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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Autres auteurs: Johnson, E. A. (Edward Arnold), Miyanishi, Kiyoko
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, �2001.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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