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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (green rabbitbrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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We assessed the influence of riparian disturbance on 26 stream variables in Linesville Creek and six tributaries, in northwestern Pennsylvania, USA. Redundancy analysis, a canonical ordination technique. was used in three separate analyses to test…
Author(s): M. Henry H. Stevens, Kenneth W. Cummins
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This assessment of Montana used data collected from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots across Montana and summarized by forest type, density, and structure. The focus of the analysis was on ponderosa pine/Douglas fir/ dry mixed conifer…
Author(s): Carl E. Fiedler, Charles E. Keegan, Daniel P. Wichman, Stephen F. Arno
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According to Nutt, decisions that fail in organizations can be traced to managers who impose decisions, limit the search for alternatives, and use power to implement plans. Nutt finds that managers who make the need for action clear, set objectives…
Author(s): Paul C. Nutt
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Hesperostipa comata (needle-and-thread grass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Elena Zlatnik
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In this book, Isaacs argues that we should learn to kindle and sustain a new conversational spirit in our relationships, organizations, and communities. A conversational spirit will help us in times of frustration and conflict and help us work…
Author(s): William Isaacs
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The 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park provided an opportunity to study effects of a large infrequent disturbance on a natural community. This study addressed two questions: (1) How does prefire heterogeneity of the landscape affect postfire…
Author(s): Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme, Robert H. Gardner
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Prescribed burning is used to achieve a variety of silvicultural objectives, including controlling heavy fuel accumulation, exposing mineral soil, releasing available nutrients for seedbed preparation, and controlling certain insects, diseases, and…
Author(s): Kevin R. Russell, David H. Van Lear, David C. Guynn, Jr.
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As pinyon-juniper have increased their dominance throughout the Great Basin, other perennial plants have declined in abundance. Riparian areas traditionally have the greatest biodiversity found in the region. The increase of pinyon-juniper can…
Author(s): G. Allen Rasmussen, Robin J. Tausch, Stephen C. Bunting
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis (Wyoming big sagebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Ericameria nauseosa (rubber rabbitbrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Elena Zlatnik
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Achillea millefolium (western yarrow) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Keith Aleksoff
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In this chapter, Kantor and Ober introduce a model for dealing with conflicts that arise when employees are resistant to organizational change. Change situations are high stakes situations that cause greater fear and anxiety than low stakes…
Author(s): David Kantor, Steven Ober
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The 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park provided an opportunity to study effects of a large infrequent disturbance on a natural community. This study addressed two questions: (1) How does prefire heterogeneity of the landscape affect postfire…
Author(s): Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme, Robert H. Gardner
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National forests of the dry, interior portion of the western United States that are managed by the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service have undergone significant changes over the last century and a half, becoming much denser, with fewer…
Author(s): United States General Accounting Office
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Hedysarum (Hedysarum spp.) roots are a primary food of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I studied the effects of recent forest fire on yellow hedysarum (H. sulphurescens) habitat by comparing root…
Author(s): David Hamer
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The “Harvard Method,” as it is sometimes called, emphasizes the importance of easy two-way communication. Yet in both negotiations and daily life, for good reasons or bad, we often don’t talk to each other, and don’t want to. And sometimes when we…
Author(s): Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
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In every organization, things go wrong. For the most part, these errors are minor and often go unnoticed. However, when disaster occurs, external pressure often forces the exposure of many of the failures that occur within an organization. Thus, a…
Author(s): Andrew Hopkins
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pascopyrum smithii (western wheatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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