Vegetation Dynamics on the Mountains and Plateaus of the American Southwest (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

The book provides information essential for anyone interested in the ecology of the American Southwest, including land managers, environmental planners, conservationists, ecologists and students. It is unique in its coverage of the hows and whys of dynamics (changes) in the major types of vegetation occurring on southwestern mountains and plateaus. It explains the drivers and processes of change, describes historical changes and provides conceptual models that diagrammatically illustrate past, present, and potential future changes. All major types of vegetation are covered: spruce-fir, mixed conifer, and ponderosa pine forests, pinyon-juniper vegetation, subalpine-montane grassland, and Gambel oak and interior chaparral shrublands. The focus is on vegetation that is relatively undisturbed, i.e., in natural and near-natural condition, and how it responds to natural disturbances such as fire and drought, as well as to anthropogenic disturbances such as fire exclusion and invasive species

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Plant and Vegetation, 8
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	John Vankat
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	461
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400761483
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	9400761481
Barcode:	9789400761483

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