Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum [Lindl.] J. Buchholz) preserve a detailed history of fire within their annual rings. We developed a 3000 year chronology of fire events in one of the largest extant groves of ancient giant sequoias, the Giant Fore
logging in south-central Florida, show large areas devoid of pine timber which coincidentally overlap with the presettlement survey mapped “prairies”. Modern accounts of Florida grasslands highlighting landscape, historical, fire regime and biota differences are numerous (Stephenson2011; Bridges2006a,b;...
The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.Isaiah 5:28-30Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. / Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar...
Médhu. The drink of the gods flowed down his throat, giving rise to the image of heroes—their horses thundered over a wide pasture under a broad clouded sky, raining flint arrows on cattle raiders, bolts of bronze axes reddening their dog skins, splattering their wolf skins....
Troy, and the Trojans took it too readily, resulting in doom and destruction. The horse became known as the Trojan horse. Now the name is even applied to computer viruses, which creep into our programs disguised as something else. However, the appetizer of this chapter is not a Trojan ...
His family were mild nobility from Rel Astra but fled to the Grandwood Forest and he was raised among the Freefolk. From childhood his life was one of adventure, He became apprentice to a mage known for the crafting of minor items of magical power and spent years assisting in the enchantm...
Fig. 1. A conceptual diagram of positive and negative feedback mechanisms as they relate to peatland soil properties (hydrology and bulk density) and peat wildland fire. Major water fluxes are also included (wide, patterned arrows). Note that the diagram is not to scale and is not meant to...
Their arrows made a sound like a flock of birds taking wing. Guardsmen strode the wallwalks, peering between the gargoyles on the host camped without. The morning air was hazy with the smoke of cookfires, as three thousand men sat down to break their fasts beneath the banners of their ...
From within the sitting room a sudden howl erupted. “No, no, no…” Henry looked irritably at the French doors then turned back to his sons, “What would you do and where out west are you speaking of.” Raeford spoke, “What’s one of the biggest money makers here in Kansas City ...
Troy, and the Trojans took it too readily, resulting in doom and destruction. The horse became known as the Trojan horse. Now the name is even applied to computer viruses, which creep into our programs disguised as something else. However, the appetizer of this chapter is not a Trojan ...