Painting the Landscape with Fire : Longleaf Pines and Fire Ecology /

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Fire can be a destructive, deadly element of nature, capable of obliterating forests, destroying homes, and taking lives. This book describes this phenomenon but also tells a different story, one that reveals the role of fire ecology in healthy, dynamic forests. Fire is a beneficial element which al...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Latham, Den
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Fire ecology > South Carolina.
Longleaf pine > Effect of fires on.
Forests and forestry > Southern States.
Écologie des feux > Caroline du Sud.
Pin à longues feuilles > Effets des incendies sur.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Forests & Rainforests.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
NATURE > Plants > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Forestry.
Fire ecology.
Forests and forestry.
South Carolina.
Southern States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Shibu Jose
  • Fire Is Good
  • Fire Tour
  • Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
  • Snake Cruising I
  • Staging a Burn
  • After a Burn : Longleaf Pine Strategy
  • Groundwork
  • Sandhills Botany
  • Banding Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
  • Under a Red Flag
  • Quail in a Longleaf Pine Habitat
  • In Search of the Elusive White Wicky
  • Snake Cruising II
  • Wild Turkeys
  • Translocation
  • The Francis Marion
  • Wildland-Urban Interface
  • The Grandfather Pine.

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