Watershed Response to Western Juniper Control
Deboodt, Timothy L. 2008. Watershed Response to Western Juniper Control. Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Rangeland Ecology and Management, Oregon State University, presented on May 8, 2008.
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Reconstructing the Fire History of the Jarrah Forest of south-western Australia
Ward, David and Gerard Van Didden. 1997. Reconstructing the Fire History of the Jarrah Forest of south-western Australia. A Report to Environment Australia under the Regional Forest Agreement December 1997.
David Ward is Senior Research Scientist, Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) in Western Australia and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Perth
Gerard Van Didden is a Retired Department of Conservation and Land Management officer
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Flogging, Measles and Grass: the influence of early York settlers on bushfire policy in Western Australia
Ward, David and Roger Underwood. 2003. Fire, Flogging, Measles and Grass: the influence of early York settlers on bushfire policy in Western Australia. Barladong (4) 2003: 16-27 (Barladong is the journal of the York Historical Society in Western Australia).
Note — this paper is a revision of an earlier paper:
David Ward. 1998. Fire, Flogging, Measles and Grass: Nineteenth Century Land Use Conflict in South-Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.
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The Government Grant System: Inhibitor of Truth and Innovation?
Miller, Donald W. Jr. 2007. The Government Grant System: Inhibitor of Truth and Innovation? Journal of Information Ethics, 2007, pp 59-69.
Donald W. Miller, Jr., is a professor of surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his M.D. degree from Harvard and did his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He has written two books on heart surgery and one, Heart in Hand, on the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, films of Woody Allen, and his life as a heart surgeon. He also writes articles for LewRockwell.com, which includes pieces on the importance of integrative medicine for maintaining optimum health.
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Australian Bushfire Management: a case study in wisdom versus folly
Underwood, Roger. 2009.
Roger Underwood is a renowned Australian forester with fifty years experience in bushfire management and bushfire science. He has worked as a firefighter, a district and regional manager, a research manager and senior government administrator. He is Chairman of The Bushfire Front, an independent professional group promoting best practice in bushfire management.
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Reconstructing Historic Ecotones Using the Public Land Survey: The Lost Prairies of Redwood National Park
Fritschle, Joy A. 2008. Reconstructing Historic Ecotones Using the Public Land Survey: The Lost Prairies of Redwood National Park. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98:1, 24-39
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Environmentally biased fragmentation of oak savanna habitat on southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada
Vellend, Mark, Anne D. Bjorkman, Alan McConchie. 2008. Environmentally biased fragmentation of oak savanna habitat on southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada. Biological Conservation 141(2008) 2576-2584.
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Evaluating the Purpose, Extent, and Ecological Restoration Applications of Indigenous Burning Practices in Southwestern Washington
Storm, Linda and Daniela Shebitz. 2006. Evaluating the Purpose, Extent, and Ecological Restoration Applications of Indigenous Burning Practices in Southwestern Washington. Ecological Restoration, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2006.
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Effect of low-temperature pyrolysis conditions on biochar for agricultural use
Gaskin, J. W., C. Steiner, K. Harris, K. C. Das, B. Bibens. 2008. Effect of low-temperature pyrolysis conditions on biochar for agricultural use. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Vol. 51(6): 2061-2069.
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Nitrogen retention and plant uptake on a highly weathered central Amazonian Ferralsol amended with compost and charcoal
Steiner, Christoph, Bruno Glaser, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Johannes Lehmann, Winfried E.H. Blum, and Wolfgang Zech. 2008. Nitrogen retention and plant uptake on a highly weathered central Amazonian Ferralsol amended with compost and charcoal. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 2008.
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Soil respiration in Amazon plantations treated with charcoal and mineral or organic fertilisers
Steiner, Christoph, Murilo Rodrigues de Arruda, Wenceslau G. Teixeira, and Wolfgang Zech. 2008. Soil respiration curves as soil fertility indicators in perennial central Amazonian plantations treated with charcoal, and mineral or organic fertilisers. Trop. Sci. (2008)
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