The ecological importance of mixed-severity fires nature's phoenix / edited by Dominick A. DellaSala, Chief Scientist, Geos Institute, Ashland, Oregon ; Chad T. Hanson, Ecologist, the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, California.
| Other author | DellaSala, Dominick A., 1956- |
| Other author | Hanson, Chad T. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam : Elsevier, |
| Description | xxxix, 409 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Environmental Science 2015 [EBCES15] |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Biodiversity of mixed- and high-severity fires. Setting the stage for mixed- and high-severity fire -- Ecological and biodiversity benefits of megafires -- Using bird ecology to learn about the benefits of severe fire -- Mammals and mixed- and high-severity fire -- Stream-riparian ecosystems and mixed- and high-severity fire -- Bark beetles and high-severity fires in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests -- Global and regional perspectives on mixed- and high-severity fires. High-severity fires in chaparral: cognitive dissonance in the shrublands -- Regional case studies: Southeast Australia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Europe, and Boreal Canada -- Climage change: uncertainties, shifting baselines, and fire management -- Carbon dynamics of mixed- and high-severity wildfires: pyrogenic CO2 emissions, postfire carbon balance, and succession -- Managing mixed- and high-severity fires. In the aftermath of fire: logging an drelated actions degrade mixed- and high-severity burn areas -- The rising costs of wildfire suppression and the case for ecological fire use -- Flight of the phoenix: coexisting with mixed-severity fires. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015462038 |
| ISBN | 9780128027493 |
| ISBN | 0128027495 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |