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- Mineral King Risk Reduction Project Annual Report 1998: Research, Inventory and Monitoring. (Acrobat PDF file - 8.4 MB) A. Caprio (compiler). 2000. Science and Natural Resources Management, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA. 89 pp. (Also see the Fire Reports section of the Fire Information Cache where the report is broken into smaller sections)
- Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change-- Vol. 5 Wilderness Ecosystems, Threats, and Management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.; Borrie, William T.; O'Loughlin, Jennifer (comps). 2000. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5.
- Returning Fire to the Mountains: Can We Successfully Restore the Ecological Role of Pre-Euroamerican Fire Regimes to the Sierra Nevada? (Acrobat PDF file - 224 kb, contains color versions of some graphics) A.C. Caprio and D.M. Graber. 2000. pp 233-241. In: Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.; Borrie, William T.; O'Loughlin, Jennifer (comps). Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change-- Vol. 5 Wilderness Ecosystems, Threats, and Management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5.
- Prescribed Fire as the Minimum Tool for Wilderness Forest and Fire Regime Restoration: A Case Study from the Sierra Nevada, California. (Acrobat PDF file - 35 kb) M. Keifer, N.L. Stephenson and J. Manley. 2000. pp 266-269. In: Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F. 2000. Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change-- Vol. 5 Wilderness Ecosystems, Threats, and Management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT.. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5. Abstract
- Restoring Natural Fire regimes to the Sierra Nevada in an Era of Global Change. J.E. Keeley and N.L. Stephenson. 2000. pp 255-265. In: Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.; Borrie, William T.; O'Loughlin, Jennifer (comps). Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change-- Vol. 5 Wilderness Ecosystems, Threats, and Management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5.
- The Challenge of Restoring Natural Fire to Wilderness. (Acrobat PDF file - 124 kb) D.J. Parsons. 2000. pp 276-282. In: Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.; Borrie, William T.; O'Loughlin, Jennifer (comps). Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change-- Vol. 5 Wilderness Ecosystems, Threats, and Management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5.
- Modeling the Effects of Fire Management Alternatives on Sierra Nevada Mixed-Conifer Forests. C. Miller and D. Urban. 2000. Ecological Applications 10:85-94.
- Incorporating a GIS Model of Ecological Need into Fire Management Planning. (Acrobat PDF file - 1.5 MB) M. Keifer, A.C. Caprio, P. Lineback, and K. Folger. 2000. Proceedings of the Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop, Crossing the Millennium: Integrating Spatial Technologies and Ecological Principles for a New Age in Fire Management, June 14-16, 1999, Boise, ID.
- Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna. J.K. Smith (ed.) 2000. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 1. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 83 p.
- Fire Suppression and Drought Induced Mortality in Southern California Mixed-Conifer Forests. M. Savage. 2000. pp. 97-102. In: Keeley, J.E., M.Baer-Keeley, and C.J. Fotheringham (eds). 2nd Interface Between Ecology and Land Development in California. USGS Open-File Report 00-62.
- Mixed Conifer and Upper Montane Forest Structure and Uses in 1899 from the Central and Northern Sierra Nevada, CA. (Acrobat PDF file - 955 kb) S.L. Stephens. 2000. Madroño 47:43-52.
- Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Flora. J.K. Brown and J.K. Smith (eds). 2000. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 2. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 257 pp.
- Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics: Pattern, Pace, and Mechanisms of Change - Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1999. (Acrobat PDF file - 6.7 MB) N.L. Stephenson and P.J. van Mantgem (compilers). 2000. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station, CA. 32 pp.
- Annual Fire Report 1999: Research, Inventory and Monitoring. (Acrobat PDF file - 13.9 MB) A. Caprio (compiler). 2000. Science and Natural Resources Management, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA. 139 pp. (Also see the Fire Reports section of the Fire Information Cache where the report is broken into smaller sections)
- Impact of Fire and Grazing on Plant Diversity and Invasion in Sierran Forests (USGS WERC fact sheet). J.E. Keeley. 2000
- Reconstructing attributes of pre-Euroamerican settlement fire at a watershed scale, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. A.C. Caprio. 2000. Abstract, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT. p. 67
- Cambial heat resistance in understory trees in Californian mixed conifer forests.van Mantgem, P., and M.W. Schwartz. 2000. Abstract, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT.p.
- A test of the strategic fuels management model VDDT using historical data from Yosemite National Park. Arbaugh, M.J., S. Schilling, J. Merzenich and J.W. van Wagtendon. 2000. In: L.F. Neuenschwander and K.C. Ryan (tech. eds.). Proc. Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop, Vol II. Univ Idaho and Int. Assoc. Wildland Fire. pp. 85-89.
- A risk-based comparison of potential fuel treatment trade-off models. Weise, D.R., R. Kimberlin, M. Arbaugh, J. Chew, G. Jones, J. Merzenich, J.W. van Wagtendonk and M. Wiitala. 2000. In: L.F. Neuenschwander and K.C. Ryan (tech. eds.). Proc. Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop, Vol II. Univ. Idaho and Int. Assoc. Wildland Fire. pp. 96-102.
- Connectivity of forest fuels and surface fire regimes. C. Miller and D.L. Urban. 2000. Landscape Ecology 15:145-154.
- Enlargement of canopy gaps associated with a fungal root pathogen in Yosemite Valley. D.M. Rizzo, G.W. Slaughter and J.R. Parmeter. 2000. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30:1501-1510.
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- Comparison of the Sedimentary Record of Fire with the Tree-Ring Record within the Nearby Giant Sequoia Groves, Sierra Nevada, California. R.S. Anderson. 2001. Final report to USGS Sequoia & Kings Canyon Field Station from Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, and Quaternary Sciences Program. Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ. 25 pp.
- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: A Photographic Interpretation of Ecological Change Since 1849. G.E. Gruell. 2001. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana. 238 pp.
- Annual Fire Report 2000: Research, Inventory and Monitoring. (Acrobat PDF file - 4.1 MB) A. Caprio (compiler). 2001. Science and Natural Resources Management, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA. 107 pp. (Also see the Fire Reports section of the Fire Information Cache where the report is broken into smaller sections)
- Historic Fire Regimes in Southern California Shrubland. (Acrobat PDF file - 1173 kb) J.E. Keeley and C.J. Fotheringham. 2001. Conservation Biology 15:1536-1548
- History and Management of Crown-Fire Ecosystems:a Summary and Response. (Acrobat PDF file - 925 kb) J.E. Keeley and C.J. Fotheringham. 2001. Conservation Biology 15:1561-1567
- Fire and invasives in mediterranean-climate ecosystems of California. J.E. Keeley. 2001. pp. 81-94. In: K. E. M. Galley and T. P. Wilson (eds.), Proceedings of the Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 11. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.
- Restoring fire to wilderness: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Manley, J., M. Keifer, N. Stephenson, and W. Kaage. 2001. Fire Management Today 61:24-28.
- Monitoring wildfire effects: Coming to terms with pseudoreplication. van Mantgem, P., M.W. Schwartz, and M.B. Keifer. 2001. Natural Areas Journal 21: 266-273.
- Fire-induced Tree Mortality in the Mixed Conifer Forests of the Sierra Nevada, California. van Mantgem, P. 2001. Dissertation. University of California, Davis. 107 pp.
- Fire history differences in adjacent Jeffrey pine and upper montane forests in the eastern Sierra Nevada. S.L. Stephens. 2001. International Journal of Wildland Fire 10:161–167
- Ecological restoration in a giant sequoia grove. A. Demetry and J. Manley. 2001. Crossing Boundaries in Park Management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands Edited by David Harmon, The 2001 GWS Conference Proceedings
- Meeting resource management objectives with prescribed fire. T. Opperman, M. Keifer and L. Trader. 2001. Crossing Boundaries in Park Management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands Edited by David Harmon, The 2001 GWS Conference Proceedings
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Fire Monitoring Program - 2000 Annual Report. (Acrobat PDF file - 140 kb) M. Keifer and Georgia Dempsey. 2001. Unpublished report on file Division of Natural Resources, Sequoia and Kings Canyon N.P., 36 pp.
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- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: Evaluating the Ecological Impact of Burning by Native Americans. A.J. Parker. 2002. pp 233-267. In: T.R. Vale (ed.). Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape. Island Press. Washington, DC. 315 pp.
- The Pre-European Landscape of the United States: Pristine or Humanized. T.R. Vale. 2002. pp. 1-39. In: T.R. Vale (ed.). Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape. Island Press. Washington, DC. 315 pp.
- Pre-European Fire in California Chaparral. J. Bendix. 2002. pp 269-293. In: T.R. Vale (ed.). Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape. Island Press. Washington, DC. 315 pp.
- Burning Questions: America's Fight with Nature's Fire. D. Carle. 2002. Praeger Publishers. Westport, CT. 298 pp.
- Burning Questions: A Social Science Research Plan for Federal Wildland Fire Management. G.E. Machlis, A.B. Kaplan, S.P. Tuler, K.A. Bagby, and J.E. McKendry. 2002. Report to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Univ. of Idaho. Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, Contribution Number 943. 253 pp.
- Flames in Our Forest: Disaster or Renewal? S.F. Arno and S. Allison-Bunnell. 2002. Island Press.Washington, DC. 227 pp.
- The Use of Geographic Information for Fire Management Planning in Yosemite National Park (Acrobat PDF file - 4.1 MB). J.W. van Wagtendonk, K.A. van Wagtendonk, J.B. Meyer, K.J. Paintner. The George Wright Forum 19:19-39
- 2002 Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002. - Fire posters from Sequoia & Kings Canyon N.P. Abstracts for each of the posters can be viewed by clicking on the poster title.
- Ecological Impacts of Season of Prescribed Fire in a Sierran Mixed Conifer Forest. Eric E. Knapp, Jon E. Keeley, and Nathan L. Stephenson, US Geological Survey, Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station
- Spatial considerations in fire management: the importance of heterogeneity for maintaining diversity in a mixed-conifer forest. Monique E. Rocca, Duke University Program in Ecology; Dean L. Urban, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences; Jon E. Keeley, USGS Biological Resources Division, Western Ecological Research Center
- Fire and Invasive Plants in the Mixed Coniferous Forest. Jon E. Keeley, U.S. Geological Survey, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station
- Pre-Fire Fuel Manipulation Impacts on Alien Plant Invasion of Wildlands. Jon E. Keeley and Kyle Merriam, U.S. Geological Survey, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station
- Landscape Patterns of Pre–20th Century Fire in the Kaweah Watershed, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Anthony C. Caprio, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
- Restoring Mixed-Conifer Forests with Prescribed Fire: Monitoring to Assess Fuel Reduction and Stand Structure Objectives. MaryBeth Keifer, Jeff Manley, and Karen Webster, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
- Forest Litter Densities Under Different Dominant Tree Species: A Factor Affecting Ground Fire Spread. Kurt M. Menning and John J. Battles, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley; Tracy L. Benning, Department of Environmental Science, University of San Francisco; Nathan L. Stephenson, Biological Resources Division, United States Geological Survey, Sequoia & Kings Canyon Field Station
- Fire History of the Chaparral Zone in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Jon E. Keeley and Anne Pfaff, U.S. Geological Survey, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station; Pat Lineback, Kings Canyon National Parks
- The Response of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and Native Flora to Ecological Manipulations in the Yellow Pine-Mixed Conifer Forest. Thomas W. McGinnis and Jon E. Keeley, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park; Matt Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station; Jayne Belnap, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
- The Southern Sierra Repeat Photography Project: Vegetation Changes Over the Past 125 Years. Monica M. Bueno, Nathan Stephenson, Jon E. Keeley, and Anne Pfaff, United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station
- Seed Fall and Seedling Recruitment in Mixed Conifer Forests of the Sierra Nevada. Jon E. Keeley and Philip van Mantgem, U.S. Geological Survey, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station
- 2002 Fire Conference: Managing Fire and Fuels in the Remaining Wildlands and Open Spaces of the Southwestern United States. The Association for Fire Ecology - Presentations and posters from Sequoia & Kings Canyon N.P.
- The Effects of Prescribed Burning on Streamwater Chemistry at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales. A.M. Heard and J.D. Stednick. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.
- The Effects of Prescribed Burns on Soil Biogeochemistry in the Mixed-Conifer Zone of Sequoia National Park. S.T. Hamman and I. Burke. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.
- Fire History of Lodgepole Pine on Chagoopa Plateau, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. A.C. Caprio. NPS Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California.
- The Sugar Pine Dilemma: Prescription Burning, Naturalness, and the Management of a Declining Tree Species. P. van Mantgem,USGS Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station, M. Keifer, NPS Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, and N. Stephenson, USGS Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station.
- Wildland Fire on Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Air. D.V. Sandberg, R.D. Ottmar, J.L. Peterson. 2002. USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 5. Ogden, UT. 79 p.
- Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status, January 26, 1998 Clovis, California. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-183. 154 pp.
- The Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Project: Inception, Objectives, and Progress. (Acrobat PDF file - 623 kb) J. Verner and M.T. Smith. 2002. pp. 1-12. In: J. Verner (Technical Coordinator). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status, January 26, 1998 Clovis, California. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-183. 154 pp.
- Fire-return Intervals in Mixed-conifer Forests of the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project Area. (Acrobat PDF file - 328 kb) C. Phillips. 2002. pp. 31-35. In: J. Verner (Technical Coordinator). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status, January 26, 1998 Clovis, California. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-183. 154 pp.
- Prescribed Burning in the Kings River Ecosystems Project Area: Lessons Learned. (Acrobat PDF file - 1 MB) D.S. McCandliss. 2002. pp. 37-46. In: J. Verner (Technical Coordinator). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status, January 26, 1998 Clovis, California. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-183. 154 pp.
- The Teakettle Experiment. (Acrobat PDF file - 536 kb) M.P. North. 2002. pp. 47-54. In: J. Verner (Technical Coordinator). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status, January 26, 1998 Clovis, California. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-183. 154 pp.
- Current Investigations of Fungal Ectomycorrhizal Communities in the Sierra National Forests. (Acrobat PDF file - 976 kb) T.D. Bruns, A.M. Kretzer, T.R. Horton, E.A-D. Stendell, M.I. Bidartondo, and T.M. Szaro. 2002. pp. 83-89. In: J. Verner (Technical Coordinator). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status, January 26, 1998 Clovis, California. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-183. 154 pp.
- Proceedings of the Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Dead Wood in Western Forests, November 2-4, 1999 Reno, Nevada USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-181. 949 pp.
- Fire as a Coarse Filter for Snags and Logs. (Acrobat PDF file - 508 kb) J.K. Agee. 2002. pp. 359-368. In: W.F. Laudenslayer, Jr., P.J. Shea, B.E. Valentine, C.P. Weatherspoon, and T.E. Lisle (Technical Coordinators). Proceedings of the Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Dead Wood in Western Forests, November 2-4, 1999 Reno, Nevada. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-181. 949 pp.
- Influence of Fire on the Dynamics of Dead Woody Material in Forests of California and Southwestern Oregon. (Acrobat PDF file - 224 kb) C.N. Skinner. 2002. pp. 445-454. In: W.F. Laudenslayer, Jr., P.J. Shea, B.E. Valentine, C.P. Weatherspoon, and T.E. Lisle (Technical Coordinators). Proceedings of the Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Dead Wood in Western Forests, November 2-4, 1999 Reno, Nevada. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-181. 949 pp.
- Effects of Fire on Naturally Occurring Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) Saplings. (Acrobat PDF file - 300 kb) T.J. Swiecki and E. Bernhardt. 2002. pp. 251-259. In: R.B. Standiford, D. McCreary, K.L. Purcell (Tech. Coord.). Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, California. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.
- Effects of Wildfire on Blue Oak in the Northern Sacramento Valley. (Acrobat PDF file - 241 kb) M.Horney, R.B. Standiford, D. McCreary, J. Tecklin, and R. Richards. 2002. pp.261-267. In: R.B. Standiford, D. McCreary, K.L. Purcell (Tech. Coord.). Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, California. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.
- Numerical Response of Small Vertebrates to Prescribed Fire in a California Oak Woodland. (Acrobat PDF file - 331 kb) J.K. Vreeland and W.D. Tietje. 2002. pp. 269-279.In: R.B. Standiford, D. McCreary, K.L. Purcell (Tech. Coord.). Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, California. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.
- Effects of Fire and Browsing on Regeneration of Blue Oak. (Acrobat PDF file - 238 kb) J.W. Bartolome, M.P. McClaran, B.H. Allen-Diaz, J. Dunne, L.D. Ford, R.B. Standiford, N.K. McDougald, and L.C. Forero. 2002. pp. 281-286. In: R.B. Standiford, D. McCreary, K.L. Purcell (Tech. Coord.). Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, California. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.
- Development and Fire Trends in Oak Woodlands of the Northwestern Sierra Nevada Foothills. (Acrobat PDF file - 791 kb) J. G. Spero. 2002. pp. 287-301. In: R.B. Standiford, D. McCreary, K.L. Purcell (Tech. Coord.). Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, California. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.
- Tree Mortality Following Reintroduction of Fire to an Old Growth Mixed Conifer Forest. Knapp, E. E., J. E. Keeley, and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 181.
- Proceedings of the Symposium: Fire in California Ecosystems: Integrating Ecology, Prevention and Management, San Diego, California, Nov. 17-20, 1997. N.G. Sugihara, M.E. Morales, and T.J. Morales (eds). 2002. Misc. Pub. No. 1, Assoc. for Fire Ecology. 391 pp.
- Fire Management and GIS: a Framework for Identifying and Prioritizing Fire Planning Needs. (Acrobat PDF file - 985 kb) A.C. Caprio, C. Conover, M. Keifer, and P. Lineback. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:102-113.
- Pre-Twentieth Century Fire History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: A Review and Evaluation of Our Knowledge. (Acrobat PDF file - 1.8 MB) A.C. Caprio and P. Lineback. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:180-199.
- Beyond Initial Fuel Reduction in the Giant Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forest: Where Do We Go From Here? M. Keifer and J. Manley. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:213-222.
- A Fire Protection Strategy for Giant Sequoia Groves in the Sequoia National Forest of California. R. Rogers and A. Gelobter. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:223-230.
- The National Park Service Fire Effects Monitoring Program in California-Lessons Learned Over the last Eight Years. P. Reeberg. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:246-252.
- Effects of Prescribed Fire on Living Trees and Snags in Eastside Pine Forests in California. W.F. Laudenslayer Jr. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:256-262.
- Altered Fire Regimes and Changes in Stream Channel Morphology in the Sierra Nevada. M. Parenti. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:273-278.
- Comparison of Montane Ecosystems Under Natural Fire Regimes in the Sierra San Pedro Martir and a Century of Fire Suppression in the Sierra Nevada. W.J. Barry and S. Frizzell. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:352-355.
- Fire Effects Monitoring Results in Yosemite National Park's White Fir-Mixed Conifer Forest: Fuel Load and Tree Density Changes. C. Lansing. 2002. In: Assoc. for Fire Ecology Misc. Pub. No. 1:364-371.
- Prescribed Fire Mortality of Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Tree Species: Effects of Crown Damage and Forest Floor Combustion. (Acrobat PDF file - 147 kb) Stephens, S.L., and M.A. Finney, 2002. Forest Ecology and Management 162:261-271.
- Proceedings Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, California USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.
- Effects of Fire on Naturally Occurring Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) Saplings. T.J. Swiecki and E. Bernhardt. 2002. pp 251-259. Proceedings Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, California. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184.
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Fire Monitoring Program - 2001 Annual Report. (Acrobat PDF file - 377 kb) M. Keifer. 2002. Unpublished report on file Division of Natural Resources, Sequoia and Kings Canyon N.P., 36 pp.
- Vegetation and ecological characteristics of mixed-conifer and red-fir forests at the Teakettle Experimental Forest. M. North, M., B. Oakley , J. Chen, H. Erickson, A. Gray, A. Izzo, D. Johnson, S. Ma, J. Marra, M. Meyer, K. Purcell, T. Rambo, B. Roath, D. Rizzo, and T. Schowalter. 2002. USFS General Technical Report, PSW-GTR-186.
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- Impact of Past, Present, and Future Fire Regimes on North American Mediterranean Shrublands. J.E. Keeley and C.J. Fotheringham. 2003. In: T.T. Veblen, W.L. Baker, G. Montenegro, and T.W. Swetnam (eds.) Fire and Climate In Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas. Springer, New York.
- Growth Rate Predicts Mortality of Abies concolor in Both Burned and Unburned Stands. (Acrobat PDF file - 521 kb) P.J. van Mantgem, N.L. Stephenson, L.S. Mutch, V.G. Johnson, A.M. Esperanza, and D.J. Parsons. 2003. Can. J. For. Res. 33:1029-1038.
- The Effect of Wildland Fire on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Western USA. M.K. Young, R.E. Gresswell, C. Luce (Eds). 2003. Forest Ecology and Management. 178:1-229. (comprised of 14 papers).
- Surprises and Lessons from the 1988 Yellowstone Fires. M.G. Turner, W.H. Romme, and D.B. Tinker. 2003. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1:351-358. (The introduction provides a good summary covering the differences in fire regime types and how understanding these differences is important in interpreting across varying landscapes.)
- George Wright Society Conference - Protecting Our Diverse Heritage: The Role of Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, April 14-18, 2003. San Diego, CA.
- Integrating fire history and fire management: establishing reference conditions and monitoring process, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Anthony Caprio. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA.
- The effects of prescribed burning on stream water chemistry at different spatial and temporal scales. Andi Heard and J. Stednick. (Poster), Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Colorado State University.
- Restoring Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests with prescribed fire: monitoring to assess fuel reduction and stand structure objectives. MaryBeth Keifer, Jeff Manley, and Karen Webster.(Poster), Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA.
- Joint 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress & 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology - 2003 Orlando, FL . Sponsored by The Association for Fire Ecology & AMS - Presentations listed are on fire in the Sierra Nevada
- Positive effects of prescribed fire on understory vegetation in mixed-conifer forests of the southern Sierra Nevada, CA (USA). Karen Webster, M. Keifer, and R. Wills. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA
- Anthropogenic or lightning: ignition source of pre-Euro-American fire regimes in the southern Sierra Nevada?. Anthony C. Caprio. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA
- Spatial heterogeneity in fire temperature: causes and consequences for plant diversity. Monique E. Rocca and D. L. Urban. Duke University, Durham, NC
- Long-term surface fuel accumulation in burned and unburned mixed-conifer forests of the central and southern Sierra Nevada, CA (USA). MaryBeth Keifer and J. van Wagtendonk, National Park Service, Three Rivers, CA & USGS Yosemite Field Station, CA.
- A century of fire and land management in the southern Sierra Nevada. Thomas P. Holmes and A. Westerling. USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC & Scripps
- Second entry prescribed fires in ponderosa pine and bear clover forests. Monica S. Buhler and K. J. Paintner. Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA
- Burn severity assessment using differenced normalized burn ratio and composite burn index. Mark Grupé, K. Paintner and M. Buhler. Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA
- Climatic influences on fire regimes in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Alan H. Taylor and M. Beaty. Penn State University, University Park, PA
- Fire history of mixed conifer forests in Yosemite National Park. Andrew E. Scholl and A. H. Taylor. Penn State University, University Park, PA
- Fire history and stand scale dynamics of mixed conifer forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Matthew Beaty and A. H. Taylor. Penn State University, University Park, PA
- Assessing Landscape Patterns of Fire Severity and Fire Regimes Using Burn Severity Mapping for the Sierra Nevada, CA. Andrea E. Thode, N. Sugihara, L. Levien, and J. F. Quinn. University of California, Davis and US Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, McClellan, CA
- Fire and Invasive Plants in California Ecosystems. J.E. Keeley, J.E. 2003. Fire Management Today 63:18-19
- Fire and Grazing Impacts on Plant Diversity and Alien Plant Invasions in the Southern Sierra Nevada. J.E. Keeley, D. Lubin, and C.J. Fotheringham. 2003. Ecol. Applic. 13:1355-1374.
- Fire-Related Temperatures in a Cheatgrass Infested Sierra Nevada Yellow Pine Forest: Effects on Cheatgrass Seeds and Native Plants. McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2003. Abstracts, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Aug. 3-8, 2003.
- Above and Below Ground Fire-Related Temperatures in a Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) Infested Sierra Nevada Yellow Pine Forest: Effects on Cheatgrass Seeds and Native Plants. McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2003. Absracts, North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, Oregon, June 16-20, 2003
- Developing a Landscape Scale Framework for Interagency Wildland Fuels Management Planning. (6 MB PDF file) S. Martens (ed). 2003. Southern Sierra Geographic Information Cooperative (SSGIC). 101 pp.
- The Use of GIS to Determine the Relationship Between Fire Frequency and Topography. N. Warmerdam. 2003. M.S. Major Indiv. Proj. Rep., Univ. Redlands, 76 pp.
- Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution, Carbon, and Fire in California. J.M. Lenihan, R. Drapek, D. Bachelet, and R.P. Neilson. 2003. Ecological Applications 13:1667-1681.
- Impacts of Heat on the Spore Bank Community Structure in Mixed Conifer Forest Soil Using Pinus jeffreyi Seedlings as a Host Species. Megan Canright. 2003. UC Berkeley Senior Reseach Seminar. Investigating the Environment: Research for Environmental Mgmt. 2003.
- The effects of fire on soil nitrogen associated with patches of the actinorhizal shrub Ceanothus cordulatus. B.B. Oakley M.P. North and J.F. Franklin. 2003. Plant and Soil 254:35-46
- Interactions between Microclimate, Soil Respiration, and Disturbances in a Forest Ecosystem: Lessons from the Teakettle Experimental Forest in California’s Sierra Nevada. S. Ma. 2003. Dissertation. The University of Toledo. 131 pp.
- Facing a New Ecosystem Management Paradigm for National Parks. D.M. Graber. 2003. Ecological Restoration 21:264-268.
- Forest Heterogeneity: Methods and Measurements From Extensive Field Plots, Fire Modeling, and Remote Sensing of the Mixed Conifer Forest of the Southern Sierra Nevada, USA. K.M. Menning. 2003. (Ph.D. Dissertation). Wildland Resource Science, University of California, Berkeley.
- The use of multi-temporal Landsat Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data for mapping fuel models in Yosemite National Park, USA. J.W. van Wagtendonk and R. R. Root. 2003. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24:1639-1651.
- 2003 Symposum Report: Fire, Forest Health and Biodiversity. National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry. June 5-6, 2003 Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver, Colorado
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Fire Monitoring Program - 2002 Annual Report. (Acrobat PDF file - 488 kb) M. Keifer and K. Webster. 2003. Unpublished report on file Division of Natural Resources, Sequoia and Kings Canyon N.P., 36 pp.
- Wildland Fire Use: A Wilderness Perspective on Fuel Management. C. Miller. 2003. pp. 379-385. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-29.
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- Proceedings of the Conference on Fire Management: Emerging Policies and New Paradigms. Nov. 16-19, 1999, San Diego, CA. N.G. Sugihara, M.E. Morales, and T.J. Morales (eds). (2004). Misc. Pub. No. 2, Assoc. for Fire Ecology. pp.
- Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Pre-Euroamerican Fire at a Watershed Scale, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. (244 kb PDF file) A. Caprio 2004. pp 107-125. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Fire Management: Emerging Policies and New Paradigms. Nov. 16-19, 1999, San Diego, CA.
- Bulk Density and Fuel Loads of Ponderosa Pine and White Fir Forest Floors: Impacts of Leaf Morphology. S.L. Stephens, M.A. Finney, and H. Schantz. 2004. Northwest Sci. 78:93-100.
- Ecological Impacts of Wheat Seeding After a Sierra Nevada Wildfire. J.E. Keeley. 2004. International Journal of Wildland Fire 13:73–78.
- An Experimental Demonstration of Stem Damage as a Predictor of Fire-Caused Mortality for Ponderosa Pine. P.J. van Mantgem and M. Schwartz. 2004. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34:1343–1347.
- Effects of an Introducted Pathogen and Fire Exclusion on the Demography of Sugar Pine. (1.6 MB PDF file) P.J. van Mantgem, N.L. Stephenson, MaryBeth Keifer, and Jon Keeley. 2004. Ecological Applications 14:1590–1602.
- Prescribed Fire, Soils, and Stream Water Chemistry in a Watershed in Lake Tahoe Basin, California. S.L. Stephens, T. Meixner, M. Poth, B. McGurk, and D. Payne. 2004. International J. Wildland Fire 13:27-35.
- Fire Regimes of Mixed Conifer Forests in the North-Central Sierra Nevada at Multiple Spatial Scales. S.L. Stephens and B.M. Collins. 2004. Northwest Science 78: 12-23.
- Bulk Density and Fuel Loads of Ponderosa Pine and White Fir Forest Floors: Impacts of Leaf Morphology. S.L. Stephens, M.A. Finney and H. Schantz. 2004. Northwest Science 78:93-100.
- Short-Term Effects of Experimental Burning and Thinning on Soil Respiration in an Old-Growth, Mixed-Conifer Forest. S. Ma, J. Chen, M. North, H.E. Erickson, M. Bresee, J. Le Moine, 2004. Environmental Management Vol. 33, Supplement 1, pp. S148–S159.
- Comparison of AVIRIS and Landsat ETM+ Detection Capabilities for Burn Severity (1 MB PDF file). J.W. van Wagtendonka, R.R. Root, C.H. Key. 2004. Remote Sensing of Environment 92:397–408.
- Appendix E—White Paper on Pre-Fire Risk Assessment and Fuels Mapping. (50 kb PDF file) J.W. van Wagtendonk, Z. Zhu, and E.L. Lile. 2004. Third U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, pp. 49-52.
- Forest Stand Structure and Pattern of Old-Growth Western Hemlock/Douglas-Fir and Mixed-Conifer Forests. M. North, J. Chen, B. Oakley, B. Song, M. Rudnicki, A. Gray, and J. Innes. 2004. Forest Science 50:299-311.
- Tongue-tied: Understanding intensity and severity within the fire disturbance continuum. T.B. Jain, D.S. Pilliod and R.T. Graham. 2004. Wildfire Magazine July/August:22–26.
- Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. M.L. Brooks, C.M. D’Antonio, D.M. Richardson, J.M. DiTomaso, J.B. Grace, R.J. Hobbs, J.E. Keeley, M. Pellant, D. Pyke. 2004. Bioscience 54:677-688.
- Modeling wildfire probability using GIS. B. Davis and C. Miller. 2004. In: Proceedings of the ASPRS 2004 Annual Conference, Denver, USA. May 23-28. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
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- Can Wildland Fire Use Restore Natural Fire Regimes in Wilderness and Other Unroaded Lands? (1.5 MB PDF file) C. Miller and D. Parsons. 2005. Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program - Project #01-1-1-05, 64 pp.
- Mimicking Nature's Fire: Restoring Fire-Prone Forests in the West. S.F. Arno and C.E. Fiedler. 2005. Island Press, Washington D.C. 242 pp. - with Section II Chapter 10 (pp.121-130) on Learning from Experience: Profiles of Restoration Foresty Projects - Giant Sequoia/Mixed Conifer.
- Fire History and Climate Synthesis in Western North America - April 30 to May 3, 2005 Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff AZ . Sponsored by The Western Mountain Initiative - Presentations listed are on fire in the Sierra Nevada
- Fire history of a red fir-dominated watershed in the northern Sierra Nevada using fire scars and lake sediments. Steve Wathen
- Topography, climate and patterns of past fire, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. Anthony C. Caprio
- Long-term Fire History Reconstructions from Subalpine Forests in the Sierra Nevada, CA and Implications for Late Holocene Drought. Doug J. Hallett and R. Scott Anderson
- A high resolution record of macroscopic charcoal as an indicator of Holocene climate change from Swamp Lake, Yosemite National Park, California. Cara B. Meeker, R. Scott Anderson, Susan J. Smith and Anthony Caprio
- Climatic Influences on Fire Regimes in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada, USA. A.H. Taylor and R.M. Beaty. 2005. J. Biogeography 32:425-438.
- Sierra Wildland Fire Reporting Systems (SWFRS) and the Fire Data Ordering Website. J. Guthrie and J. Stefanacci. Presentation at Resource Management Tools & Geospatial Conference, April 18-22, 2005, Phoenix, AZ.
- Fuel reduction and coarse woody debris dynamics with early season and late season prescribed fire in a Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest. E. Knapp, J.E. Keeley, E.A. Ballenger, and T.J. Brennan. 2005. Forest Ecology and Management 208:383-397
- Sierran Mixed-Conifer Research. June 2005. Special Issue - Forest Science 51(3).
- Introduction to the Special Issue on Sierran Mixed-Conifer Research. M. North and J. Chen. pp. 185-186.
- Influence of Fire and El Niño on Tree Recruitment Varies by Species in Sierran Mixed Conifer. M. North, M. Hurteau, R. Fiegener, and M. Barbour. pp. 187-197.
- Stand Conditions Associated with Tree Regeneration in Sierran Mixed-Conifer Forests. A.N. Gray, H.S.J. Zald, R.A. Kern, and M. North. pp. 198-210.
- Effects of Vegetation Patches on Soil Nutrient Pools and Fluxes within a Mixed-Conifer Forest. H.E. Erickson, P. Soto, D.W. Johnson, B. Roath, and C. Hunsaker. pp. 211-220.
- Biophysical Controls on Soil Respiration in the Dominant Patch Types of an Old-Growth, Mixed-Conifer Forest. S. Ma, J. Chen, J.R. Butnor, M. North, E.S. Euskirchen, and B. Oakley. pp. 221-232.
- Canopy Arthropod Assemblages in Four Overstory and Three Understory Plant Species in a Mixed-Conifer Old-Growth Forest in California. Canopy Arthropod Assemblages in Four Overstory and Three Understory Plant Species in a Mixed-Conifer Old-Growth Forest in California. Schowalter, D. Timothy and Y. Zhang. pp. 233-242.
- Hypogeous Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Species on Roots and in Small Mammal Diet in a Mixed-Conifer Forest. A.D. Izzo, M. Meyer, J.M. Trappe, M. North, and T.D. Bruns. pp. 243-254.
- Soil Arthropod Responses to Different Patch Types in a Mixed-Conifer Forest of the Sierra Nevada. J. Marra and R.L. Edmonds. pp. 255-265.
- Patterns of Mortality in an Old-Growth Mixed-Conifer Forest of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. T.F. Smith, D.M. Rizzo,and M. North. pp. 266-275.
- Mixed Conifer Forest Duff Consumption During Prescribed Fires: Tree Crown Impacts. M.G. Hille and S.L. Stephens. 2005. Forest Science 51:417-424.
- A Test of Adversity and Strength: Wildland Fire in the National Park System. H.K. Rothman. 2005. N.P.S. Cooperative Agreement Order #CA 8034-2-9003, 264 pp.
- Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America. R. Barker. 2005. Shearwater Books, 288pp.
- The Ecological Need for Prescribed Fire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, U.S.A. C.E. Rowan. 2005. MA Thesis, Depart. Geol. and Geogr., West Virginia University, 23 pp.
- Fire as a global 'herbivore': the ecology and evolution of flammable ecosystems. W.J. Bond and J.E. Keeley. 2005. TRENDS in Ecol. and Evol. 20:387-394.
- Fire Management in Parks and Protected Areas. B.M. Kilgore (guest editor). 2005. The George Wright Forum 22 (88 pp.)
- Fire Management in Parks and Protected Areas: An Introduction and Summary. B.M. Kilgore
- Fire in the Parks: A Case Study for Change Management N.L. Christensen.
- Forest Health and Fire in the National Parks: Workshop Summary. N.L. Christensen
- Fire, Forest Health, and Biodiversity: A Summary of the Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium of the National Commission on Science and Sustainable Forestry. N.L. Christensen
- Federal Forest Fire Policy in the United States. S.L. Stephens and L.W. Ruth
- Fire suppression impacts on postfire recovery of Sierra Nevada chaparral shrublands. (Acrobat PDF 1.5MB) J.E. Keeley, A.H. Pfaff, and H.D. Safford. 2005. International J. Wildland Fire 14:255-265.
- The Effect of Seasonality of Burn on Seed Germination in Chaparral: The Role of Soil Moisture. D. Le Fer and V.T. Parker. 2005. Madroño 52:166-174
- Seed germination of Sierra Nevada postfire chaparral species. (Acrobat PDF 82kb) J.E. Keeley, T.W. McGinnus, and K.A. Bollens. 2005. Madroño 52:175-181
- National Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Devils Postpile National Monument, Fire Ecology Annual Report, Calendar Year 2004. (Acrobat PDF file - 750 kb) A.C. Caprio and K. Webster. 2005. Unpublished report on file Division of Natural Resources, Sequoia and Kings Canyon N.P., 17 pp.
- The effects of wildfire, salvage logging, and post-fire N-fixation on the nutrient budget of a Sierran forest. D.W. Johnson, J.F. Murphy, R.B. Susfalk, T.G. Caldwell, W.W. Miller, R.F. Walker, R.F. Powers. 2005. For. Ecol. and Mngmt. 220:155-165.
- Fire management impacts on invasive plant species in the western United States. J.E. Keeley. 2005. Conservation Biology 20:375-384.
- Natural and Anthropogenic Fire Regimes, Vegetation Effects, and Potential Impacts on the Avifauna of California Oak Woodlands K.L. Purcell and S.L. Stephens. 2005. pp. 1100-1103. In: C. John Ralph and Terrell D. Rich, editors. 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 651 p.
- Changing fire regimes and the avifauna of California oak woodlands. K.L. Purcell, S.L. Stephens. 2005. Studies in Avian Biology. 30:33–45.
- Stereo Photo Guide for Estimating Canopy Fuel Characteristics in Conifer Stands. J.H. Scott and E.D. Reinhardt. 2005. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-145. Fort Collins, CO. 49 p.
- Soil respiration response to prescribed burning and thinning in mixed conifer and hardwood forests. A. Concilio, S. Ma, Q. Li, J. LeMoine, J. Chen, M. North, D. Moorhead, and R. Jensen. 2005. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:1581-1591.
- Short-term effects of fire and forest thinning on truffle abundance and consumption by Neotamias speciosus in the Sierra Nevada of California. M Meyer, M. North, and D. Kelt. 2005. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:1061-1070.
- Silvicultural and reserve impacts on potential fire behavior and forest conservation: Twenty-five years of experience from Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests. S.L. Stephens and J.J. Moghaddas. 2005. Biol. Cons. 125:369-379.
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- The fire and fire surrogate study in the Sierra Nevada: Evaluating restoration treatments at Blodgett Experimental Forest and Sequoia National Park. E.E. Knapp, S.L. Stephens, J.D. McIver, J.J. Moghaddas, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. In: Proceedings Sierra Nevada Science Symposium 2002. Science for Management and Conservation. In Press.
- Decadal-scale dynamics of water, carbon and nitrogen in a California chaparral ecosystem: DAYCENT modeling results. X. Li, T. Meixner, J.O. Sickman, A. Miller, J.P. Schimel and J. Melack. 2006. Biogeochemistry 77:217–245. (research located in Sequoia National Park)
- Heterogeneity in fire severity within early season and late season prescribed burns in a mixed-conifer forest. E.E. Knapp and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Internat. J. Wildland Fire 15:37-45.
- Post-fire epicormic branching in Sierra Nevada Abies concoler (white fir). C.T. Hanson and M.P. North. 2006. Internat. J. Wildland Fire 15:31-35.
- National Park Service Fire Ecology Annual Report, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Devils Postpile National Monument, Calendar Year 2005. (Acrobat PDF file - 1.05 MB) A.C. Caprio and K. Webster. 2006. Unpublished report on file Division of Natural Resources, Sequoia and Kings Canyon N.P., 20 pp.
- Wildfire effects on soil nutrients and leaching in a Tahoe Basin watershed. J.D. Murphy, D.W. Johnson, W.W. Miller, R.F. Walker, E.F. Carroll, and R.R. Blank. 2006. J. Environ. Qual. 35:479-489.
- Fuel breaks affect nonnative species abundance in Californian plant communities. K.E.Merriam, J. E. Keeley and J. L. Beyers. 2006. Ecological Applications 16:515–527.
- Prescribed fire effects on forest floor and soil nutrients in a Sierra Nevada forest. J.D. Murphy, D.W. Johnson, W.W. Miller, R.F. Walker, and R.R. Blank. 2006. Soil Sci. 171:181-199.
- Tree mortality from fire and bark beetles following early and late season prescribed fires in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. D.W. Schwilk, E.E. Knapp, S.M. Ferrenberg, J.E. Keeley, A.C. Caprio. 2006. Forest Ecology and Management 232:36-45.
- A 21st century perspective on postfire seeding. J.E. Keeley, C.D. Allen, J. Betancourt, G.W. Chong, C.J. Fotheringham, and H.D. Safford. 2006. Journal of Forestry 104(1):1-2.
- Mercury distribution in two Sierran forest and one desert sagebrush steppe ecosystems and the effects of fire. M.A. Engle, M.S. Gustin, D.W. Johnson, J.F. Murphy, W.W. Miller, R.F. Walker, J. Wright, M. Markee. 2006. Science of the Total Environment 367:222–233
- Third International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Association for Fire Ecology. Nov. 13-17, 2006, San Diego, California.
- Fire history of lodgepole pine in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Anthony Caprio; Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
- Using phytolith analysis to test the hypothesis that livestock overgrazing a grass understory led to changes in prehistoric fire regimes at two locations in Californian mixed-conifer forests. Rand R. Evett, University of California – Berkeley
- Reconstructing historic spatial and temporal patterns of fire regimes and forest dynamics in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests. Andrew Scholl, Pennsylvania State University
- Quantifying the fire regime attributes of severity and spatial complexity using Landsat TM imagery in Yosemite National Park, CA. Andrea Thode, Northern Arizona University and Jay Miller, USFS Region 5
- Evidence that abrupt climate change over the last 8,500 yrs caused massive forest die-off followed by catastrophic fire and severe soil erosion. Steve Wathen, University of California - Davis
- Long-term effects of the 1992 Rainbow Fire, Devils Postpile National Monument, California. Anthony Caprio, MaryBeth Keifer, and Karen Webster, USDI National Park Service
- The effects of fuel reduction treatments on soil carbon respiration in a Sierra Nevada pine plantation. Leda Kobziar, University of Florida, Scott Stephens and Joe McBride, UC Berkeley
- Different ecological effects of prescribed fire and thinning restoration treatments on mixed conifer. Malcolm North, USDA Forest Service, Jiquan Chen, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, Andy Gray, Forest Inventory and Monitoring, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR
- Prescribed fire and fuel treatment effectiveness and effects monitoring in National Forests in California: surface fuels and understory vegetation. Alicia Reiner, JoAnn Fites-Kaufman, Erin Noonan, Scott Dailey, Carol Ewell, Crystal Kolden, Nicole Vaillant, and Wendy Boes. USFS Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team, Nevada City, California
- Non–native plants in burned areas as a function of burn severity: a model for early detection monitoring. Kristen Kaczynski and Susan Beatty, Geography Department, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jan van Wagtendonk, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Yosemite Field Station, El Portal, California
- The 1911 Project: reconstruction of forest change in Yosemite National Park using 20th century timber inventory data. Rick Everett, University of California, Berkeley; Scott L. Stephens, Wildland Fire Lab, UC Berkeley; Robin Wills, NPS; Jan van Wagtendonk, USGS
- Yosemite National Park’s Ackerson fire: 10 years later. Jen Hooke, USDI National Park Service; Kent van Wagtendonk, Fire GIS Specialist, Yosemite National Park; Michael Beasley, Fire Use Manager, Yosemite National Park
- Twenty year response of canyon live oak to thinning and prescribed burning. Timothy Paysen and Marci G. Narog, USDA Forest Service
- Effects of fire temperatures, microhabitat and land use history on seed banks in the Eastern Sierra Sagebrush Steppe. Bridget Lair, U.S. Geological Survey; Matt Brooks, Research Botanist, USGS BRD Las Vegas Field Station; Anne Halford, Botanist, BLM Bishop Field Office
- Microhabitat associations of northern flying squirrels in burned and thinned forest stands of the Sierra Nevada. Marc Meyer and Malcolm P. North, USDA Forest Service; Douglas A. Kelt, Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
- Bird community response to prescribed fire and mechanical cutting in California chaparral. Jennifer Potts, University of California, Berkeley
- The effects of fire on California spotted owls and their prey in Yosemite National Park. Susan Roberts and Jan van Wagtendonk, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Yosemite Field Station, El Portal, CA
- Fire effects on stream temperature: an example from the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Chad Mellison, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service; Dawne Becker, California Department of Fish and Game; Jason Kling, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Fire and Fire Surrogate treatment effects on soil properties in a Sierran mixed conifer forest. Emily Moghaddas and Scott Stephens, University of California-Berkeley (abstract)
- Lidar supplementation of field data for LANDFIRE vegetation height mapping. Birgit Peterson, USDA Forest Service; Michelle Hofton and Ralph Dubayah, University of Maryland; J. Bryan Blair, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (extended abstract)
- Fire-Climate interactions in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains, Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. Valerie Trouet and Allen Taylor, Pennsylvania State University; M. Beaty, CSIRO, Australia (extended abstract)
- Forest response to global climate change and atmospheric pollution: Implications for fire management. Matthew Hurteau, University of California; Malcolm North, U.S.F.S. Sierra Nevada Research Center (abstract)
- Development and use of historic reference conditions for planning and restoration on the Tahoe National Forest. Hugh D. Safford, USDA Forest Service; David Schmidt, The Nature Conservancy (abstract)
- Long-Term Surface Fuel Accumulation in Burned and Unburned Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Central and Southern Sierra Nevada, CA USA. M. Keifer, J.W. van Wagtendonk, and M. Buhler. 2006. Fire Ecology 2:53-72.
- Fire History and Climate Influences from Forests in the Northern Sierra Nevada, USA. T.J. Moody, J. Fites-Kaufman, and S.L. Stephens. 2006. Fire Ecology 2:115-141.
- Wildlife and invertebrate response to fuel reduction treatments in dry coniferous forests of the Western United States: a synthesis. D.S. Pilliod, E.L. Bull, J.L. Hayes, and B.C. Wales, Barbara C. 2006. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-173. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 34 p.
- Effectiveness of Prescribed Fire as a Fuel Treatment in Californian Coniferous Forests. N.M. Vaillant, J. Fites-Kaufman, S.L. Stephens. 2006. In: Andrews, P.L.; Butler, B.W., comps. Fuels Management-How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 28-30 March 2006; Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 809 p.
- Post-fire epicormic branching in Sierra Nevada Abies concolor (white fir). C.T. Hanson and M.P. North. 2006. International Journal of Wildland Fire 15:31–35
- Fire in California Ecosystems. N.G. Sugihara, J.W. Van Wagtendonk, K.E. Shaffer, J. Fites-Kaufman, and A.E. Thode (eds). 2006. Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley. 596 pp.
- Fire as a physical process. J.W. van Wagtendonk. 2006. pp 38-57. In: Sugihara, N.G., J.W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K.E. Shaffer, and A.E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578p.
- Fire as an ecological process. N.G.Sugihara, N.G., J.W. van Wagtendonk, and J. Fites-Kaufman. 2006. pp 58-74. In: Sugihara, N.G., J.W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K.E. Shaffer, and A.E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578p.
- The future of fire in California ecosystems. N.G. Sugihara, J.W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K.E. Shaffer, and A.E. Thode. 2006. pp 538-543. In: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578p.
- Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum [Taxodiaceae]) Seedling Survival and Growth in the First Four Decades Following Managed Fires. H.S. Shellhammer and T.H. Shellhammer. 2006. Madroño 53:342-350.
- Phytolith Evidence for the Lack of Grass Understory in a Sequoiadendron giganteum (Taxodiaceae) stand in the central Sierra Nevada, California. R.R. Evett, R.A. Woodward, W. Harrison, J. Suero, and J.W. Bartolome. 2006. Madroño 53:351-363.
- The Role of Fire Refugia in the Distribution of Pinus sabiniana (Pinaceae) in the Southern Sierra Nevada. D.W. Schwilk and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Madroño 53:364-372.
- Fire Severity in Conifer Forests of the Sierra Nevada, California. D.C. Odion and C.T. Hanson. 2006. Ecosystems 9:1177–1189. (see Safford et al. 2007 for response)
- Fire Effects Monitoring of the 1992 Rainbow Fire, Devils Postpile National Monument: Vegetation Response Ten Years Postfire. A.C. Caprio and K. Webster. 2006. Unpublished report on file in Devils Postpile National Monument and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. 17 pp. A.C. Caprio and K. Webster. 2006. Unpublished report on file Sequoia & Kings Canyon N.P. and Devils Postpile N.M. 17pp
- Soil respiration response to experimental disturbances over 3 years. Amy Concilio, Siyan Ma, Soung-Ryoul Ryu, Malcolm North, and Jiquan Chen. 2006. Forest Ecology and Management 228 (2006) 82–90
- Effect of thinning and prescribed fire restoration treatments on woody debris and snag dynamics in a Sierran old-growth, mixed-conifer forest. J. Innes, M. North and N. Williamson. 2006. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(12):pages to be determined.
- Fire decreases arthropod abundance but increases diversity: early and late season prescribed fire effects in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. S.M. Ferrenberg, D.W. Schwilk, E.E. Knapp, E. Groth and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Fire Ecology 2:79-102.
- Control of Invasive Weeds with Prescribed Burning1. JM DiTomaso, ML Brooks, EB Allen, R Minnich, PM Rice, and GB Kyser. 2006. Weed Technology 20:535-548
- Wildfire: a century of failed forest policy. G. Wuerthner (ed.). Foundation for Deep Ecology, San Francisco, CA, USA. 322 p
- Fire ecology of the Sierra Nevada: forests born to burn. J.W. van Wagtendonk 2006. Pages 63-67. In: Wuerthner, G. (ed.). Wildfire: a century of failed forest policy. Foundation for Deep Ecology, San Francisco, CA, USA. 322 p
- The role of environmental gradients in non-native plant invasion into burnt areas of Yosemite National Park, California. R. Klinger, E. C. Underwood, and P. E. Moore. 2006. Diversity and Distributions 12:139–156.
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- Role of burning season on initial understory vegetation response to prescribed fire in a mixed conifer forest. E.E. Knapp, D.W. Schwilk, J.M. Kane, and J.E. Keeley. 2007. Can. J. For. Res. 37:11-22.
- National Park Service, Fire Ecology Annual Report 2006, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Devils Postpile National Monument. (Acrobat PDF file - 2.0 MB) A.C. Caprio and K. Webster. 2007. Unpublished report on file Division of Natural Resources, Sequoia and Kings Canyon N.P., 34 pp.
- Comparison of thinning and prescribed fire restoration treatments to Sierran mixed-conifer historic conditions. M. North, J. Innes, and H. Zald. 2007. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: pages to be determined.
- Initial response of a mixed-conifer understory community to burning and thinning restoration treatments. R. Wayman and M. North. 2007. Forest Ecology and Management 239:32-44.
- Microhabit associations of northern flying squirrels in burned and thinned stands of the Sierra Nevada. M. Meyer, D. Kelt, and M. North. 2007. American Midland Naturalist 157:202-211.
- BAER soil burn severity maps do not measure fire effects to vegetation: a reply to Odion and Hanson. H.D. Safford, J. Miller, D. Schmidt, B. Roath, A. Parsons. 2007. Ecosystems. In press. (See Odion and Hanson 2006 for original paper)
- Conifer Regeneration after Forest Fire in the Klamath-Siskiyous: How Much, How Soon? J.P.A. Shatford, D.E. Hibbs, and K.J. Puettmann. 2007. Journal of Forestry 105:139-146 (April/May)
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