Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges
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...…al. (2005), Vanha-Majamaa et al. (2007), Brockway et al. (2009), Schwilk et al. (2009), Jain and Graham (2010), Liu et al. (2012), Phillips et al. (2012), Ryan et al. (2013) and Weekley et al. (2013) Degraded forest (invasive species) Rehabilitation Invasives removal Remove invasive species (hand…...
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..., burns) the same fuel components on which wildfires depend—largely surface fuels (litter, grasses, and herbaceous fuels)—the amount and condition of which is a major determinant in fire ignition, spread, and ultimately burn severity (24, 37, 38)....
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...Since then, the trend has been toward increasing wildfire activity (Westerling et al. 2006; Littell et al. 2009), despite extensive suppression efforts....
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...These “communities of practice” (Wenger 2000) have been influential in the legislative process and in the training and education of managers and land owners....
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