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Fires are both an integral natural process in the California landscape and growing threat to its urban and suburban developments as they encroach on wildlands. This book synthesizes knowledge of the science, ecology, and management of fire in California. Part I introduces the basics of fire ecology. It includes an historical overview of fire, vegetation, and climate in California; overviews of fire as a physical and ecological process; and reviews the interactions between fire and the physical, plant, and animal components of the environment. Part II explores the history and ecology of fire in ... More
Keywords: fire, California, wildlands, science, fire ecology, management of fire, climate, watershed management, invasive plant species, fuel management
Print publication date: 2006 | Print ISBN-13: 9780520246058 |
Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1525/california/9780520246058.001.0001 |
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