Author: Dominik Kulakowski
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Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Historical Range of Variability for Forest Vegetation of the Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado
Author: Dominik Kulakowski
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Historical Range of Variability for Forest Vegetation of the National Forests of the Colorado Front Range
Author: Thomas T. Veblen
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Category : Forest dynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"The aim of this report is to assess current knowledge of the historical range of variability ... of forested ecosystems in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ... and in the Pike, San Isabel National Forests. ... These national forests comprise a large proportion of the public lands of the Colorado Front Range"--P. 7.
Publisher:
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Category : Forest dynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"The aim of this report is to assess current knowledge of the historical range of variability ... of forested ecosystems in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ... and in the Pike, San Isabel National Forests. ... These national forests comprise a large proportion of the public lands of the Colorado Front Range"--P. 7.
Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management
Author: John A. Wiens
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118329759
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
In North America, concepts of Historical Range of Variability are being employed in land-management planning for properties of private organizations and multiple government agencies. The National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy all include elements of historical ecology in their planning processes. Similar approaches are part of land management and conservation in Europe and Australia. Each of these user groups must struggle with the added complication of rapid climate change, rapid land-use change, and technical issues in order to employ historical ecology effectively. Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management explores the utility of historical ecology in a management and conservation context and the development of concepts related to understanding future ranges of variability. It provides guidance and insights to all those entrusted with managing and conserving natural resources: land-use planners, ecologists, fire scientists, natural resource policy makers, conservation biologists, refuge and preserve managers, and field practitioners. The book will be particularly timely as science-based management is once again emphasized in United States federal land management and as an understanding of the potential effects of climate change becomes more widespread among resource managers. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/wiens/historicalenvironmentalvariation.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118329759
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
In North America, concepts of Historical Range of Variability are being employed in land-management planning for properties of private organizations and multiple government agencies. The National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy all include elements of historical ecology in their planning processes. Similar approaches are part of land management and conservation in Europe and Australia. Each of these user groups must struggle with the added complication of rapid climate change, rapid land-use change, and technical issues in order to employ historical ecology effectively. Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management explores the utility of historical ecology in a management and conservation context and the development of concepts related to understanding future ranges of variability. It provides guidance and insights to all those entrusted with managing and conserving natural resources: land-use planners, ecologists, fire scientists, natural resource policy makers, conservation biologists, refuge and preserve managers, and field practitioners. The book will be particularly timely as science-based management is once again emphasized in United States federal land management and as an understanding of the potential effects of climate change becomes more widespread among resource managers. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/wiens/historicalenvironmentalvariation.
The Colorado Front Range
Author: Thomas T. Veblen
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A Manual for Dryland Afforestation and Management
Author: G. Singh
Publisher: Scientific Publishers - AFARI
ISBN: 9387869474
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Community-oriented conservation of natural resources and promotion and protection of trees in drylands are examples to deal with climatic adversities. This book provides knowledge on climatic, ecological, social and economic condition of dry areas and lay out approaches and strategies to restore degraded lands. There are 15 chapters and first five deals with physiography of Rajasthan, drylands ecology, problems of land degradation, its economic evaluation and the approaches and strategies of restoration and rehabilitation. Next two chapters describe the problems of sand drift, salinity, water logging and effluent inflicted areas and strategies to control them. Chapters 8-10 deal with seed production, quality planting materials, genetic improvement, propagation and planting techniques. Chapters 11-12 describe methods of rain water harvesting and irrigation, and resources conservation for seed sowing and favouring regeneration and successions. Effective management of pests/diseases in nurseries and plantation, growth and yield prediction equations and models, and people's perception and participation in managing forest resources have been described in last 3 chapters. Purpose of this publication is to strengthen the forest functionaries and readers with wide ranging knowledge on land degradation, desertification and eco-biology of drylands; and methods to restore and rehabilitate degrading forest (lands) to increase forest cover, enhance resilience and people livelihoods and improve environmental conditions. Academician, researchers, forest managers, non-government organizations, extension agents and environmentalists can use it in developing, conserving and managing drylands ecosystems for its long lasting beneficial effects. This book is also useful to policy makers in effective planning of restoring, protecting and conserving dryland's ecological and socioeconomic services.
Publisher: Scientific Publishers - AFARI
ISBN: 9387869474
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Community-oriented conservation of natural resources and promotion and protection of trees in drylands are examples to deal with climatic adversities. This book provides knowledge on climatic, ecological, social and economic condition of dry areas and lay out approaches and strategies to restore degraded lands. There are 15 chapters and first five deals with physiography of Rajasthan, drylands ecology, problems of land degradation, its economic evaluation and the approaches and strategies of restoration and rehabilitation. Next two chapters describe the problems of sand drift, salinity, water logging and effluent inflicted areas and strategies to control them. Chapters 8-10 deal with seed production, quality planting materials, genetic improvement, propagation and planting techniques. Chapters 11-12 describe methods of rain water harvesting and irrigation, and resources conservation for seed sowing and favouring regeneration and successions. Effective management of pests/diseases in nurseries and plantation, growth and yield prediction equations and models, and people's perception and participation in managing forest resources have been described in last 3 chapters. Purpose of this publication is to strengthen the forest functionaries and readers with wide ranging knowledge on land degradation, desertification and eco-biology of drylands; and methods to restore and rehabilitate degrading forest (lands) to increase forest cover, enhance resilience and people livelihoods and improve environmental conditions. Academician, researchers, forest managers, non-government organizations, extension agents and environmentalists can use it in developing, conserving and managing drylands ecosystems for its long lasting beneficial effects. This book is also useful to policy makers in effective planning of restoring, protecting and conserving dryland's ecological and socioeconomic services.
Vegetation Dynamics on the Mountains and Plateaus of the American Southwest
Author: John Vankat
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940076149X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The book provides information essential for anyone interested in the ecology of the American Southwest, including land managers, environmental planners, conservationists, ecologists and students. It is unique in its coverage of the hows and whys of dynamics (changes) in the major types of vegetation occurring on southwestern mountains and plateaus. It explains the drivers and processes of change, describes historical changes and provides conceptual models that diagrammatically illustrate past, present, and potential future changes. All major types of vegetation are covered: spruce-fir, mixed conifer, and ponderosa pine forests, pinyon-juniper vegetation, subalpine-montane grassland, and Gambel oak and interior chaparral shrublands. The focus is on vegetation that is relatively undisturbed, i.e., in natural and near-natural condition, and how it responds to natural disturbances such as fire and drought, as well as to anthropogenic disturbances such as fire exclusion and invasive species
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940076149X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The book provides information essential for anyone interested in the ecology of the American Southwest, including land managers, environmental planners, conservationists, ecologists and students. It is unique in its coverage of the hows and whys of dynamics (changes) in the major types of vegetation occurring on southwestern mountains and plateaus. It explains the drivers and processes of change, describes historical changes and provides conceptual models that diagrammatically illustrate past, present, and potential future changes. All major types of vegetation are covered: spruce-fir, mixed conifer, and ponderosa pine forests, pinyon-juniper vegetation, subalpine-montane grassland, and Gambel oak and interior chaparral shrublands. The focus is on vegetation that is relatively undisturbed, i.e., in natural and near-natural condition, and how it responds to natural disturbances such as fire and drought, as well as to anthropogenic disturbances such as fire exclusion and invasive species
General Technical Report RMRS
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Arapaho-Roosevelt, Pike-San Isabel, Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison, San Juan, Rio Grande and Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests (N.F.), Southern Rockies Canada Lynx Amendment
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Coronado National Forest Plan
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Category : Coronado National Forest (Ariz. and N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Coronado National Forest (Ariz. and N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Cascading Effects of Fire Exclusion in Rocky Mountain Ecosystems
Author: Robert E. Keane
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Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The health of many Rocky Mountain ecosystems is in decline because of the policy of excluding fire in the management of these ecosystems. Fire exclusion has actually made it more difficult to fight fires, and this poses greater risks to the people who fight fires and for those who live in and around Rocky Mountain forests and rangelands. This paper discusses the extent of fire exclusion in the Rocky Mountains, then details the diverse and cascading effects of suppressing fires in the Rocky Mountain landscape by spatial scale, characteristic, and vegetation type. Also discussed are the varied effects of fire exclusion on some important, keystone ecosystems and human concerns.
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Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The health of many Rocky Mountain ecosystems is in decline because of the policy of excluding fire in the management of these ecosystems. Fire exclusion has actually made it more difficult to fight fires, and this poses greater risks to the people who fight fires and for those who live in and around Rocky Mountain forests and rangelands. This paper discusses the extent of fire exclusion in the Rocky Mountains, then details the diverse and cascading effects of suppressing fires in the Rocky Mountain landscape by spatial scale, characteristic, and vegetation type. Also discussed are the varied effects of fire exclusion on some important, keystone ecosystems and human concerns.