Fire Bibliography-Technical Literature from the 1990s

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1990

  • Restoring Fire to the Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Forest: Reconciling Science, Policy, and Practicality. Parsons, D. J. 1990. Pages 271-279 In: H.G. Hughes and T.M. Bonnicksen, editors. Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
  • Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives. 1990. In: S. Nodvin and T. Waldrop (eds.). Proceedings of an International Symposium. Knoxville, Tennessee. March 20-24, 1990 Southeastern Forest Experiment Station General Technical Report GTR-SE-69. 434 pp.
  • Replies From the Fire Gods. N.L. Stephenson, D. J. Parsons, and H. T. Nichols. 1990. American Forests 96:35,70. (reply to Bonnicksen 1989)
  • Effects of Fire History on Forest Age Structure in Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forests. N.L. Stephenson, D.J. Parsons, and T.W. Swetnam. 1990. Abstract Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 71:336.
  • Late Holocene Fire and Climate Variability in Giant Sequoia Groves. T.W. Swetnam, C.H. Baisan, P.M. Brown, A.C. Caprio, and R. Touchan. 1990. Abstract Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 71:342.
  • The Giant Sequoia Fire Controversy: the Role of Science in Natural Ecosystem Management. Parsons, D.J. 1990. pp. 257-268. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Biennial Conference on Research in California's National Parks. U.S.D.I. National Park Service Transactions and Proceedings Series No. 8.
  • Sprouting Shrub Response to Different Seasons and Fuel Consumption Levels of Prescribed Fire in Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Ecosystems. J.B. Kauffman and R.E. Martin. 1990. Forest Science 36:748-764
  • Giant Sequoia Fire History in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park. (Acrobat PDF file - 99kb) T.W. Swetnam, R. Touchan, C.H. Baisan, A.C. Caprio, and P.M. Brown. 1990. pp. 249-253. Yosemite Centennial Symposium Proceedings - Natural Areas and Yosemite: Prospects for the Future, A Global Issues Symposium Joining the 17th Annual Natural Areas Conference with the Yosemite Centennial Celebration Oct. 13-20, 1990. 667 pp.
  • Implications of National Park Service Fire Management Policies for the Status of Sensitive Plant Species. (Acrobat PDF file - 17kb) S. DeBenedetti. 1990. pp. 369-372. Yosemite Centennial Symposium Proceedings - A Global Issues Symposium Joining the 17th Annual Natural Areas Conferene with the Yosemite Centennial Celebration Oct. 13-20, 1990. 667 pp.
  • Prescribed fire and visual resources in Sequoia National Park. K. Dawson and S. Greco. 1990. (pp. 192-201) In: S. Nodvin and T. Waldrop (eds.). Proceedings of an International Symposium. Knoxville, Tennessee. March 20-24, 1990 Southeastern Forest Experiment Station General Technical Report GTR-SE-69. 434p
  • Blue oak regeneration in the Tehachapi Mountains. Mensing, S. 1990. Fremontia 18:38-41.
  • Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. L.M. Dilsaver and W. Tweed. 1990. Sequoia Natural History Association (distributed by University of Arizona Press.) 379 pp.

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1991

  • Fire Effects in Blue Oak Woodland. P.K. Haggerty. 1991. pp. 342-344. Proceedings of the Symposium on Oak Woodlands and Hardwood Rangeland Management USDA For. Serv. PSWFRES Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-126.
  • Fire effects in blue oak (Quercus douglasii) woodland in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. P.K. Haggerty. 1991. Davis: University of California; M.S. thesis.
  • Restoring Natural Fire to the Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forest: Should Intense Fire Play a Role. (Acrobat PDF file - 190kb) N.S. Stephenson, D.J. Parsons, and T.W. Swetnam. 1991. Proc. 17th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, May 18-21, 1989: High Intensity Fire in Wildlands: Management Challenges and Options. pp.321-337.
  • Regional Fire History from Dendrochronology. T.W. Swetnam, A.C. Caprio, C.H. Baisan, and P.M. Brown. 1991. Proc. 17th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, May 18-21, 1989: High Intensity Fire in Wildlands: Management Challenges and Options. p. 419
  • Fire Effects on California Chaparral Systems: An Overview. S.C. Barro and S.G. Conrad. 1991. Environment International 76:135-149.
  • Planning for Climate Change in National Parks and Other Natural Areas. D.J. Parsons. 1991. The Northwest Environmental Journal 7:255-269.
  • Climate, Fire, and Late Quaternary Vegetation Changes in the Central Sierra Nevada. E.G. Edlund and R. Byrne. 1991 (pp. 390-396). In: S.S. Nodvin and T.A. Waldrop. Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives. USDA Forest Service, Southeast Forest Experiment Station, Ashville, NC.
  • GIS Applications in Fire Management Research. J.W. van Wagtendonk. 1991. pp. 212-214. In: S.C. Nodvin and T.A. Waldrop (tech. coord.). Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives: Proceedings of an International Symposium. USDA For. Serv., SE For. Exp. Sta., GTR-SE-69.
  • Spatial Analysis of Lightning Strikes in Yosemite National Park. J.W. van Wagtendonk. 1991. pp. 605-611 In: P. Andrews and D.F. Potts (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Apr. 16-19, Missoula, MT. Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD. 616 pp.
  • Forest Age Structure, Species Composition, and Fire Disturbance in the Southern Sierra Nevada Subalpine Zone. M. Keifer. 1991. Masters Thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 111 pp.
  • Forest age structure, species composition, and fire disturbances in the southern Sierra Nevada subalpine zone. M. Keifer. 1991. Unpublished report submitted to the Sequoia Natural History Association. University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Tucson.
  • Vegetation Change in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, During the Protohistoric Period. R.S. Anderson and S.L. Carpenter. 1991. Madroño 38:1-13.

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1992

  • Tree-Ring Reconstruction of Giant Sequoia Fire Regimes. Swetnam, T. W., C. H. Baisan, A. C. Caprio, R. Touchan, and P. M. Brown. 1992. Final report on Cooperative Agreement No. DOI 80181-0002 to National Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. 173 pp.
  • Biological and Management Implications of Fire/Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Sequoia Ecosystem; Fire Scar/Pathogen Studies. K.I. Piper. 1992. M.S. Thesis, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. 316 pages
  • Biological and Management Implications of Fire/Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Sequoia Ecosystem: Part I--Fire Scar/Pathogen Studies. D.D. Piirto, K.L. Piper, and J.R. Parameter. 1992. Final report to NPS, Coop. Agreement No. 8000-8-0005 with California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, Calif., 316 pp.
  • Biological and Management Implications of Fire/Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Sequoia Ecosystem: Part II--Pathogenicity and Genetics of Heterobasidion annosum. D.D. Piirto, F.W. Cobb, A.C. Workinger, W.J. Otrosina, J.R. Parameter, and T.E. Chase. 1992. Final report to NPS, Coop. Agreement No. 8000-8-0005 with California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, Calif., 33 pp.
  • Soil Temperatures Related to Prescribed Burning in Ponderosa Pine Stands in Yosemite Valley that Included California Black Oak. S.S. Sackett, S.M. Haase, and G.M. Burke. pp. 144-146. In: P.F. Ffolliott, G.J. Gottfried, D.A. Bennett, V.M. Hernandez C., A. Ortega-Rubio, and R.H. Hamre (tech. Coord.). Ecology and Managament of Oak and Associated Woodlands: Perspectives in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. April 27-30, 1992 Sierra Vista, Arizona. USDA For. Serv. GTR-RM-218. 224 pp.
  • Changes in Soil Properties Along a Post-Fire Chronosequence in a Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forest in Sequoia National Park, California. Gebauer, S. B. 1992. M.S. thesis, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
  • Historical Perspectives on Forests of the Sierra Nevada and the Transverse Ranges of Southern California: Forest Conditions at the Turn of the Century. (Acrobat PDF file - 2.1 MB) K.S. McKelvey and J.D. Johnston. 1992. USDA FS Gen. tech. rep. PSW-GTR-133.
  • Fire and Fuels Management in Relation to Owl Habitat in Forests of the Sierra Nevada and Southern California (Acrobat PDF file - 1.7 MB) C.P. Weatherspoon, S.J. Husari, and J.W. van Wagtendonk. 1992. USDA FS Gen. tech. rep. PSW-GTR-133.
  • Aspects of Fire and Ozone Stress to Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pines-- A Review of Concepts and Methods. S.L. Graben and D.M. Duriscoe. 1992. Unpublished Report Eridas Research Assoc., Three Rivers, CA to USDI NPS Air Quality Div., Denver CO. 28pp.
  • Survival of Quercus douglasii (Fagaceae) seedlings under the influence of fire and grazing. Allen-Diaz, B.H., and J.W. Bartolome. 1992. Madroño 39:47-53
  • The impact of European settlement on blue oak (Quercus douglasii) regeneration and recruitment in the Tehachapi Mountains, California. Mensing, S. A. 1992. Madroño 39:36-46.
  • Long-term dynamics of the southern Sierra Nevada subalpine forest: the role of fire disturbance and climate. Keifer, M. 1992. Abstract in Supplement to the Ecological Society of America Bulletin, 73(2):228.

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1993

  • Fire History and Climate Change in Giant Sequoia Groves. (Acrobat PDF file - 770 kb) T.W. Swetnam. 1993. Science 262:885-889.
  • Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests. J.K. Agee. 1993. Island Press, Washington, DC. 494 pp.
  • Mortality and Resprouting of Quercus douglassii Following Fire in Southern Sierra Nevada Oak Woodlands. P.K. Haggerty. 1993. Abstract Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74:262.
  • Indian Fire-Based Management in the Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forests of the Central and Southern Sierra Nevada. M.K. Anderson. 1993. Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley 441 pp.

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1994

  • Objects or Ecosystems? Giant Sequoia Management in National Parks. D. Parsons, 1994. Proceedings of the Symposium on Giant Sequoias: Their Place in the Ecosystem and Society 1992 June 23-25, Visalia, CA, USDA For. Serv. Gen Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-151.
  • Long-Term Dynamics of Giant Sequoia Populations: Implications for Managing a Pioneer Species. N.L. Stephenson. 1994. Pages 56-63 In: P.S. Aune, technical coordinator. Proceedings of the Symposium on Giant Sequoias: Their Place in the Ecosystem and Society 1992 June 23-25, Visalia, CA, USDA For. Serv. Gen Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-151.
  • Solution Chemistry Profiles of Mixed-Conifer Forests Before and After Fire. (Acrobat PDF 574kb) J. Chorover, P.M. Vitousek, D.A. Everson, A.M. Esperanza, and D. Turner. 1994. Biogeochemistry 26:115-144.
  • Anthropogenic and Natural Disturbance and Patterns of Mortality in a Mixed Conifer Forest Stand in California. M. Savage. 1994. Can. J. For. Res. 24:1149-1159
  • Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Giant Sequoia Radial Growth Response to a High Severity Fire in A.D. 1297 (Acrobat PDF file - 795kb) A.C. Caprio, L.S. Mutch, T.W. Swetnam, and C.H. Baisan. 1994. Contract report to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Mountain Home State Forest.
  • Growth Responses of Giant Sequoia to Fire and Climate in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. L.S. Mutch. 1994. MS Thesis, The University of Arizona.
  • Fighting Fire with Prescribed Fire-a Return to Ecosystem Health. R.W. Mutch. 1994. J. For. 92(11):31-33.
  • The Visual Ecology of Prescribed Fire in Sequoia National Park. K.J. Dawson and S.E. Greco. 1994. pp. 99-108. In: P.S. Aune (tech. coord.) Proceedings of the Symposium on Giant Sequoias: their Place in the Ecosystem and Society, June 23-25, 1992, Visalia, Calif.. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-151. 170 pp.
  • Spatial Patterns of Lightning Strikes and Fires in Yosemite National Park. J.W. van Wagtendonk. 1994. pp. 223-231 In: Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Oct. 26-28, 1993, Jekyll Island, GA. Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD.
  • Damage and Recovery in Southern Sierra Nevada Foothill Oak Woodland After a Severe Ground Fire. P.K. Haggerty. 1994. Madroño 41(3):185-198
  • Resolute Biocentrism: Managing for Wilderness in National Parks. D.M. Graber. 1994. In: Soulé, Michael E. and Gary Lease (editors). Nature and Reality: Critiques of Prostmodernism Deconstruction. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Effects of two millennia of changing climate and fire regimes on giant sequoia populations. N.L. Stephenson. 1994. Abstract for: Ecosystem Management and Restoration for the 21st Century, 21st Annual Natural Areas Conference, Oct. 19-22, 1994, Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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1995

  • Historic Fire Regimes Along an Elevational Gradient on the West Slope of the Sierra Nevada, California. (Acrobat PDF file - 725kb) A.C. Caprio and T.W. Swetnam. 1995. In: J.K. Brown, R.W. Mutch, C.W. Spoon, R.H. Wakimoto (tech. coord.) Proceedings: Symp. On Fire in Wilderness and Park Management. 1993 March 30-April 1; Missoula, MT, USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.
  • Effects of Fire Severity and Climate on Ring-Width Growth of Giant Sequoia After Burning. (Acrobat PDF file - 112KB) L.S. Mutch and T.W. Swetnam. 1995. In: J.K. Brown, R.W. Mutch, C.W. Spoon, R.H. Wakimoto (tech. coord.) Proceedings: Symp. On Fire in Wilderness and Park Management. 1993 March 30-April 1; Missoula, MT. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.
  • Large Fires in Wilderness Areas. J.W. van Wagtendonk 1995. In: J.K. Brown, R.W. Mutch, C.W. Spoon, R.H. Wakimoto (tech. coord.) Proceedings: Symp. On Fire in Wilderness and Park Management. 1993 March 30-April 1; Missoula, MT, USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.
  • A Comparison of Anthropogenic and Natural Edge-Creating Disturbances in the Mixed Conifer Forest of Southern Sierra Nevada, California. K.J. Lock 1995. MA Thesis, Univ. of Calif. Los Angeles. 137 pp.
  • Availability of Fire Resources and Funding for Prescribed natural Fire Programs. S.J. Botti and H.T. Nichols. 1995. Proceedings: Symp. On Fire in Wilderness and Park Management. 1993 March 30-April 1; Missoula, MT, USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.
  • Fire Effects Monitoring in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. M. Keifer and P.M. Stanzler. 1995. Proceedings: Symp. On Fire in Wilderness and Park Management. 1993 March 30-April 1; Missoula, MT, USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.
  • Fire Growth Modeling in the Sierra Nevada of California. M.A. Finney. 1995. Proceedings: Symp. On Fire in Wilderness and Park Management. 1993 March 30-April 1; Missoula, MT, USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.
  • The Ecology of Fire. R.J. Whelan. 1995. Cambridge Studies in Ecology, Cambridge Univ. Press.Cambridge, UK. 346 pp.
  • Sixty Years of Change in Conifer Forest of the San Bernardino Mountains, California. R.A. Minnich, M.G. Barbour, J. Burk, and R. Fernoe. 1995. Conservation Biology 9:902-914.
  • Restoring Fire to Giant Sequoia Groves: What Have We Learned in 25 Years? Parsons, D. J. 1995. Pages 256-258 In: S.K. Brown, R.W. Mutch, C.W. Spoon, and R.H. Wakimoto, technical coordinators. Proceedings: symposium on fire in wilderness and park management, 30 March - 1 April 1993, Missoula, Montana. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-320.
  • Fire and Fuel in a Sierra Nevada Ecosystems. J.W. van Wagtendon. 1995. In:Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources. USGS
  • Effects of Prescribed and Simulated Fire and Forest History of Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum [Lindley Btichholz]) - Mixed Conifer Ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada, California. Stephens, S. L. 1995. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
  • Regeneration Within Canopy Gaps in a Giant Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forest: Implications for Forest Restoration. Demetry, A. 1995. M.S. thesis. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • Funding Fuels Management in the National Park Service: Costs and Benefits1. (Acrobat PDF file - 235kb) S.J. Botti. 1995. In: D.R. Weise and R.E. Martin (tech. coord.) Biswell Symposium: Fire Issues and Solutions in Urban Interface and Wildland Ecosystems, February 15-17, 1994, Walnut Creek, California.. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-158.
  • The Biswell Symposium: Fire Issues and Solutions in Urban Interface and Wildland Ecosystems, February 15-17, 1994 Walnut Creek, California. D.R. Weise, R.E. Martin (Technical Coordinators). 1995. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-158. 199 pp.
  • Dr. Biswell's influence on the development of prescribed burning in California. J.W. van Wagtendonk 1995. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-158. 199 pp
  • Changes in stand density, species composition, and fuel load following prescribed fir in the southern Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest. M. Keifer. 1995. Abstract, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT.
  • The Western Region Fire Monitoring Program - Long-term monitoring in fire-maintained ecosystems. Reeberg, P., M. Keifer, and T. LaBanca. 1995. In: R.M. Linn, ed., Sustainable Society and Protected Areas: Contributed Papers of the 8th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands. The George Wright Society. Portland, OR. April 17-21, 1995.

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1996

  • The Use of Fire in Forest Restoration C.C. Hardy and S.F. Arno. 1996. In: The Use of Fire in Forest Restoration. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 86 p.
  • Restoration of Fire in National Parks D.J. Parsons and S.J. Botti. 1996 In: The Use of Fire in Forest Restoration. General Technical Report INT-GTR-341.
  • Fire and Plants W.J. Bond and B.W. van Wilgen. 1996.Chapman & Hall, London, UK. 263 pp.
  • Fire research and management in the Sierra Nevada National Parks. D.J. Parsons and J.W. van Wagtendonk. 1996. In: Halvorson, William L.; Davis, Gary E., eds. Science and Ecosystem Management in the National Parks. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press 281-294 pp.
  • Restoration as a component of ecosystem management for giant sequoia groves in California. D.G. Fullmer, R. R. Rogers, J. D. Manley, and N. L. Stephenson. 1996. Pp. 109-115 In: D. L. Peterson and C. V. Klimas (eds.), The Role of Restoration in Ecosystem Management. Society for Ecological Restoration, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Physical Properties of Woody Fuel Particles of Sierra Nevada Conifers. J.W. van Wagtendonk, J.M. Benddict, and W.M. Sydoriak. 1996. International J. of Wildland Fire 6:117-123.
  • Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress. Wildlands Resources Center Report No.37, Centers for Water and Wildlands Resources, University of California, Davis, California, USA. 1528 pp.
    • Fire and Fuels. Chapter Four. 1996. pp. 61-71. In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress: Status of the Sierra Nevada,Volume I: Assessment Summaries and Management Strategies. 1528 pp.
    • Native American Land-Use Practices and Ecological Impacts. M.K. Anderson and M.J. Moratto. 1996. pp. 187-206. In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress: Status of the Sierra Nevada, Vol. II, Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options. 1528 pp.
    • Fire Regimes, Past and Present. Skinner, C.N. and C. Chang. 1996. pp. 1041-1069. In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress: Status of the Sierra Nevada, Vol. II, Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options. 1528 pp.
    • Ecosystem Responses to Fire and Variations in Fire Regimes. Chang, C. 1996. pp. 1071-1099. In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress: Status of the Sierra Nevada, Vol. II, Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options. 1528 pp.
    • Use of a Deterministic Fire Growth Model to Test Fuel Treatments. J.W. van Wagtendonk. 1996. pp. 1155-1166. In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, Vol. II, Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options. Wildlands Resources Center Report No.37, Centers for Water and Wildlands Resources, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
    • Ecology and Management of Giant Sequoia Groves. (Acrobat PDF file - 19.7MB) N.L. Stephenson 1996. Pages 1431-1467 In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, Vol. II, Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options. Wildlands Resources Center Report No.37, Centers for Water and Wildlands Resources, University of California, Davis, California, USA. 1528 pp.
  • Mineral King Risk Reduction Project Annual Report 1995: Research, Inventory and Monitoring. (Acrobat PDF file - 3.0 MB) A. Caprio (compiler). 1996. Science and Natural Resources Management, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA. 56 pp. (Also see the Fire Reports section of the Fire Information Cache where the report is broken into smaller sections)

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1997

  • Fire Management and GIS: A Framework For Identifying and Prioritizing Fire Planning Needs. A.C. Caprio, C.M. Conover, M. Keifer, and P. Lineback. 1997. Proceedings of the 1997 ESRI Conference, San Diego, California.
  • The Sedimentary Record of Fire in Montane Meadows, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. R.S. Anderson and S.J. Smith. 1997. Pages 313-327. In: J.S. Clark et al. (eds.) Sediment Records of Biomass Burning and Global Change. NATO ASI Series, Vol. I 51. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Effects of Prescribed Burning and Drought on the Solute Chemistry of Mixed-Conifer Forest Streams of the Sierra Nevada, California. M.R. Williams and J.M. Melack. 1997. Biogeochemistry 39:225-253.
  • Fire History of a Mixed Oak-Pine Forest in the Foothills of the Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County, California. S.L. Stephens. 1997. pp. 191-198. Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Ecology, Management, and Urban Interface Issues. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report-PSW GTR-160.
  • Mineral King Risk Reduction Project Annual Report 1996: Research, Inventory and Monitoring. A. Caprio (compiler). 1997. Science and Natural Resources Management, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA. 75 pp. (Also see the Fire Reports section of the Fire Information Cache where report is broken into smaller sections)
  • Photo Series for Quantifying Fuels and Assessing Fire Risk in Giant Sequoia Groves. (Acrobat PDF file - 6.1 MB) D.R. Weise, A. Gelobter, S.M. Haase, and S.S. Sackett. 1997. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Report PSW-GTR-163. 56 pp.
  • 1997 California Association of Fire Ecologist Symposium: Fire in California Ecosystems: Intergrating Ecology, Prevention and Management, San Diego, California, Nov. 17-20, 1997. - Fire papers from Sequoia & Kings Canyon N.P. (see 2002 proceedings)
    • Fire Management and GIS: a Framework for Identifying and Prioritizing Fire Planning Needs. A.C. Caprio, C. Conover, M. Keifer, P. Lineback, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
    • Pre-Twentieth Century Fire History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: A Review and Evaluation of Our Knowledge. A.C. Caprio and P. Lineback, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
    • Beyond Initial Fuel Reduction in the Giant Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forest: Where Do We Go From Here? M. Keifer and J. Manley, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
  • Factors affecting blue oak sapling recruitment and regeneration. Swiecki, T. J.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth A.; Drake, Christiana. 1997. pp 157-168. In: Proceedings, symposium on oak woodlands: ecology, management and urban interface issues. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-160. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service.

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1998

  • Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, No. 20.. Teresa L. Pruden and Leonard A. Brennan (eds.). Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. 460 pp.
    • Fuel Load and Tree Density Changes Following Prescribed Fire in the Giant Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Forest: the First 14 Years of Fire Effects Monitoring (Acrobat PDF file - 167KB). M. Keifer. 1998. pp. 306-309. In: Leonard A. Brennan, and Teresa L. Pruden (eds.). Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, No. 20.. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. 460 pp.
    • Effects of Prescribed Fire in Giant Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Stands in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. (Acrobat PDF file - 148kb) S.M. Haase and S.S. Sackett. 1998. pp 236-243. In: Leonard A. Brennan, and Teresa L. Pruden (eds.). Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, No. 20.. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. 460 pp.
    • Twenty-six Years of Prescribed Fire Management in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: What Has Been Accomplished in Restoring Fire and its Effects? (Abstract only). D.M. Graber and D.P. Parsons. 1998. p. 244. In: Leonard A. Brennan, and Teresa L. Pruden (eds.). Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, No. 20. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. 460 pp.
    • Biological and Management Implications of Fire-Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Sequoia Ecosystem (Acrobat PDF file - 350kb) Douglas D. Piirto, John R. Parmeter, Jr., Fields W. Cobb, Jr., Kevin L. Piper, Amy C. Workinger, and William J. Otrosina. 1998. In: Leonard A. Brennan, and Teresa L. Pruden (eds.). Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, No. 20.. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. 460 pp.
  • Mixed Conifer Forest Mortality and Establishment Before and After Prescribed Fire in Sequoia National Park, California. (Acrobat PDF file - 191kb) L.S. Mutch and D.J. Parsons. 1998. Forest Science 44 (2); 341-355.
  • A Natural Disturbance Model for the Restoration of Giant Forest Village, Sequoia National Park. (Acrobat PDF file - 3,156 kb) Demetry, A. 1998. In: W.R. Keammerer and E.F. Redente, (eds.) In: Proceedings of High Altitude Revegetation Workshop, No. 13, pp.142-159. Fort Collins: Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Information Series No. 89.
  • Forest Pattern, Surface Fire Regimes, and Climatic Change in the Sierra Nevada. California. C. Miller 1998. Ph.D. dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
  • Fuel Bed Characteristics of Sierra Nevada Conifers. J.W. van Wagtendonk, J.M. Benedict, and W.M. Sydoriak. 1998. W.J. Appl. For. 13:73-84
  • Heat Content Variations of Sierra Nevada Conifers. J.W. van Wagtendonk, W.M. Sydoriak, and J.M. Benedict. 1998. Int. J. Wildland Fire 8:147-158
  • Fire History Along Elevational Transects in the Sierra Nevada, California. T.W. Swetnam, C.H. Baisan, K. Morino, and A.C. Caprio. 1998. Final report to the Sierra Nevada Global Change Research Program by Univ. of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. 176 pp.
  • The Myth of the Humanized Landscape: An Example from Yosemite National Park. T.R. Vale. 1998. Natural Areas Journal 18:231-236.
  • Effects of Fuels and Silvicultural Treatments on Potential Fire Behavior in Mixed Conifer Forests of the Sierra Nevada, CA. (Acrobat PDF file - 547 kb) S.L. Stephens. 1998. Forest Ecology and Management 105:21-34.
  • Sequoiadendron giganteum-Mixed Conifer Forest Structure in 1900-1901 from the Southern Sierra Nevada, CA. (Acrobat PDF file - 940 kb) S.L. Stephens and D. Elliott-Fisk. 1998. Madroño 3:221-230.
  • Mineral King Risk Reduction Project Annual Report 1997: Research, Inventory and Monitoring. (Acrobat PDF file - 7.8 MB) A. Caprio (compiler). 1998. Science and Natural Resources Management, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA. 91 pp. (Also see the Fire Reports section of the Fire Information Cache where the report is broken into smaller sections)
  • Mechanism of smoke-induced seed germination in a post-fire chaparral annual. Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 1998. Journal of Ecology 86:27-36.
  • Smoke-induced seed germination in Californian chaparral. Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 1998. Ecology 79:2320-2336.
  • Initial response of woodrats to prescribed burning in oak woodland. Vreeland, J.K.; Tietje, W.D. 1998. 1998 Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 34: 21-31.
  • Forest composition, structure, and change in an old-growth mixed conifer forest in the northern Sierra Nevada. J.S. Ansley and J.J. Battles. 1998. J. Torrey Botanical Society, 125:297-308.

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1999

  • A Model of Surface Fire, Climate, and Forest Pattern in the Sierra Nevada, California. (Acrobat PDF file - 367 kb) C. Miller and D. L. Urban. 1999. Ecological Modelling 1 14:113-135.
  • Interactions Between Forest Heterogeneity and Surface Fire Regimes in the Southern Sierra Nevada. C. Miller and D.L. Urban. 1999. Can. J. For. Res. 29: 202-212
  • Forest Pattern, Fire, and Climatic Change in the Sierra Nevada. (Acrobat PDF file - 3,156 kb) C. Miller and D.L. Urban. 1999. Ecosystems 2:76-87
  • Reexaming Fire Suppression Impacts on Brushland Fire Regimes. J.E. Keeley, C.J. Fotheringham and M. Morais. 1999. Science 284:1829-1832.
  • Reversal of Human-Induced Vegetation Changes in Sequoia National Park, California. D.G. Roy and J.L. Vankat 1999. Can. J. For. Res. 29: 399-412
  • Reference Conditions for Giant Sequoia Forest Restoration: Structure, Process and Precision (Acrobat PDF file - 202 kb) N.L. Stephenson. 1999. Ecological Applications Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 1253-1265
  • The Role of Climate Change in Interpreting Historical Variability. C.I. Millar and W.B. Woolfenden 1999. Ecological Applications Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 1207-1216
  • An Analytical Approach for Assessing Cost-Effectiveness of Landscape Prescribed Fires. (Acrobat PDF file - 36 kb) P.N. Omi, D.B. Rideout, S.J. Botti. 1999. pp. 237-241. In: A. Gonzalez-Caban and P.N. Omi (tech. coord.) Proceedings of the Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy: Bottom Lines; 1999 April 5-9; San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pac. SW Research Station, PSW-GTR-173. 332 pp.
  • The National Park Service Wildland Fire Management Program. S.J. Botti. 1999. pp. 7-14. In: A. Gonzalez-Caban and P.N. Omi (tech. coord.). Proceedings of the Syposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy: Bottom Lines. 1999 April 5-9, San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pac. SW Research Station, PSW-GTR-173. 332 pp.
  • Giant Sequoia Regeneration in Group Selection Openings in the Southern Sierra Nevada. (Acrobat PDF file - 112 kb) S.L. Stephens, D. Dulitz, and R.E. Martin. 1999. Forest Ecology and Management 120:89-95.
  • Assessing the Effects of Fire Disturbance on Ecosystems: A Scientific Agenda for Research and Management. D.L. Schmoldt, D.L. Peterson, R.E. Keane, J.M. Lenihan, D. McKenzie, D.R. Weise, and D.V. Sandberg. 1999. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, General Technical Report PNW-GTR-455, May 1999 Abstract
  • Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Pre-Euroamerican Fire at a Watershed Scale, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. A. Caprio (in press). In: Proceedings of the Conference on Fire Management: Emerging Policies and New Paradigms. Nov. 16-19, 1999, San Diego, CA.
  • Reducing the Wildland Fire Threat to Homes: Where and How Much? (Acrobat PDF file - 36 kb) J.D. Cohen. 1999. pp. 189-195. In: Symposium on Fire Economics, Policy, and Planning: Bottom Lines, April 5-9, 1999, San Diego, California. USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. PSW-GTR-173.
  • Problem Evaluation and Recommendations: Invasive Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park (Acrobat PDF file - 2.2 MB) A. Caprio, S. Haultain, M. Keifer, and J. Manley. June 7, 1999. Report on file, Science and Natural Resources Division, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 47050 Generals Highway, Three Rivers, CA 93271. 19 pp.
  • Structural variability of a Sierra Nevadan forest analyzed in prelude to restoration by fire. Menning, K. M., J. J. Battles, T. M. Benning, and N. L. Stephenson. 1999. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 107.
  • Variability in forest fire fuel loads across a montane valley with high variability in forest structure. Menning, K. M., T. L. Benning, J. J. Battles, and N. L. Stephenson. 1999. Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, p. 148.

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