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Invigorating Prescribed Fire Science Through Improved Reporting Practices

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
Interest in prescribed fire science has grown over the past few decades due to the increasing application of prescribed fire by managers to mitigate wildfire hazards, restore biodiversity, and improve ecosystem resilience. Numerous ecological disciplines
Sophie R. Bonner, Chad M. Hoffman, Jeffrey M. Kane, J. Morgan Varner, J. Kevin Hiers, Joseph J. O’Brien, Heather D. Rickard, Wade T. Tinkham, Rodman R. Linn, Nicholas Skowronski, Russell A. Parsons, Carolyn H. Sieg   +11 more
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Pyric‐carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2017
AbstractFire is a process that shaped and maintained most terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Changes in land use and patterns of human settlement have altered fire regimes and led to fire suppression resulting in numerous undesirable consequences spanning individual species and entire ecosystems.
Torre J. Hovick, Devan A. McGranahan, R. Dwayne Elmore, John R. Weir, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf   +4 more
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Application of a location model to fire stations in Rotterdam [PDF]

, 1981
This report is an outgrowth of a research project carried out by the Operations Research Group of Twente University of Technology in cooperation with the Department Fire-Brigade Affairs (Home Office) and the Rotterdam Fire Department.
Schreuder, J.A.M.
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Perceptions of NRCS Assistance with Prescribed Fires on U.S. Private Lands: A Regionally Stratified Case Study

Fire, 2021
The benefits of prescribed fires are recognized throughout the United States, but the ability to assist with prescribed fire application on private land by government agencies has many possible constraints and challenges.
Ryan Wilbur, Charles Stanley, Kristie A. Maczko, John Derek Scasta   +3 more
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Prescribed Fire Effects on Dalmation Toadflax

Journal of Range Management, 2003
Prescribed fires are important for rangeland restoration and affect plant community composition and species interactions. Many rangeland plant communities have been, or are under the threat of noxious weed invasion, however there is little information on how fire effects weeds.
James S. Jacobs, Roger L. Sheley
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Prescribed Fire — Its Place in Reforestation [PDF]

The Forestry Chronicle, 1970
Forest fires have played an important role in determining the type and composition of forest ecosystems in the temperate region of North America. The close association between fires and forest ecosystems has helped the resource manager to interpret the significance of fire in reforestation, which in turn has induced him to use burning for this ...
A. D. Kiil, Z. Chrosciewicz
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Stakeholders' Perceptions about Fire Impacts on Lithuanian Protected Areas [PDF]

, 2016
The aim of this work is to study Lithuanian stakeholders' perceptions of fire impacts in protected areas. For this study, the stakeholders consisted of foresters, ecologists and farmers.
Aguilar, Aznar, Berglund, Bewket, Bisaro, Blanchard, Bond, Brockway, Bukantis, Carreiras, Carvalho, Constanza, Czimczik, Dahlberg, Davies, De Groot, De Pina Tavares, Donovan, Ericsson, Fernandes, Fernandes, Flannigan, Fleskens, Gadgil, Ganteaume, Gardner, Granström, Gromtsev, Johnson, Jones, Karltun, Kauffman, Kilpelainen, Lazaro, Lazaro, Lindbladh, Marozas, Marozas, Martinez, Mavsar, Mcdonagh, Mekuria, Meyn, Michels, Mierauskas, Mierauskas, Miller, Moreno, Mulale, Nabahungu, Nesmith, Novara, Ohlson, Parro, Pausas, Pausas, Pereira, Pereira, Pereira, Pereira, Pereira, Pereira, Pereira, Pereira, Pérez-Cabello, Raftoyannis, Reed, Reed, Reynolds, Riano, Ruiz-Mirazo, Ryan, Ryan, Schimmel, Sop, Stephens, Stephens, Stone, Stringer, Tesfaye, Turner, Van Berkel, Vanha-Majamaa, Vogt, Wayman, Wikars, Winter, Zackrisson, Zaksek, Özgüner   +89 more
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Modeling the Soil Response to Rainstorms after Wildfire and Prescribed Fire in Mediterranean Forests

Climate, 2020
The use of the Soil Conservation Service-curve number (SCS-CN) model for runoff predictions after rainstorms in fire-affected forests in the Mediterranean climate is quite scarce and limited to the watershed scale.
M. Lucas‐Borja, G. Bombino, B. Carrà, D. D’Agostino, P. Denisi, Antonino Labate, P. Plaza‐Álvarez, D. Zema   +7 more
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Cognitive Maps Reveal Diverse Perceptions of How Prescribed Fire Affects Forests and Communities

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020
The potential for prescribed fire to address fuel management and forest restoration goals has received considerable attention. However, many wildfire risk mitigation practitioners and researchers consider prescribed fire to be an underutilized tool for ...
Matthew Hamilton, Matthew Hamilton, Jonathan Salerno   +2 more
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Slope position controls prescribed fire effects on soil: a case study in the high-elevation grassland of Itatiaia National Park [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2023
There is a need for greater knowledge about the medium- and long-term effects of prescribed fire management on soil in ecosystems prone to wildfires and more vulnerable to climate change.
Ana Paula Pessim de Oliveira, Eduardo Carvalho da Silva Neto, Robson Altiellys Tosta Marcondes, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, Marcelo Souza Motta, Yan Vidal de Figueiredo Gomes Diniz, Hugo de Souza Fagundes, Rafael Coll Delgado, Otavio Augusto Queiroz dos Santos, Lúcia Helena Cunha dos Anjos   +9 more
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