Forest fires : behavior and ecological effects /

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Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to prohibit fire in fire dependen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Other Authors: Johnson, E. A. (Edward Arnold), Miyanishi, Kiyoko
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, �2001.
Subjects:
Forest fires.
Fire ecology.
Forest management.
Ecology.
Ecology
�Ecologie.
For�ets > Incendies.
�Ecologie des feux.
For�ets > Gestion.
ecology.
NATURE > Plants > Trees.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Forests & Rainforests.
Fire ecology
Forest fires
Forest management
Brandgefahr
Feuer�okologie
Wald�okosystem
Waldbrand
INC�ENDIO FLORESTAL.
Skogsbr�ander.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Strengthening fire ecology's roots / Edward A. Johnson and Kiyoko Miyanishi
  • Flames / K. Saito
  • Combustion chemistry and smoke / D. Ward
  • Water relations of forest fuels / Ralph M. Nelson, Jr.
  • Wildland fire spread models / R.O. Weber
  • Wind-aided fire spread / F.E. Fendell and M.F. Wolff
  • Fire plumes / G.N. Mercer and R.O. Weber
  • Coupling atmospheric and fire models / Mary Ann Jenkins, Terry Clark and Janice Coen
  • Surface energy budget and fuel moisture / Kenneth E. Kunkel
  • Climate, weather, and area burned / M.D. Flannigan and B.M. Wotton
  • Lightning and forest fires / Don Latham and Earle Williams
  • Statistical inference for historical fire frequency using the spatial mosaic / W.J. Reed
  • Duff consumption / K. Miyanishi
  • Fire effects on trees / M.B. Dickinson and E.A. Johnson
  • Forest fire management / David L. Martell.

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