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Fire Intensity and Fire Severity Terminology

Recent critiques have suggested replacing the terminology of fire intensity and fire severity. In a February 2009 research paper in the International Journal of Wildland Fire, USGS scientist Jon Keeley evaluated the current usage of these terms and draws attention to the problems encountered when clear distinctions are not made between fire More...

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Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources, vols. 1-2

This report is a comprehensive summary of the status and trends of our nation's biological resources. The report describes the major processes and factors affecting biological resources, and it treats regional status and trends. Authors of the chapters and boxes in this two-volume report were drawn from federal and state agencies, universities, More...

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