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Vegetation response to prescribed fire in the Kenai Mountains, Alaska

Creator:

Boucher, Tina V.

Abstract:

The Chugach National Forest has been using prescribed fire as a wildlife habitat management tool since l977. Between 1977 and 1997 about 4,000 hectares have been burned on the Kenai Peninsula to promote regeneration of woody plant species used by moose (Alces alces). Browse species include paper birch (Betula papyrifera),...

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Masters Thesis

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Tina V. Boucher for the
Response of wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Cerambycidae) to prescribed understory burning in mixed-conifer stands of southwestern Oregon

Creator:

Duane, Maureen V.

Abstract:

Prescribed burning is increasingly being used as a management tool to reduce potential fuels on the forest floor and promote stand vigor through removal of dense, crowded vegetation. Because fire affects both the standing vegetation and the amount of downed wood in the ecosystem, it is imperative to examine how...

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Masters Thesis

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Maureen V. Duane for the degree of Master of Science in Forest