Long‐term herpetofaunal response to repeated fuel reduction treatments
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DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21402
Abstract: Fuel reduction treatments are used to reduce wildfire risk and to restore plant communities. Yet, repeated mechanical or prescribed fire treatments may gradually change forest structure and microhabitat conditions, favoring some taxa and decreasing suitability… read more here.
Keywords: mechanical burn; burn; fuel reduction; long term ... See more keywords
Improving forest sampling strategies for assessment of fuel reduction burning
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.03.001
Abstract: Abstract Land managers typically make post hoc assessments of the effectiveness of fuel reduction burning (FRB), but often lack a rigorous sampling framework. A general, but untested, assumption is that variability in soil and fuel… read more here.
Keywords: fuel reduction; fuel; sampling plots; number sampling ... See more keywords