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Living with fire : fire ecology and policy for the twenty-first century /

Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the rich yet largely uncharted terrain at the intersection of fi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jensen, Sara E., 1978-
Otros Autores: McPherson, Guy R. (Guy Randall), 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Uncertainty and change
  • Wildland fire in the West : the big picture
  • Fanning the flames : human influences on fire regimes
  • The failed state of fire suppression
  • Logging the forests to save them
  • Tools for living with fire
  • Policy solutions.