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Fire effects on a plant community, soil, and air are not apparent when judged only by surface fire intensity. The fire severity or fire impact can be described by the temperatures reached within the forest floor and the duration of heating…
Author(s): Roberta A. Hartford, William H. Frandsen
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Macroinvertebrate communities of five headwater streams in catchments disturbed by wildfire were compared with five similar streams with no catchment disturbance. Over the five years of observation, communities in disturbed streams were more similar…
Author(s): Carl Richards, G. Wayne Minshall
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To evaluate the relative effect of autecologic factors, site-specific factors, disturbance characteristics, and community structure on the recovery of temperate-stream fish communities, we reviewed case histories for 49 sites and recorded data on…
Author(s): Naomi E. Detenbeck, Philip W. DeVore, Gerald J. Niemi, Ann Lima
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Wildfire in the boreal forests at the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario caused significant losses of nitrogen and phosphorus in streams. Both watershed type and fire intensity appear to determine the extent of losses. The Northeast wetland basin…
Author(s): Suzanne E. Bayley, D. W. Schindler, Kenneth G. Beaty, B. R. Parker, M. P. Stainton
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This study employed a sample of 22 radio-collared grizzly bears to document the extent to which grizzly bears used harvested habitats on a seasonal and annual basis and how this use compared to the availability of harvested habitats. Use sites…
Author(s): John Steven Waller
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This article introduces the reader to Kaplan and Norton’s “balanced scorecard” system, a set of measures designed to give a manager an overview of business performance. The scorecard includes four measures. The first measure is financial, the…
Author(s): Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
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This article gives a personal account of Gioia’s experience with the Ford Motor Company during a defective vehicle recall. As the recall coordinator, Gioia had to manage a busy office and keep up with a large amount of information that he needed to…
Author(s): Dennis Gioia
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The occurrence and behavior of lightning-caused fires in Yellowstone National Park wer summarized for 17 years (1972-1988) during a prescribed natural fire program. Both ignition (occurrence) and spread (Stand replacing fire activity) of fires were…
Author(s): Roy A. Renkin, Don G. Despain
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This report summarizes the available fire ecology and management information relating to the forest habitat types of eastern Idaho and western Wyoming, west of the crest of the Wind River Mountain.
Author(s): Anne F. Bradley, William C. Fischer, Nonan V. Noste
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Fire-killed and fire-damaged timber are an important source of fiber and are becoming more important because of a decrease in the land base available for timber harvest. Forest managers need to know the causes of deterioration and degrade, the…
Author(s): Eini C. Lowell, Susan A. Willits, Robert L. Krahmer
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The 1988 Gates Park Fire, along the North Fork of the Sun River in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, provided an opportunity to explore fire effects on wilderness visitor choices. Recreation visitors along the North and South Fork drainages were…
Author(s): Timothy G. Love, Alan E. Watson
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Symphiotrichum leave (smooth blue American-aster) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Janet Sullivan
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): S. A. Snyder
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Chamerion angustifolium (fireweed) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Diane S. Pavek
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Diane S. Pavek
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Agrostis scabra (ticklegrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Robin F. Matthews
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Carex bigelowii (Bigelow sedge) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Robin F. Matthews
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Viburnum edule (highbush cranberry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Robin F. Matthews
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Elymus trachycaulus (slender wheatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Rhamnus purshiana (cascara) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species' taxonomy…
Author(s): James R. Habeck
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