Author: Richard K. MyersPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Coastal Plain Forest Plant Community Response to Hurricane-fire Interactions
Author: Richard K. MyersVegetation Along an Environmental Gradient in a Coastal Plain Forest Impacted by Hurricane and Fire
Author: Philip WeatherfordAnnual Report for ...
Author: United States. Forest Service. Southern Research StationPublisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
General Technical Report SO.
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
General Technical Report SRS
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Proceedings of the ... Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Hurricane Hugo
Author: Effects of Fire on Flora
Author: James E. LotanPublisher:
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Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Plant-Fire Interactions
Author: Víctor Resco de DiosPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030411923
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book provides a unique exploration of the inter-relationships between the science of plant environmental responses and the understanding and management of forest fires. It bridges the gap between plant ecologists, interested in the functional and evolutionary consequences of fire in ecosystems, with foresters and fire managers, interested in effectively reducing fire hazard and damage. This innovation in this study lies in its focus on the physiological responses of plants that are of relevance for predicting forest fire risk, behaviour and management. It covers the evolutionary trade-offs in the resistance of plants to fire and drought, and its implications for predicting fuel moisture and fire risk; the importance of floristics and plant traits, in interaction with landform and atmospheric conditions, to successfully predict fire behaviour, and provides recommendations for pre- and post- fire management, in relation with the functional composition of the community. The book will be particularly focused on examples from Mediterranean environments, but the underlying principles will be of broader utility.
Fire Ecology of Florida and the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Author: Reed F. NossPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 081305219X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
A biodiversity hotspot, Florida is home to many ecosystems and species that evolved in the presence of frequent fire. In this book, Reed Noss discusses the essential role of fire in generating biodiversity and offers best practices for using fire to keep the region's ecosystems healthy and resilient. Reviewing several lines of evidence, Noss shows that fire has been important to the southeastern Coastal Plain for tens of millions of years. He explains how the region's natural fire regimes are connected to its climate, high rate of lightning strikes, physical chemistry, and vegetation. But urbanization and active fire suppression have reduced the frequency and extent of fires. Noss suggests the practice of controlled burning can and should be improved to protect fire-dependent species and natural communities from decline and extinction. Noss argues that fire managers should attempt to simulate natural fire regimes when conducting controlled burns. Based on what the species of the Southeast likely experienced during their evolutionary histories, he makes recommendations about pyrodiversity, how often and in what seasons to burn, the optimal heterogeneity of burns, mechanical treatments such as cutting and roller-chopping, and the proper use of fuel breaks. In doing so, Noss is the first to apply the new discipline of evolutionary fire ecology to a specific region. This book is a fascinating history of fire ecology in Florida, an enlightening look at why fire matters to the region, and a necessary resource for conservationists and fire managers in the state and elsewhere.