Download or read book Predicting the Effect of Fire on Large scale Vegetation Patterns in North America written by Donald McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Predicting the Effect of Fire on Large scale Vegetation Patterns in North America written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF FIRE ON LARGE SCALE VEGETATION PATTERNS IN NORTH AMERICA RESEARCH PAPER PNW RP 489 U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1997* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Predicting the Effect of Fire on Large scale Vegetation Patterns in North America written by Donald McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Predicting the Effect of Fire on Large Scale Vegetation Patterns in North America Classic Reprint written by Donald McKenzie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Predicting the Effect of Fire on Large-Scale Vegetation Patterns in North America Ecological considerations provide constraints on the vegetation transitions produced by these reductions of lai, and additional insight into successional dynamics and changes in species composition. For example, fire can cause changes in the domi nant plant phenology or leaf type in a biome without obligatory changes in lal. Under standing how ecological effects preset the initial conditions to which fire behavior models are applied will be a key step in integrating biotic and abiotic processes, to effectively model the mechanisms of change at the biome scale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Research Paper PNW written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Effects of Fire Disturbance on Ecosystems written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Effects of Fire Disturbance on Ecosystems written by Daniel Lee Schmoldt and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of fire scientists & resource managers convened to assess the effects of fire disturbance on ecosystems. Objectives of this workshop were to develop scientific recommendations for future fire research & management activities. These included a series of numerically ranked scientific & managerial questions & responses focusing on (1) links among fire effects, fuels, & climate; (2) fire as a large-scale disturbance; (3) fire-effects modeling structures; & (4) managerial concerns, applications, & decision support. The priority issues & approaches described here provide a template for fire science & fire management programs in the next decade & beyond.
Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research Agenda for Integrated Landscape Modeling written by Sam Cushman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reliable predictions of how changing climate and disturbance regimes will affect forest ecosystems are crucial for effective forest management. Current fire and climate research in forest ecosystem and community ecology offers data and methods that can inform such predictions. However, research in these fields occurs at different scales, with disparate goals, methods, and context. Often results are not readily comparable among studies and defy integration. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of three modeling paradigms: empirical gradient models, mechanistic ecosystem models, and stochastic landscape disturbance models. We then propose a synthetic approach to multi-scale analysis of the effects of climatic change and disturbance on forest ecosystems. Empirical gradient models provide an anchor and spatial template for stand-level forest ecosystem models by quantifying key parameters for individual species and accounting for broad-scale geographic variation among them. Gradient imputation transfers predictions of fine-scale forest composition and structure across geographic space. Mechanistic ecosystem dynamic models predict the responses of biological variables to specific environmental drivers and facilitate understanding of temporal dynamics and disequilibrium. Stochastic landscape dynamics models predict frequency, extent, and severity of broad-scale disturbance. A robust linkage of these three modeling paradigms will facilitate prediction of the effects of altered fire and other disturbance regimes on forest ecosystems at multiple scales and in the context of climatic variability and change.
Download or read book Forest Health Monitoring written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbances written by Ajith H. Perera and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a natural forest disturbance? How well do we understand natural forest disturbances and how might we emulate them in forest management? What role does emulation play in forest management? Representing a range of geographic perspectives from across Canada and the United States, this book looks at the escalating public debate on the viability of natural disturbance emulation for sustaining forest landscapes from the perspective of policymakers, forestry professionals, academics, and conservationists. This book provides a scientific foundation for justifying the use of and a solid framework for examining the ambiguities inherent in emulating natural forest landscape disturbance. It acknowledges the divergent expectations that practitioners face and offers a balanced view of the promises and challenges associated with applying this emerging forest management paradigm. The first section examines foundational concepts, addressing questions of what emulation involves and what ecological reasoning substantiates it. These include a broad overview, a detailed review of emerging forest management paradigms and their global context, and an examination of the ecological premise for emulating natural disturbance. This section also explores the current understanding of natural disturbance regimes, including the two most prevalent in North America: fire and insects. The second section uses case studies from a wide geographical range to address the characterization of natural disturbances and the development of applied templates for their emulation through forest management. The emphasis on fire regimes in this section reflects the greater focus that has traditionally been placed on understanding and managing fire, compared with other forms of disturbance, and utilizes several viewpoints to address the lessons learned from historical disturbance patterns. Reflecting on current thinking in the field, immediate challenges, and potential directions, the final section moves deeper into the issues of practical applications by exploring the expectations for and feasibility of emulating natural disturbance through forest management.
Download or read book A Year in Review for the Pacific Northwest Research Station written by Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Technical Report PNW GTR written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Climate Change Impacts on the United States written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Assessment and Modeling of Regeneration Dynamics for Eastern White Pine Pinus Strobus L written by Jerome Allan Krueger and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study represents an analysis of regeneration processes for eastern white pine (Pinus strohus L.). The objective is to develop an integrated approach to evaluate the influence of factors that, alone and in combination, determine regeneration outcomes. This study is composed of three sections. The first chapter is a literature review of white pine regeneration dynamics. The purpose is to present a process for understanding the regeneration process of a single species and present a conceptual approach to integrated evaluation of influential variables. Six interrelated ecological factors (seed tree density, competition, disturbance, seedbed conditions, soils, and damage agents) were identified and their impact on the regeneration process is evaluated. A conceptual model of the integration approach and two examples of how this approach can be utilized in assessing regeneration operations are presented.
