Traditional prescribed burning of coastal heathland provides niches for xerophilous and sun-loving beetles

Considerations for Prescribed Burning

BOX 10.1 Prescribed Burning for Understory Restoration

Role of Prescribed Burning. Because the longleaf ecosystem evolved with and is adapted to frequent fire, every 2 to 8 years, prescribed burning is often useful for restoring understory communities to a diverse ground layer of grasses, herbs, and small shrubs. This restoration provides habitat for a number of plant and animal species that are restricted to or found mostly in longleaf pine commun...

I PRESCRIBED BURNING with SPOT FIRES • In The Georgia Coastal Plain

Light-Sensing Protein Illuminates Sun-Loving Ocean Bacteria

August 2005 | Volume 3 | Issue 8 | e286 | e281 According to folklore, Polynesians originated from a mythical homeland called Hawaiki. The existence of such a place, however, as well as its location, has been the subject of much speculation. Signifi cant research efforts have attempted to elucidate these claims through archeological, linguistic, and, more recently, biological evidence. Jean Trej...

Prescribed Mosaic Burning in California Chaparral

In fire-prone ecosystems, knowledge of previous fire history and long-term fire regimes is essential to the establishment of ecologically sound fire management. In the Californian chaparral, fire regimes are determined by the rate of fuel accumulation and previous fire history. The evolution of patch mosaics created by fire is a non-random and self-organizing process because the occurrence of f...