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Current Titles in Wildland Fire, May 2012 Author(s): Goode, Jaime R., Luce, Charles H., Buffington, John M. Title: Enhanced Sediment Delivery in A Changing Climate in Semi-arid Mountain Basins: Implications for Water Resource Management and Aquatic Habitat in the Northern Rocky Mountains Source: Geomorphology 139-140: 1-15 Year: 2012 Keywords: Sediment Yield, Climate Change, Wildfire, Forest Roads, Aquatic Habitat, Idaho Batholith Abstract: the Delivery and Transport of Sediment Through Mountain Rivers Affects Aquatic Habitat and Water Resource Infrastructure. While Climate Change is Widely expected to Produce Significant Changes in Hydrology and Stream Temperature, the Effects of Climate Change on Sediment Yield Have Received Less Attention. In the Northern Rocky Mountains, We Expect Climate Change to Increase Sediment Yield Primarily Through Changes in Temperature and Hydrology that Promote vegetation Disturbances (i.e., Wildfire, Insect/pathogen Outbreak, Drought-related Die Off). Here, We Synthesize Existing Data From Central Idaho to Explore (1) How sediment Yields Are Likely to Respond to Climate Change in Semi-arid Basins Influence ... How to Locate: Download With Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81752 Author(s): Goodrick, S. L., Shea, D., Blake, J. Title: Estimating Fuel Consumption for the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina Source: Southern Journal Applied Forestry 34: 5-12 Year: 2010 Keywords: Prescribed Fire, Emissions, Fuel Consumption Abstract: Recent Changes in Air Quality Regulations Present A Potential Obstacle to Continued Use of Prescribed Fire as A Land Management Tool. Towering of the Acceptable Daily concentration of Particulate Matter From 6510 35 Jig/m' Will Bring Much Closer Scrutiny of Prescribed Burning Practices From the Air Quality Community. To Work Within This narrow Window, Land Managers Need Simple Tools to Allow Them to Estimate Their Potential Emissions and Examine Trade-offs Between Continued Use of Prescribed Fire and other Means of Fuels Management. A Critical Part of the Emissions Estimation Process is Determining the Amount of Fuel Consumed During the Burn. This Study Combines Results from A Number of Studies Along the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina to Arrive at A Simple Means of Estimating Total Fuel Consumption on Prescribed Fires. The Result is A simple Linear Relationship that Determines the Total Fuel Consumed as A Function of the Product of the Preburn Fuel Load and the Burning Index of the National Fire Danger Rating System. How to Locate: Download at Treesearch How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81919 Author(s): Gordi Serrat, J. Title: La Percepcio Dels Incendis Forestals Per La Propietat Rural A Catalunya Source: In: Treballs De La Societat Catalana De Geografia 26(71-72), Editat Amb La Col Laboracio De La Diputacio De Barcelona, Monografic, Sobre Incendis Forestalls, 2011, Pages 179-200 Year: 2011 Keywords: Combustion How to Locate: Download at Http://publicacions.iec.cat/repository/pdf/00000180/00000080.pdf How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81808 Author(s): Gosper, C. R., Yates, C. J., Prober, S. M. And Parsons, B. C. 30
Current Titles in Wildland Fire, May 2012 Title: Contrasting Changes in Vegetation Structure and Diversity With Time Since Fire in Two Australian Mediterranean-climate Plant Communities Source: Austral Ecology 37: 164-174 Year: 2012 Keywords: Mallee-heath and Mallee Communities Occur in A Mosaic Across Large Areas of South- Western Australia, in Topographically Subdued and Fire-prone Landscapes. Consequently, It Could be Expected that These Communities Would Have Historically Experienced Similar Fire Regimes, and Would Respond Similarly to Variation in Aspects of the Fire Regime. We Studied the Response of Mallee-heath and Mallee to Time Since the Last Fire, Measuring Species Density, Species-area Relationships, Diversity Indices and Vegetation Structure. Floristic Responses to Time Since Fire accorded With the Initial Floristic Composition Model of Plant Succession, With Declining Species Density and Shannon Diversity With Age in Mallee-heath. Mallee-heath Exhibited Structural senescence When > Approximately 45-55 Years Since Fire, With Increasing Standing Dead Vegetation, Bare Ground and Stagnating or Declining Size in Sprouting Eucalyptus Spp. Mallee showed No Such Evidence of Senescence, and Indeed Continued to Increase in Stature Beyond the Mean Fire Interval but Without the Compositional Change Required to Provide Support for the relay Floristic Model of Plant Succession. These Results Indicate that Malleeheath is A Fire Maintained Community and as Such is Reliant Upon Periodic Burning to Maintain Diversity and vigour. Mallee, in Contrast, is Modified but Not Maintained by Fire (at Least Over the Period of Time Since Fire Examined) and Hence is Less Susceptible to Fire Interval Effects. Indeed, structural Attributes Likely to Be Significant for Fauna Habitat and Carbon Sequestration Continue to Develop in Mallee Unburnt for 55 Years or More. Different Responses to Time Since Fire Will create Challenges for Management, Particularly in Fragmented Landscapes Where Fire Potentially Interacts With Other Threatening Processes. How to Locate: Contact Carl.gosper@dec.wa.gov.au Author(s): Greenberg, Cathryn H., Tara L. Keyser, Stanleyj. Zamoch, Kristina Connor, Dean M. Simon, and Gordon S. Warburton Title: Acorn Viability Following Prescribed Fire in Upland Hardwood Forests Source: Forest Ecology and Management 275: 79-86 Year: 2012 Keywords: Regeneration Prescribed Burning Abstract: Restoration of Structure and Function of Mixed-oak (quercus Spp.) Forests is A Focal Issue of Forest Land Managers in the Eastern United States Due to Widespread regeneration Failure and Poor Overstory Recruitment of Oaks, Particularly on Productive Sites. Prescribed Fire is Increasingly Used as A Tool in Oak Ecosystem Restoration, With the goal of Reducing Competition, and Creating Light and Seedbed Conditions Conducive to Germination and Growth of Oak Seedlings. Yet, Oak Seedling Establishment is Dependent on the Presence of Viable Acorns, Which May Be Vulnerable to Prescribed Fire. We Assessed the Effect of Prescribed Burning and Fire Temperature on the Viability of White oak and Northern Red Oak Acorns Placed on the Leaf Litter Surface, in the Duff, or in the Mineral Soil During Five Winter Prescribed Burns in Southern Appalachian Upland hardwood Forests. Fire Temperatures Varied Among Acorn Plots, Ranging From
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