policy barriers and opportunities for prescribed fire application on US Forest Service and ...
Courtney A. Schultz, Sarah McCaffrey, H. Huber-Stearns   +2 more
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Does Prescribed Fire Benefit Wetland Vegetation?

Wetlands, 2011
The effects of fire on wetland vegetation in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States are poorly known, despite the historical use of fire by federal, state, and private landowners in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Prescribed fire is widely used by land managers to promote vegetation that is beneficial to migratory waterfowl, muskrats, and other native
Conception Flores, Dixie L. Bounds, Douglas E. Ruby   +2 more
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Prescribed Fire: Public Education and Perception

Journal of Forestry, 1984
Abstract A sample drawn from the population of Tucson, Arizona, rated slides of forest scenes for scenic quality and acceptability for recreation. The scenes showed ponderosa pine areas that were unburned or had had light or severe fire 1 to 5 years previously.
Jonathan G. Taylor, Terry C. Daniel
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Liability, Incentives, and Prescribed Fire for Ecosystem Management

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2004
Prescribed fire is widely viewed as a useful but risky ecosystem management tool, and liability is a crucial issue for prescribed burning on private and public land. Basic liability rules motivate landowners to reduce risk when making choices about the use of fire.
Jonathan Yoder, David Engle, Sam Fuhlendorf   +2 more
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Long-term impact of prescribed fire on soil chemical properties in a wildland-urban interface. Northeastern Iberian Peninsula.

Science of the Total Environment, 2019
Wildfires are common in wildland-urban interfaces (WUIs), where they represent a severe threat to inhabited urban settlements endangering both infrastructure and human life.
Marcos Francos, E. B. Stefanuto, X. Úbeda, Paulo Pereira   +3 more
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