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Environmentally sustainable trail management Environmentally sustainable trail management
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J. L. Marion, Y.-F. Leung
Eolian sediments Eolian sediments
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A.J. Busacca, J. E. Beget, H. W. Markewich, D.R. Muhs, N. Lancaster, M.R. Sweeney
Estimating survival and movement Estimating survival and movement
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J.D. Nichols, W. L. Kendall, M.C. Runge
Extermination and recovery of red wolf and grey wolf in the contiguous United States Extermination and recovery of red wolf and grey wolf in the contiguous United States
About 150 years ago, the grey wolf (Canis lupus) was distributed throughout the contiguous United States, except for in southeastern US from central Texas to the Atlantic coast, where the red wolf (Canis rufus) occurred. Conflict with agricultural interests resulted in government-supported eradication campaigns beginning in colonial Massachusetts in 1630. Over the next 300 years, the...
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Michael K. Phillips, Edward E. Bangs, L. David Mech, Brian T. Kelly, Buddy B. Fazio
Fire as a physical process Fire as a physical process
This chapter explores fire as a physical process, including combustion, fuel characteristics, fuel models, fire weather, ignition sources, mechanisms for fire spread, and fire effects. In wildland fuels, combustion occurs in three phases: preheating, gaseous, and smoldering. Fuel is characterized by physical and chemical properties that affect combustion and fire behavior. Its...
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J. W. van Wagtendonk
Fire as an ecological process Fire as an ecological process
This chapter investigates fire as a dynamic ecosystem process by first investigating fire in the context of general ecological theory, then discussing the concept of fire regimes, and finally by developing and applying a new framework for classifying fire regimes that better allows for the understanding of the patterns of fire as processes within ecosystems. Moreover, the chapter covers...
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N. G. Sugihara, J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman
Food habits of mute swans in the Chesapeake Bay Food habits of mute swans in the Chesapeake Bay
Unlike the tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) that migrate to the Bay for the winter, the mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a year long resident and therefore has raised concerns among research managers over reports of conflicts with nesting native water birds and the consumption of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Although data on the reduction of SAV by nesting mute swans and their offspring...
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Matthew C. Perry, P.C. Osenton, E.J.R. Lohnes
Foreword: Ornithological nomenclature Foreword: Ornithological nomenclature
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R.C. Banks
Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) in Central Texas: importance of dispersal toward persistence in a metapopulation Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) in Central Texas: importance of dispersal toward persistence in a metapopulation
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M.W. Alldredge, Jeff S. Hatfield, D.D. Diamond, C.D. TRUE
Grey wolf Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 Grey wolf Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758
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L.D. Mech, L. Boitani