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Usda Forest Service

USDA Forest Service

Wildland fire is an important disturbance agent in the western US and globally. However, the natural role of fire has been disrupted in many regions due to the influence of human activities, which have the potential to either exclude or promote fire, resulting in a ‘‘fire deficit’’ or ‘‘fire surplus’’, respectively. In this study, we developed a model of expected area burned for the western US ...

USDA Sample Proposal

Hypoglycemia represents a dangerous acute condition for neonates and fordiabetics of all ages. For neonates, careful monitoring of plasma glucoseconcentrations in at-risk newborns over the first few hours of life has becomestandard medical practice throughout the nation to guard against hypoglycemia.However, today’s state-of-the-art techniques for accurately detectinghypogly...

Special Issue from the 4th USDA Greenhouse Gas Symposium.

Agronomic crops are produced across a variety of landscapes and climates and changes in climate impact their production effi ciency and potential greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration. Studies that reported the response of crops to climate change demonstrated the variation in response, the challenges that need to be addressed in evaluating these responses, and the interactions among natura...