Browsing by Author "Keeley, Jon E."
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A Mid-Holocene Fauna from Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, California
Mead, Jim I.; McGinnis, Thomas W.; Keeley, Jon E.Test excavation of floor fill deposits in the first room in Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, produced fossiliferous sediments down to at least 40 cm depth. Radiocarbon analysis of charcoal from this layer indicates ... -
Distribution and Stability of Grasslands in the Los Angeles Basin
Freudenberger, David O.; Fish, Brian E.; Keeley, Jon E.Present grassland distribution (as of 1 980) was mapped from modem <br /><br />aerial photographs for 21 7.5 minute quadrangles in the Los Angeles Basin. These <br /><br />patterns were compared with the distribution of ... -
Factors Affecting Germination of Chaparral Seeds
Keeley, Jon E.Factors affecting germination of chaparral seeds by Jon E. Keeley. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci., 83(3): 1 13-120, 1984. Seedling establishment is uncommon under mature chaparral but abundant after fire. Germination ... -
Postfire Vegetation Recovery in the Santa Monica Mountains Under Two Alternative Management Programs
Keeley, Jon E.n the autumn of 1993, two large wildfires were ignited within a week <br /><br />of each other at opposite ends of the Santa Monica Mountains. This study com- <br /><br />pared postfire plant recovery on the Green Meadow ... -
Protecting the WUI in California: Greenbelts vs thinning for wildfire threats to homes
Keeley, Jon E.This study utilized native chaparral and sage scrub shrubs to evaluate the impact of light summer irrigation on live fuel moisture content (LFMC) and predicted fire behavior. As to be expected LFMC varied markedly throughout ...