Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)

Both fire and climatic variability have monumental impacts on the dynamics of temperate ecosystems. These impacts can sometimes be extreme or devastating as seen in recent El Nino/La Nina cycles and in uncontrolled fire occurrences. This volume brings together research conducted in western North and South America, areas of a great deal of collaborative work on the influence of people and climate change on fire regimes. In order to give perspective to patterns of change over time, it emphasizes the integration of paleoecological studies with studies of modern ecosystems. Data from a range of spatial scales, from individual plants to communities and ecosystems to landscape and regional levels, are included. Contributions come from fire ecology, paleoecology, biogeography, paleoclimatology, landscape and ecosystem ecology, ecological modeling, forest management, plant community ecology and plant morphology. The book gives a synthetic overview of methods, data and simulation models for evaluating fire regime processes in forests, shrublands and woodlands and assembles case studies of fire, climate and land use histories. The unique approach of this book gives researchers the benefits of a north-south comparison as well as the integration of paleoecological histories, current ecosystem dynamics and modeling of future changes.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ecological Studies, 160
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	2003
Editors:	Thomas T. Veblen • William L. Baker • Gloria Montenegro • Thomas W Swetnam
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	446
Edition:	2003 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-95455-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General
LSN:	0-387-95455-4
Barcode:	9780387954554

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!