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Through The Eyes Of Locals: A Changing Climate In Bolivia, Jacob D. Rex Jan 2019

Through The Eyes Of Locals: A Changing Climate In Bolivia, Jacob D. Rex

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Deforestation and Agricultural Land-Use Change in Bolivia as a Function of Socio-Economic Realities.

This research combines semi-structured interviews of key informants and local participants, as well as field observations, which were conducted between January and April of 2019 in the Departments of Santa Cruz & Chuquisaca.


Comparing Changes In Fuel Loading, Tree Regeneration, And Forest Structure In Once- And Twice-Burned Mixed-Conifer Forests With A Before-After-Control-Impact Case Study In The Bob Marshall Wilderness, Wyatt W. Trull Jan 2017

Comparing Changes In Fuel Loading, Tree Regeneration, And Forest Structure In Once- And Twice-Burned Mixed-Conifer Forests With A Before-After-Control-Impact Case Study In The Bob Marshall Wilderness, Wyatt W. Trull

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Wildfires drive landscape character in the seasonally dry mixed-conifer forests of western North America. Forested landscapes in this region are a mosaic of overlapping burn perimeters, which span a wide gradient of severity and burn age. The goal of this study was to compare the effects of single and repeat wildfires on fuel loading and forest structure and composition. Our study site spans the east and west sides of the South Fork of Flathead River in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The east side of the river burned in 2000 in the Helen Creek Fire. The west side of the river …