Author: Gene W. WoodPublisher:
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Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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A Selected Bibliography on the Fire Ecology of the North American Forests
Author: Gene W. WoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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A Selected Bibliography of North American Forestry
Author: Edward Norfolk MunnsPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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A Selected and Annotated Bibliography for Wilderness Fire Managers
Author: Junius O. BakerPublisher:
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Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Forest Fires
Author: Edward A. JohnsonPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080506747
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
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 dependent communities have contributed to more intense and more damaging fires. For these reasons, foresters, ecologists, land managers, geographers, and environmental scientists are interested in the behavior and ecological effects of fires. This book will be the first to focus on the chemistry and physics of fire as it relates to the ways in which fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function. Leading international contributors have been recruited by the editors to prepare a didactic text/reference that will appeal to both advanced students and practicing professionals.
Fire: a Summary of Literature in the United States from the Mid-1920's to 1966
Author: Charles T. CushwaPublisher:
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Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Forests for the People
Author: Christopher JohnsonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 9781610910095
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Forests for the People tells one of the most extraordinary stories of environmental protection in our nation’s history: how a diverse coalition of citizens, organizations, and business and political leaders worked to create a system of national forests in the Eastern United States. It offers an insightful and wide-ranging look at the actions leading to the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911—landmark legislation that established a system of well-managed forests in the East, the South, and the Great Lakes region—along with case studies that consider some of the key challenges facing eastern forests today. The book begins by looking at destructive practices widely used by the timber industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including extensive clearcutting followed by forest fire that devastated entire landscapes. The authors explain how this led to the birth of a new conservation movement that began simultaneously in the Southern Appalachians and New England, and describe the subsequent protection of forests in New England (New Hampshire and the White Mountains); the Great Lakes region (Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota), and the Southern Appalachians. Following this historical background, the authors offer eight case studies that examine critical issues facing the eastern national forests today, including timber harvesting, the use of fire, wilderness protection, endangered wildlife, oil shale drilling, invasive species, and development surrounding national park borders. Forests for the People is the only book to fully describe the history of the Weeks Act and the creation of the eastern national forests and to use case studies to illustrate current management issues facing these treasured landscapes. It is an important new work for anyone interested in the past or future of forests and forestry in the United States.
Fire in America
Author: Stephen J. PynePublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805218
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 681
Book Description
From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.
Proceedings, National Wilderness Research Conference
Author: General Technical Report INT
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Selected bibliography on southern range management, 1973-1978
Author: Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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