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Biomass relations for components of five Minnesota shrubs.

Presents equations for estimating biomass of six components on five species of shrubs common to northeastern Minnesota. Regression analysis is used to compare the performance of three estimators of biomass.

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Author(s):

Richard R. Buech; David J. Rugg

Year:

1995

Keywords:

biomass estimation, tall shrubs, prediction equations, biomass equations, allometric relations

Source:

Research Paper NC-325. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Fifty-Year Durability Evaluation of Posts Treated with Industrial Wood Preservatives

Long-term durability data are needed to improve service life estimates for treated wood products used as critical structural supports in industrial applications. This article reports the durability of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) posts pressure treated with ammoniacal copper arsenate (ACA), chromated copper arsenate (CCA), creosote, or...

Author(s):

Stan T. Lebow; Patricia Lebow; Bessie Woodward; Grant T. Kirker; Rachel Arango

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Posts, durability, 50 years, preservative treatment, ammoniacal copper arsenate, chromated copper arsenated, creosote, pentachlorophenol

Source:

Forest Products Journal

A synthesis of postfire road treatments for BAER teams: methods, treatment effectiveness, and decisionmaking tools for rehabilitation

We synthesized post-fire road treatment information to assist BAER specialists in making road rehabilitation decisions. We developed a questionnaire; conducted 30 interviews of BAER team engineers and hydrologists; acquired and analyzed gray literature and other relevant publications; and reviewed road rehabilitation procedures and analysis tools. Post-fire road...

Author(s):

Randy B. Foltz; Peter R. Robichaud; Hakjun Rhee

Year:

2008

Keywords:

wildfire, BEAR, burned area, emergency response, peak flow, roads

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-228 Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 152 p.

Using hyperspectral imagery to estimate forest floor consumption from wildfire in boreal forests of Alaska, USA

Wildfire is a major forest disturbance in interior Alaska that can both directly and indirectly alter ecological processes. We used a combination of pre- and post-fire forest floor depths and post-fire ground cover assessments measured in the field, and high-resolution airborne hyperspectral imagery, to map forest floor conditions after the 2004 Taylor Complex in...

Author(s):

Sarah A. Lewis; Andrew T. Hudak; Roger D. Ottmar; Peter R. Robichaud; Leigh B. Lentile; Sharon M. Hood; James B. Cronan; Penny Morgan

Year:

2011

Keywords:

burn severity, carbon, duff, hyperspectral remote sensing, moss

Source:

International Journal of Wildland Fire. 20: 255-271.

A simulation of probabilistic wildfire risk components for the continental United States

This simulation research was conducted in order to develop a large-fire risk assessment system for the contiguous land area of the United States. The modeling system was applied to each of 134 Fire Planning Units (FPUs) to estimate burn probabilities and fire size distributions. To obtain stable estimates of these quantities, fire ignition and growth was simulated for...

Author(s):

Mark A. Finney; Charles W. McHugh; Isaac C. Grenfell; Karin L. Riley; Karen C. Short

Year:

2011

Keywords:

wildfire risk, simulation research, LANDFIRE

Source:

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 25: 973-1000.

Science You Can Use Bulletin: From watersheds to the web: Online tools for modeling forest soil erosion

Forest erosion can lead to topsoil loss, and also to damaging deposits of sediment in aquatic ecosystems. For this reason, forest managers must be able to estimate the erosion potential of both planned management activities and catastrophic events, in order to decide where to use limited funds to focus erosion control efforts. To meet this need, scientists from RMRS (...

Author(s):

Sue Miller; Bill Elliot; Pete Robichaud; Randy Foltz; Dennis Flanagan; Erin Brooks

Year:

2014

Keywords:

watersheds, forest soil erosion, modeling, online tools, Forest Service-Water Erosion Prediction Project, FS-WEPP, Erosion Risk Management Tool, ERMiT

Source:

Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 14. Fort Collins, CO: Rocky Mountain Research Station. 10 p.

Biomass of food available to beavers on five Minnesota shrubs.

Presents equations for estimating biomass of food available to beavers on five species of shrubs common to northeastern Minnesota.

Author(s):

Richard R. Buech; David J. Rugg

Year:

1995

Keywords:

Castor canadensis, beavers, biomass estimation, food estimation, tall shrubs, prediction equations

Source:

Research Paper NC-326. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Remote sensing for prediction of 1-year post-fire ecosystem condition

Appropriate use of satellite data in predicting >1 year post-fire effects requires remote measurement of surface properties that can be mechanistically related to ground measures of post-fire condition. The present study of burned ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in the Black Hills of South Dakota evaluates whether immediate fractional cover estimates of...

Author(s):

Leigh B. Lentile; Alistair M. S. Smith; Andrew T. Hudak; Penelope Morgan; Michael J. Bobbitt; Sarah A. Lewis; Peter R. Robichaud

Year:

2009

Keywords:

burn severity, char, Landsat ETM+, ponderosa pine, subpixel, unmixing

Source:

International Journal of Wildland Fire. 18: 594-608.

History and current condition of longleaf pine in the Southern United States

Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) was once one of the most ecologically important tree species in the Southern United States. Longleaf pine and its accompanying forest ecosystems covered vast swaths of the Southern United States, spanning an estimated 92 million acres. Although once one of the most extensive forest ecosystems in North America, only a fraction of...

Author(s):

Christopher M. Oswalt; Jason A. Cooper; Dale G. Brockway; Horace W. Brooks; Joan L. Walker; Kristina F. Connor; Sonja N. Oswalt; Roger C. Conner

Year:

2012

Keywords:

FIA, forest inventory, longleaf pine, pine conservation, Pinus palustris, southern pines

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–166. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 51 p.

Coupling wildfire spread and erosion models to quantify post-fire erosion before and after fuel treatments

Wildfires are known to change post-fire watershed conditions such that hillslopes can become prone to increased erosion and sediment delivery. In this work, we coupled wildfire spread and erosion prediction modelling to assess the benefits of fuel reduction treatments in preventing soil runoff. The study was conducted in a 68 000-ha forest area located in Sardinia,...

Author(s):

Michele Salis; Liliana Del Giudice; Peter R. Robichaud; Alan A. Ager; Annalisa Canu; Pierpaolo Duce; Grazia Pellizzaro; Andrea Ventura; Fermin Alcasena-Urdiroz; Donatella Spano; Bachisio Arca

Year:

2019

Keywords:

fire behavior, fire management, fire prevention, post-fire impacts

Source:

International Journal of Wildland Fire. doi: 10.1071/WF19034.

Probabilistic soil erosion modeling using the Erosion Risk Management Tool (ERMIT) after wildfires

The decision of whether or not to apply post-fire hillslope erosion mitigation treatments, and if so, where these treatments are most needed, is a multi-step process. Land managers must assess the risk of damaging runoff and sediment delivery events occurring on the unrecovered burned hillslope. We developed the Erosion Risk Management Tool (ERMiT) to address this need...

Author(s):

P. R. Robichaud; W. J. Elliot; J. W. Wagenbrenner

Year:

2011

Keywords:

ERMiT, wildfire, erosion, WEPP, postfire, validation

Source:

ISELE Paper Number 11039. Paper presented at the international symposium on erosion and landscape evolution; September 18-21, 2011; Anchorage, AK. ASABE Publication Number 711P0311cd. 8 p.

Bioclimatic models estimate areas with suitable climate for Armillaria spp. in Wyoming

Armillaria species range from beneficial saprobes to damaging root pathogens, and their ecological roles and impacts vary with environment and host. Armillaria solidipes [pending vote to conserve A. ostoyae . (Redhead et al. 2011 )] is known as an aggressive pathogen of conifers and causes tree mortality and significant growth loss in Wyoming and throughout...

Author(s):

James T. Blodgett; John W. Hanna; Eric W. I. Pitman; Sara M. Ashiglar; John E. Lundquist; Mee-Sook Kim; Amy L. Ross-Davis; Ned B. Klopfenstein

Year:

2015

Keywords:

climate, Armillaria spp., root pathogens, DNA

Source:

In: Murray, Michael; Palacios, Patsy, comps. Proceedings of the 62nd annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; September 8-12, 2014; Cedar City, Utah. p. 29-33.

Wood fueled boiler financial feasibility user's manual

?Wood Fueled Boiler Financial Feasibility? is a spreadsheet program designed for easy use on a personal computer. This program provides a starting point for interested parties to perform financial feasibility analysis of a steam boiler system for space heating or process heat. By allowing users to input the conditions applicable to their current or proposed fuel...

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