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Author | : Jan W. van Wagtendonk |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 2018-06-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0520961919 |
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Fire in California’s Ecosystems describes fire in detail—both as an integral natural process in the California landscape and as a growing threat to urban and suburban developments in the state. Written by many of the foremost authorities on the subject, this comprehensive volume is an ideal authoritative reference tool and the foremost synthesis of knowledge on the science, ecology, and management of fire in California. Part One introduces the basics of fire ecology, including overviews of historical fires, vegetation, climate, weather, fire as a physical and ecological process, and fire regimes, and reviews the interactions between fire and the physical, plant, and animal components of the environment. Part Two explores the history and ecology of fire in each of California's nine bioregions. Part Three examines fire management in California during Native American and post-Euro-American settlement and also current issues related to fire policy such as fuel management, watershed management, air quality, invasive plant species, at-risk species, climate change, social dynamics, and the future of fire management. This edition includes critical scientific and management updates and four new chapters on fire weather, fire regimes, climate change, and social dynamics.
Author | : Neil G. Sugihara |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 613 |
Release | : 2006-11-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0520246055 |
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Focusing on California and issues specific to fire ecology and management in the state's bioregions, this work provides scientific information for use in land restoration and other management decisions made in the field. It introduces the basics of fire ecology, and includes an overview of fire, vegetation and climate in California; and more.
Author | : Harold Mooney |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 1008 |
Release | : 2016-01-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520278801 |
Download Ecosystems of California Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.
Author | : Sara E. Jensen |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2008-08-04 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520942515 |
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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 fire policy, fire science, and fire management in order to find better ways of addressing this pressing dilemma. Written in clear language, it will help scientists, policy makers, and the general public, especially residents of fire-prone areas, better understand where we are today in regard to coping with wildfires, how we got here, and where we need to go. Drawing on abundant historical and analytic information to shed new light on current controversies, Living with Fire offers a dynamic new paradigm for coping with fire that recognizes its critical environmental role. The book also tells how we can rebuild the important ecological and political processes that are necessary for finding better ways to cope with fire and with other complex policy dilemmas.
Author | : David Carle |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780520240865 |
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Author | : David Carle |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2021-08-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520379144 |
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"What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did the California Indians use fire? David Carle focuses on this fundamental element of the natural world, giving a fascinating and concise view of this complex topic. This clearly written, dramatically illustrated book will help Californians, including the millions who live near naturally flammable wildlands, better understand their own place in the state's landscape. Carle covers the basics of fire ecology; looks at the effects of fire on wildlife, soil, water, and air; discusses fire-fighting organizations and land management agencies; explains current policies, and explores many other topics, including the extreme and deadly fire events of 2020 and evidence that climate change is changing the wildfire story in California"--
Author | : David Carle |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2008-08-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520255771 |
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“Carle does an excellent job of telling complex social, biological, and physical stories in a way that makes them not only accessible, but also interesting.”—Neil G. Sugihara, coeditor of Fire in California's Ecosystems “A welcome contribution to the California Natural History Guides series that integrates the natural and cultural history of fire in California in an engaging style.”—James K. Agee, author of Steward's Fork and Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests
Author | : Jon E. Keeley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 523 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0521824915 |
Download Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores the role of fire in Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, providing unique insights into the assembly and evolutionary convergence of ecosystems.
Author | : George E. Gruell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Download Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests, George Gruell examines the woodlands through repeat photography: rephotographing sites depicted in historical photographs to compare past vegetation to present. The book asks readers to study the evidence, then take an active part in current debates over prescribed fire, fuel buildup, logging, and the management of our national forests.
Author | : Rachel Seigel |
Publisher | : Disaster Alert! |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-09-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780778751748 |
Download California and Other Western Wildfires Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
It cost $10 billion to combat the wildfires in California in 2017 that scorched 300,000 acres of land and left 100,000 people displaced. With dry weather and drought bringing more catastrophic wildfires to the western United States and Canada, this timely title discusses the human and physical impacts of these and other fire disasters and how fire professionals and policymakers are combatting them.