The prevailing paradigm in the western U.S. is that the increase in stand-replacing wildfires in historically frequent-fire dry forests is due to unnatural fuel loads that have resulted from management activities including fire suppression, logging, and grazing, combined with more severe drought conditions and increasing temperatures.
There is Cafe Ariman (Kungsgatan 2; ariman.se), coffee shop by day, beer spot by night — historically frequented by leftists, radicals and intellectuals — whose Web site hints that the red color scheme is both literal and "perhaps metaphorical".
Koop frames Roosevelt Island as something of a paradox — a visually familiar part of the New York City landscape, yet historically frequented only by those with long term healthcare needs; a stone's throw from the glittering metropolis, the place is yet an island unto itself.
Fire suppression has been reported to homogenize landscapes in regions that historically experienced frequent wildfire.
In many wildfires burning today in forests that historically had frequent fires, tree mortality patches are an order of magnitude or two larger than those that occurred in the past.
We conducted a meta-analysis to determine if there were consistent responses of understory vegetation to these treatments in North American forests that historically experienced frequent surface fire regimes (<20 years fire return interval, FRI).
The net benefit to the transit authority is reduced total cost of ownership through extended maintenance intervals, potential elimination of historically identified frequent tasks, automated vehicle inspections, reduced planned maintenance activities and reduced spares holdings.
While China-India ties have been limited historically, with frequent friction over border disputes, relations have transitioned to peace and tranquility on their shared border, Jaishankar said, even as negotiations continue.
Military basic training sites have historically experienced frequent respiratory epidemics among troops in crowded housing (11 – 14 ), and active surveillance for ILI is conducted year-round.
Many western conifer forests were historically affected by frequent, low- to mixed-severity fires.
