We examined the impact of single-tree selective logging and fuel reduction burns on the abundance of hollow-nesting bird species
at a regional scale in southeastern Queensland, Australia. Data were collected on species abundance and habitat structure
of dry sclerophyll production forest at 36 sites with known logging and fire histories. Sixteen bird species were recorded
with most being resident, territorial, obligate hollow nesters that used hollows that were either small (<10 cm diameter)
or very large (>18 cm diameter). Species densities were typically low, but combinations of two forest management and three
habitat structural variables influenced the abundances of eight bird species in different and sometimes conflicting ways.
The results suggest that habitat tree management for biodiversity in production forests cannot depend upon habitat structural
characteristics alone. Management histories appear to have independent influence (on some bird species) that are distinguishable
from their impacts on habitat structure per se. Rather than managing to maximize species abundances to maintain biodiversity, we may be better off managing to avoid extinctions
of populations by identifying thresholds of acceptable fluctuations in populations of not only hollow-nesting birds but other
forest dependent wildlife relative to scientifically valid forest management and habitat structural surrogates. 相似文献
Fire occurrences and their sources were monitored in Emas National Park, Brazil (17°49′–18°28′S; 52°39′–53°10′W) from June
1995 to May 1999. The extent of burned area and weather conditions were registered. Forty-five fires were recorded and mapped
on a GIS during this study. Four fires occurred in the dry winter season (June–August; 7,942 ha burned), all caused by humans;
10 fires occurred in the seasonally transitional months (May and September) (33,386 ha burned); 31 fires occurred in the wet
season, of which 30 were caused by lightning inside the park (29,326 ha burned), and one started outside the park (866 ha
burned). Wet season lightning fires started in the open vegetation (wet field or grassy savanna) at a flat plateau, an area
that showed significantly higher fire incidence. On average, winter fires burned larger areas and spread more quickly, compared
to lightning fires, and fire suppression was necessary to extinguish them. Most lightning fires were patchy and extinguished
primarily by rain. Lightning fires in the wet season, previously considered unimportant episodes, were shown to be very frequent
and probably represent the natural fire pattern in the region. Lightning fires should be regarded as ecologically beneficial,
as they create natural barriers to the spread of winter fires. The present fire management in the park is based on the burning
of preventive firebreaks in the dry season and exclusion of any other fire. This policy does not take advantage of the beneficial
effects of the natural fire regime and may in fact reduce biodiversity. The results presented here stress the need for reevaluating
present policies and management procedures concerning fire in cerrado conservation areas. 相似文献
Now in Russian Federation and other countries large-scale oil terminals (volume of one tank exceeds 100 000 m3, total volume of tanks exceeds 300 000 m3) are designed and constructed. Therefore fire safety of such objects becomes a very important task, solution of which is hardly possible without detail fire risk assessment. This study is aimed to a solution of this problem. Potential, individual and social risks were calculated. The potential risk was defined as a frequency of occurrence of hazardous factors of fires and explosions in a given point of space (the so-called risk contours). The individual risk was defined as a frequency of injuring a given person by hazardous factors of fires and explosions. Time of presence of this person in hazardous zones (near the hazardous installation) is taken into account during calculations of the individual risk. Social risk was defined as a dependence of frequency of injuring a given number of people by hazardous factors of fires and explosions on this number. In practice the social risk is usually determined on injuring not less than 10 people.
The oil terminal under consideration includes the following main parts: crude oil storage consisting of three tanks of volume 100 000 m3 each, input crude oil pipeline of diameter 0.6 m, crude oil pumps, output crude oil pipeline of diameter 0.8 m, auxiliary buildings and facilities. The following main scenarios of tank fires have been considered: rim seal fire, pool fire on a surface of a floating roof, pool fire on a total cross-section surface of the tank, pool fire in a dyke, explosions in closed or semiclosed volumes. Fires and explosions in other parts of the terminal are also taken into account. Effects of escalation of accidents are considered.
Risk contours have been calculated both for the territory of the terminal and for the neighbouring space. The potential risk for the storage zone is near 10−4–10−5 year−1, and at a distance 500 m from the terminal the potential risk values do not exceed 10−6 year−1. The values of the individual risk for various categories of workers are in the range of 10−5–10−6 year−1. Because of low number of the workers on the terminal and large distances to towns and villages the social risk value is negligible. These risk values are consistent with practice of the best oil companies, and fire hazard level of the terminal can be accepted as tolerable. 相似文献
A mathematical model simulates the cumulative volume of debris produced from brushland watersheds. Application of this model to a 176-km2 (0.678 = mi2) watershed along the southern flank of the Central San Gabriel Mountains permits assessment of expected debris production associated with alternative fire-management policies. The political implications of simulated debris production are evaluated through a conceptual model that links interest groups to particular successional stages in brushland watersheds by means of the resources claimed by each group. It is concluded that in theory, a rotation burn policy would provide benefits to more interest groups concerned about southern California's brushland watersheds than does the current fire exclusion policy.This research was supported by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and by the Office of Water Research and Technology, USDI, under the Allotment program of Public Law 88–379, as amended, and by the University of California. Water Resources Center, as a part of Office of Water Research and Technology Project No. A-058-CAL and Water Resources Center Project UCAL-WRC-499. Support was also provided by the California Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley, California. 相似文献