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Landscape-scale eco-evolutionary dynamics: selection by seed predators and fire determine a major reproductive strategy
Recent work in model systems has demonstrated significant effects of rapid evolutionary change on ecological processes (eco-evolutionary dynamics). Fewer studies have addressed whether eco-evolutionary dynamics structure natural ecosystems. We…
Author(s): Matt V. Talluto, Craig W. Benkman
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Duff mound consumption and cambium injury for centuries-old western larch from prescribed burning in western Montana
Western larch is one of the most fire-adapted conifers in western North America. Its historical perpetuation depended upon regular fire disturbances, which creates open stand conditions and mineral seedbeds. A stand of 200- to 500-year-old larch in…
Author(s): Michael G. Harrington
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Wilderness shapes contemporary fire size distributions across landscapes of the western United States
In many U.S. federally designated wilderness areas, wildfires are likely to burn of their own accord due to favorable management policies and remote location. Previous research suggested that limitations on fire size can result from the…
Author(s): Sandra L. Haire, Kevin McGarigal, Carol Miller
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Aboriginal precedent for active management of sagebrush-perennial grass communities in the Great Basin
Until recently, most contemporary ecologists have ignored or diminished anecdotal historical accounts and anthropologists' reports about aboriginal fire in the Great Basin. Literature review shows that Indians practiced regular use of fire for…
Author(s): Kent J. McAdoo, Brad W. Schultz, Sherman R. Swanson
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