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Selected References
  • Manley, J., M. Keifer, N. Stephenson, and W. Kaage. In press. Restoring fire to wilderness: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Fire Management Today.

  • Keifer, M., N. L. Stephenson, and J. Manley. 2000. Prescribed fire as the minimum tool for wilderness forest and fire regime restoration: a case study from the Sierra Nevada, California. Pages 266-269 In D. N. Cole, S. F. McCool, W. T. Borrie, and J. O'Loughlin, compilers. Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference -- Volume 5: Wilderness Ecosystems, Threats, and Management. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

  • Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. 2000. Modeling the effects of fire management alternatives in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests. Ecol. Applic. 10:85-94.

  • Stephenson, N. L. 1999. Reference conditions for giant sequoia forest restoration: structure, process, and precision. Ecological Applications 9:1253-1265.

  • Haase, S. M., and S. S. Sackett. 1998. Effects of prescribed fire in giant sequoia - mixed conifer stands in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Pages 236-243 in T. L. Pruden and L. A. Brennan (eds.), Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceedings 20.

  • Mutch, L. S., and D. J. Parsons. 1998. Mixed conifer forest mortality and establishment before and after prescribed fire in Sequoia National Park, California. Forest Science 44:341-355.

  • Anderson, R. S., and S. J. Smith. 1997. Sedimentary record of fire in montane meadows, Sierra Nevada, California, USA: a preliminary assessment. Pages 313-327 in J. S. Clark, H. Cachier, J. G. Goldammer, and B. Stocks (eds.), Sediment Records of Biomass Burning and Global Change. NATO ASI Series, Vol. I51, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

  • Stephenson, N. L. 1996. Ecology and management of giant sequoia groves. Pages 1431-1467 in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. II, Assessments and scientific basis for management options. Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, University of California, Davis.

  • Mutch, L. S., and T. W. Swetnam. 1995. Effects of fire severity and climate on ring-width growth of giant sequoia after burning. Pages 241-246 in J. K. Brown, R. W. Mutch, C. W. Spoon, and R. H. Wakimoto (tech. coords.), Proceedings: Symposium on fire in wilderness and park management. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.

  • Parsons, D. J. 1995. Restoring fire to giant sequoia groves: what have we learned in 25 years? Pages 256-258 in J. K. Brown, R. W. Mutch, C. W. Spoon, and R. H. Wakimoto (tech. coords.), Proceedings: Symposium on fire in wilderness and park management. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-320.

  • Parsons, D. J. 1994. Objects or ecosystems? Giant sequoia management in national parks. Pages 109-115 in P. S. Aune (tech. coord.), Proceedings of the Symposium on Giant Sequoias: their place in the ecosystem and society. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-151.

  • Stephenson, N. L. 1994. Long-term dynamics of giant sequoia populations: implications for managing a pioneer species. Pages 56-63 in P. S. Aune (tech. coord.). Proceedings of the Symposium on Giant Sequoias: their place in the ecosystem and society. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-151.

  • Swetnam, T. W. 1993. Fire history and climate change in giant sequoia groves. Science 262:885-889.

  • Stephenson, N. L., D. J. Parsons, and T. W. Swetnam. 1991. Restoring natural fire to the sequoia-mixed conifer forest: should intense fire play a role? Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 17:321-337.

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