Author: Peter H. MorrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cascade Range
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Fire History and Pattern in a Cascade Range Landscape
Author: Peter H. MorrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cascade Range
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Fire History and Pattern in a Cascade Range Landscape
Author: Peter H. MorrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cascade Range
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Fire History and Pattern in a Cascade Range Landscape
Author: A Landscape Plan Based on Historical Fire Regimes for a Managed Forest Ecosystem
Author: A Landscape Plan Based on Historical Fire Regimes for a Managed Forest Ecosystem
Author: The Landscape Ecology of Fire
Author: Donald McKenziePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400703015
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Global warming is expected to change fire regimes, likely increasing the severity and extent of wildfires in many ecosystems around the world. What will be the landscape-scale effects of these altered fire regimes? Within what theoretical contexts can we accurately assess these effects? We explore the possible effects of altered fire regimes on landscape patch dynamics, dominant species (tree, shrub, or herbaceous) and succession, sensitive and invasive plant and animal species and communities, and ecosystem function. Ultimately, we must consider the human dimension: what are the policy and management implications of increased fire disturbance, and what are the implications for human communities?
Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape
Author: Thomas ValePublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597266027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
For nearly two centuries, the creation myth for the United States imagined European settlers arriving on the shores of a vast, uncharted wilderness. Over the last two decades, however, a contrary vision has emerged, one which sees the country's roots not in a state of "pristine" nature but rather in a "human-modified landscape" over which native peoples exerted vast control. Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape seeks a middle ground between those conflicting paradigms, offering a critical, research-based assessment of the role of Native Americans in modifying the landscapes of pre-European America. Contributors focus on the western United States and look at the question of fire regimes, the single human impact which could have altered the environment at a broad, landscape scale, and which could have been important in almost any part of the West. Each of the seven chapters is written by a different author about a different subregion of the West, evaluating the question of whether the fire regimes extant at the time of European contact were the product of natural factors or whether ignitions by Native Americans fundamentally changed those regimes. An introductory essay offers context for the regional chapters, and a concluding section compares results from the various regions and highlights patterns both common to the West as a whole and distinctive for various parts of the western states. The final section also relates the findings to policy questions concerning the management of natural areas, particularly on federal lands, and of the "naturalness" of the pre-European western landscape.
Forestry Research West
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
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