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Nutrient Losses From Timber Harvesting In A Larch/Douglas-Fir Forest, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Jan 1979

Nutrient Losses From Timber Harvesting In A Larch/Douglas-Fir Forest, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

Nutrient levels as a result of experimental clearcutting, shelterwood cutting, and group selection cutting--each with three levels of harvesting intensity--were studied in a larch-fir forest in northwest Montana, experimentally logged with a skyline system. None of the treatments altered nutrient levels in an intermittent stream, nor were excessive amounts of nutrients lost in soil below the root zone. Under conditions on this site, skyline logging did not result in surface erosion or nutrient losses that would affect forest management.


Fire Behavior In Nonuniform Fuels, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Jan 1979

Fire Behavior In Nonuniform Fuels, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Wildfires

For the purposes of this study, nonuniform fire behavior is predicted by modeling fire spread through a hexagonal network of fuel cells. Fire spread is assumed to be a process of contagious growth between cells. Fuel properties are allowed to vary from cell to cell in a prescribed manner but have uniform properties within the cell. Consequently, the nonuniformity of the actual fuel array is simulated through cell to cell variations and has a resolution limited by the cell size. Because of the nature of the modeling process, it is necessary to devise a scheme for collecting data describing nonuniformity …


Fire - Decay: Interactive Roles Regulating Wood Accumulation And Soil Development In The Northern Rocky Mountains, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Jan 1979

Fire - Decay: Interactive Roles Regulating Wood Accumulation And Soil Development In The Northern Rocky Mountains, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Wildfires

Decay and fire play interactive roles in recycling wood and other organic materials in forest ecosystems, and contribute to the development of high quality soils in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Decayed wood, charcoal, and other decomposed organic matter are the principal media for ectomycorrhizal and nonsymbiotic nitrogen fixing microbes. The activities of these microbes are critical to the growth of forest trees. The balance between decay and fire, as it affects the amount, distribution, and type of organic matter, controls the ability of forest soils to support the growth of trees.


A Model For Predicting Lightning-Fire Ignition In Wildland Fuels, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Jan 1979

A Model For Predicting Lightning-Fire Ignition In Wildland Fuels, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Wildfires

A model has been developed for predicting the number of lightning-fire ignitions in wildland fuels. The model is based on both stochastic and physical processes. Stochastic methods are used to generalize the lightning storm characteristics and site conditions that affect the potential for ignition. Physical processes are involved in determining the ignition probability of woody fuels by individual lightning events. Input required to operate the model includes lightning activity, upper air windspeed (storm movement), fuel moisture, and fuel bulk density. The model can be used either to predict ignitions at some future time by using forecast data or to estimate …


Coal Resource Occurrence And Coal Development Potential Maps Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Hiawatha 15-Minute Quadrangle Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey Jan 1979

Coal Resource Occurrence And Coal Development Potential Maps Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Hiawatha 15-Minute Quadrangle Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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This report was compiled to support the land planning work of the Bureau of Land Management and to provide a systematic coal resource inventory of Federal coal lands in Known Recoverable Coal Resource Areas (KRCRA's) in the Western United States. It supplements the land planning requirements of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-377) sec. (3)(B) which states, in part, that "Each land-use plan prepared by the Secretary [of the Interior] (or in the case of lands within the National Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to sub-paragraph (A)(i)) shall include an assessment of the …


Effects Of Grazing On Desert Vegetation, B. E. Norton, D. J. Bermant Jan 1979

Effects Of Grazing On Desert Vegetation, B. E. Norton, D. J. Bermant

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Seed Consumers In A Desert Ecosystem: An Integrated Approach, W. G. Whitford Jan 1979

The Impact Of Seed Consumers In A Desert Ecosystem: An Integrated Approach, W. G. Whitford

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Gas Exchange Of Sonoran Desert Plants, S. R. Szarek, R. M. Woodhouse Jan 1979

Gas Exchange Of Sonoran Desert Plants, S. R. Szarek, R. M. Woodhouse

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Clustar And Clustid: Programs For Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, K. A. Marshall, H. C. Romesburg Jan 1979

Clustar And Clustid: Programs For Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, K. A. Marshall, H. C. Romesburg

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage Jan 1979

Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Tucson Basin Validation Site Report, J. L. Thames Jan 1979

Tucson Basin Validation Site Report, J. L. Thames

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Rock Valley Validation Site Report, F. B. Turner Jan 1979

Rock Valley Validation Site Report, F. B. Turner

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Rodent Seed-Foraging Strategies And Competition With Ants In The Sonoran Desert, J. H. Brown, D. W. Davidson Jan 1979

Rodent Seed-Foraging Strategies And Competition With Ants In The Sonoran Desert, J. H. Brown, D. W. Davidson

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Biological Processes In Western Deserts, J. Skujins Jan 1979

Comparison Of Biological Processes In Western Deserts, J. Skujins

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Interactions Of Winter Sheep Grazing And Small Mammal Populations, C. D. Jorgensen Jan 1979

Interactions Of Winter Sheep Grazing And Small Mammal Populations, C. D. Jorgensen

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Plant Growth And Water Transfer Processes Under Desert Conditions, L. Gay, T. Sammis, D. D. Evans Jan 1979

Plant Growth And Water Transfer Processes Under Desert Conditions, L. Gay, T. Sammis, D. D. Evans

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage Jan 1979

Demography Of Termite Colonies As Related To Various Environmental Factors: Nutritional Biochemistry And Physiology Of Termites, W. L. Nutting, J. P. Lafage

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Rodents On Germination Of Desert Annuals, O. J. Reichman Jan 1979

Effects Of Rodents On Germination Of Desert Annuals, O. J. Reichman

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Nitrogen Cycling In Great Basin Desert Soils, J. Skujins, B. Klubek Jan 1979

Nitrogen Cycling In Great Basin Desert Soils, J. Skujins, B. Klubek

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Plant Food Habits Of Rodents In Curlew Valley, E. L. Becker Ii, D. F. Balph, M. H. Balph Jan 1979

Plant Food Habits Of Rodents In Curlew Valley, E. L. Becker Ii, D. F. Balph, M. H. Balph

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Jornada Validation Site Report, W. G. Whitford Jan 1979

Jornada Validation Site Report, W. G. Whitford

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Seed-Eating Birds, H. R. Pulliam Jan 1979

Seed-Eating Birds, H. R. Pulliam

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Responses And Interactions In Desert Plants As Influenced By Irrigation And Nitrogen Application, R. B. Hunter, E. M. Romney, A. Wallace, J. E. Kinnear, T. L. Ackerman, H. O. Hill Jan 1979

Responses And Interactions In Desert Plants As Influenced By Irrigation And Nitrogen Application, R. B. Hunter, E. M. Romney, A. Wallace, J. E. Kinnear, T. L. Ackerman, H. O. Hill

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


User's Manual For Desert2: A Desert Ecosystem Simulator Written In Ansi Fortran Iv, W. D. Valentine Jan 1979

User's Manual For Desert2: A Desert Ecosystem Simulator Written In Ansi Fortran Iv, W. D. Valentine

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Deep Creek Validation Study Report, G. W. Minshall, C. Y. Manuel, R. W. Dunn, R. K. Pace, M. R. Mcsorley, D. A. Andrews Jan 1979

Deep Creek Validation Study Report, G. W. Minshall, C. Y. Manuel, R. W. Dunn, R. K. Pace, M. R. Mcsorley, D. A. Andrews

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Primary Production And Carbon Allocation In Creosotebush: Validation Of The Model, G. L. Cunningham, J. F. Reynolds Jan 1979

Primary Production And Carbon Allocation In Creosotebush: Validation Of The Model, G. L. Cunningham, J. F. Reynolds

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Cryptobiosis And Its Effect On Metabolism And Production Estimates Of Desert Nematodes, D. W. Freckman Jan 1979

Cryptobiosis And Its Effect On Metabolism And Production Estimates Of Desert Nematodes, D. W. Freckman

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Impact Of Grazing On Foothill Vegetation, K. C. Hodgkinson, P. S. Johnson Jan 1979

Impact Of Grazing On Foothill Vegetation, K. C. Hodgkinson, P. S. Johnson

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Nitrogen Transformation In Rock Valley And Adjacent Areas Of The Mohave Desert, R. B. Hunter, A. Wallace, E. M. Romney Jan 1979

Nitrogen Transformation In Rock Valley And Adjacent Areas Of The Mohave Desert, R. B. Hunter, A. Wallace, E. M. Romney

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Biology Of Nematodes In Desert Ecosystems, R. Mankau Jan 1979

Biology Of Nematodes In Desert Ecosystems, R. Mankau

Memorandum

No abstract provided.