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Jan 22, 2019
Determining the Optimal Prescribed Burn Frequency for Ecological Restoration in Pitch Pine-Scrub
Examining fuel load recovery following burns in an effort to determine appropriate fire return intervals if burning is continued.
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Jan 22, 2019
Post-fire Stand Development and Potential Fire Behavior for the Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve, NH
Documentation of variation in vegetation cover and composition, with the goal of identifying and defining landscape-scale management units.
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Jan 22, 2019
The Effects of Brush Cutting and Burning on Fuel Beds and Fire Behavior in Pine-Oak Forests
An evaluation of the effectiveness of combined brush cutting and prescribed burning to reduce fire hazard and predict fire behavior.
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Jan 22, 2019
Impact of Wildland Fuel Management Options for the Central Plains of Martha’s Vineyard
In-depth investigation of management strategies that minimize extreme wildfires while facilitating the conservation of rare species.
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Jan 22, 2019
Land Management Implications for Hemileuca maia Habitat at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Examination of fire management effects on native insect species, including rare species dependent on open systems.
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Jan 22, 2019
Distribution of Rare Plants on the Central Plain of Martha’s Vineyard
The influence of vegetation structure, species composition, environmental characteristics and disturbance history on rare plant populations.
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Jan 22, 2019
Fuel Bed Characteristics in Invaded and Uninvaded Forest Stands
A summary of distinct differences in the fuels of invaded v. uninvaded forest conditions and the limitations to generalizing across sites.
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Jan 22, 2019
Using Fire to Control Invasive Plants: "What’s New, What Works in the Northeast” 2003 Workshop
Perspectives from researchers and fire managers whose observations might not have been summarized elsewhere.
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Jan 22, 2019
Fire Management Options for Controlling Woody Invasive Plants in the NE and Mid-Atlantic U.S.
The state of management practices for controlling or eliminating woody invasive species and evaluating their impacts on fire regimes.
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Jan 22, 2019
Timing Treatments to the Phenology of Root Carbohydrate Reserves to Control Woody Invasive Plants
Removal treatment timing can increase the effectiveness of invasive species control methods, although repeated treatments may be necessary.
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Jan 22, 2019
Characteristics of Fuel Beds Invaded by Smilax rotundifolia (Ohman MS thesis 2006)
Equations to estimate fuel load using fuel bed depth.
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Jan 22, 2019
The Modern and Historic Fire Regimes of Central Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (Mouw 2002)
Determining fire and vegetation interactions in the central Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts woodlands in order to inform management.
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Jan 22, 2019
Conservation Goals and Objectives for the Albany Pine Bush Preserve (Gebauer 1993)
Defining general conservation goals and describing primary biological objectives for the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
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Jan 22, 2019
Vegetation and Fire History of the Dwarf Pine Ridges, Shawangunk Mountains, New York (Laing 1994)
A paleoecological investigation with evidence of fire occurrence pre- and post-settlement to aid in understanding the disturbance regime.
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Jan 22, 2019
Historic and prehistoric changes in the Rome, New York pine barrens (Kurczewski, 1999)
Evaluating past changes in the pitch pine communities on the Rome Sand Plains of central New York.
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Jan 22, 2019
Historical Changes in the pine barrens of Central Suffolk County, NY (Kurczewski and Boyle, 2000)
Interpreting past changes in the central Suffolk County, Long Island, New York pine barrens.
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Jan 22, 2019
Vegetation development in a southern Maine pitch pine-scrub oak barren (Copenheaver, et al. 2000)
Results demonstrate that both fire and soil factors have influenced the vegetation of the area as well as historic land use.
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Jan 22, 2019
History and Dynamics of a Ridgetop Pitch Pine Community: Mount Everett, Massachusetts
Results suggest that even among Northeastern
barrens, Mount Everett's summit is characterized by highly unusual vegetation and dynamics.
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Jan 22, 2019
Microscopic Charcoal as a Fossil Indicator of Fire
A review of several studies through which charcoal analysis advances have been made and a consideration of questions for future study.
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Jan 22, 2019
Historical Description of the Vegetation of the Boston Harbor Islands: 1600-2000
Overview of Boston Harbor Islands' vegetation based on historical accounts and descriptions.
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