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All of the lecture notes from GEOG 3110 - Biogeography, taught at the University of Guelph. All hand-written notes.

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GEOG 3110

,NOTES

, Biotic & Natural Resources
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
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Scientists study biophysical systems to key
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successful
to
managem
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understand their functionality scientific basis for both
settin
Resource systems
manage biophysical
managers set making management decisions





to achieve objectives by policymakers

SAGUARO CACTUS
1933 National Monument 1944
Saguaro suppression operations
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1939 dead / by

Evidence of disease date
dying saguaro as observed
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park managers Only old seemed
saguaro
1941 bacterium isolated from 1970 of mortality conc
decaying tissue cause
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Experimental 1. 3km2 was cleared of to climatic variability ( hard
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diseased Research past studies shoul
saguaro
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on


differences between
No marked conducted when the
pathogen
treatment and controlled lots discovered


WHAT CAUSES WILDFIRES ?


Fuels accumulation
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Evidence for fuels :



harder to control
dangerous

Fire suppression post
I>
Bigger ,
more ,




put out fire ↳
Fires have
more trees stay intact /
gotten large s
=




fuels Evidence for weather :
grow more
.

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Weather weather variation ↳ Pacific Decadal Oscillatio
years among
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rather than fuel variation associated with lived El Nino -
like patter
stand
age
climate variability

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Humans Pacific Northwest fires
and extensive the
during
FIRE SUPPRESSION PARADOX
Fire suppression → Less area burned →

Longer Fires smaller but more
fre
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are
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time between fires older forests ,
→ More fuels protected zones of the Boreal
accumulation → Uncontrollable fires → More
.


Detection is biased in unprotec
typically only fires
area burned
larger are s
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3 key assumptions :
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No consistent relationship betw

Fire suppression is effective and level of protection

Older forests have more fuel than
younger ones
Longer fire
↳ intervals

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