European colonization of the Americas, indigenous peoples used fire to modify the landscape. This influence over the fire regime was part of the environmental...
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Controlled burn (redirect from Prescribed fire)
Fire ecology Fire-stick farming Native American use of fire in ecosystems Wildfire suppression "Managing Brush Fires" (PDF). February 2017. "What is Hazard...
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Introduced species Invasive species Native American use of fire in ecosystems Naturalisation Neophyte Satoyama Social forestry in India Urban wildlife Herbert...
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important to have a diversity of different fire ages, to encourage biodiversity. Native American use of fire in ecosystems Biochar Fire regime Shifting cultivation...
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Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly...
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Fire ecology is a scientific discipline concerned with the effects of fire on natural ecosystems. Many ecosystems, particularly prairie, savanna, chaparral...
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wildland fire use, or the allowing of fire to act as a tool, such as the case with controlled burns. Native American use of fire in ecosystems are part of the...
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and animal species, and is one of the most biodiverse in North America. Once one of the largest ecosystems in North America, from Virginia south to Florida...
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An ecosystem, short for ecological system, is defined as a collection of interacting organisms within a biophysical environment.: 458 Ecosystems are never...
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Invasive species (redirect from Commercial use of invasive species)
propagule pressure). In ecosystems, the availability of resources determines the impact of additional species on the ecosystem. Stable ecosystems have a resource...
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Fire in California's Ecosystems. University of California Press. pp. 417. ISBN 978-0-520-24605-8. Anderson, M. Kat (2006). Tending the Wild: Native American...
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California (redirect from California, United States of America)
burns as a way of clearing excessive forest debris and making landscapes more resilient to wildfires. Native American use of fire in ecosystem management...
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Ecological restoration (redirect from Restoration of natural ecosystems)
transformed. It is distinct from conservation in that it attempts to retroactively repair already damaged ecosystems rather than take preventative measures....
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Campfire (redirect from Flint and steel fire)
at which there is a fire. Some camps refer to the fire itself as a campfire. A new analysis of burned antelope bones from caves in Swartkrans, South Africa...
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woodlands of North America, consisting of a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem, were maintained by both natural lightning fires and by Native Americans before...
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conducted by the indigenous population of Australia. Fire-stick farming Native American use of fire in ecosystems Biochar Controlled burn 391) Enrique Salmón:...
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Ecology (redirect from Ecosystem science)
reef ecosystems to thrive by eating algae that would otherwise inhibit coral growth. Similarly, invasive species can wreak havoc on ecosystems. For instance...
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Grassland (redirect from Grassland ecosystem)
ecosystems dominated by herbaceous and shrub vegetation, and maintained by fire, grazing, drought and/or freezing temperatures." (Pilot Assessment of...
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Tropical salt pond ecosystem Terrestrial ecosystem Boreal ecosystem Groundwater-dependent ecosystems Montane ecosystem Urban ecosystem Ecosystems grouped by condition...
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University of Miami Press. ISBN 978-0-87024-073-7 Whitney, Ellie et al., eds. (2004). Priceless Florida: Natural Ecosystems and Native Species, Pineapple...
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agriculture in the United States Holocene extinction#Americas, extinction of species caused by human action Native American use of fire in ecosystems Environmental...
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Mannahatta Project (category Environment of New York City)
formative impact of Native American use of fire in ecosystems. It culminated in 2009 for the 400th anniversary with the publication of the book Mannahatta:...
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Disturbance (ecology) (redirect from Ecosystem disturbance)
weeds. Another example of anthropogenic disturbance is controlled burns used by Native Americans to maintain fire-dependent ecosystems. These disturbances...
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Bromus tectorum (category Bunchgrasses of Africa)
snyderi) in western North America. The availability of native seed will always be a limiting factor in restoration of sagebrush ecosystems after a...
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Tallgrass prairie (category Grasslands of the North American Great Plains)
The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America. Historically, natural and anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals...
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Mesquite (category Garden plants of North America)
outcompete other native plants and they are now considered invasive species because they are able to take advantage of vulnerable ecosystems. Since Australia...
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Prairie Peninsula (category Grasslands of the United States)
that the Native American use of fire in ecosystem management contributed to the formation and maintenance of the ecosystem. The formation of the peninsula...
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Quercus garryana (redirect from Garry oak ecosystem)
Natural Resource Operations: Garry Oak Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team: Information about native plant gardening, propagation, removing invasive plants...
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Ecosystem health is a metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem. Ecosystem condition can vary as a result of fire, flooding, drought, extinctions...
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