- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
-
chapter 1 . Fire and California Vegetation -
Part I Introduction to Fire Ecology -
chapter 2 . California Climate and Fire Weather -
chapter 3 Fire as a Physical Process -
chapter 4 Fire as an Ecological Process -
chapter 5 Fire and Physical Environment Interactions -
chapter 6 Fire and Plant Interactions -
chapter 7 Fire and Animal Interactions -
PART II The History and Ecology of Fire in California’s Bioregions -
chapter 8 North Coast Bioregion -
chapter 9 . Klamath Mountains Bioregion -
chapter 10 Southern Cascades Bioregion -
chapter 11 . Northeastern Plateaus Bioregion -
chapter 12 Sierra Nevada Bioregion -
chapter 13 Central Valley Bioregion -
chapter 14 . Central Coast Bioregion -
chapter 15 South Coast Bioregion -
chapter 16 Southeastern Deserts Bioregion -
PART III Fire Management Issues in California’s Ecosystems -
chapter 17 The Use of Fire by Native Americans in California -
chapter 18 Fire Management and Policy Since European Settlement -
chapter 19 Fire and Fuel Management -
chapter 20 Fire, Watershed Resources, and Aquatic Ecosystems -
chapter 21 Fire and Air Resources -
chapter 22 Fire and Invasive Plant Species -
chapter 23 Fire and At-Risk Species -
chapter 24 The Future of Fire in California’s Ecosystems -
APPENDIX 1 Plant Common and Scientific Names -
APPENDIX 2 Animal Common and Scientific Names -
APPENDIX 3 Bioregions, Ecological Zones, and Plant Alliances of California that Occur in this Text - Glossary
- Index
South Coast Bioregion
South Coast Bioregion
- Chapter:
- (p.350) chapter 15 South Coast Bioregion
- Source:
- Fire in California's Ecosystems
- Author(s):
Jon E. Keeley
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter investigates the South Coast bioregion in Southern California. There are two broad ecological zones: the coastal valleys and foothill zone and the montane zone. Grasslands are resilient to a wide range of fire frequencies. Fire regimes in big-cone Douglas-fir forests vary spatially and temporally. Lodgepole pine forests are at the highest end of the elevational gradient for forests exposed to fire on any regular basis. Landscape scale prescription burning on a rotational basis is a questionable management strategy in this bioregion. A broader application of fuel manipulations may be warranted for managing fires that occur under mild weather conditions and are not wind-driven events. Regardless of how climate affects fuels, based on current patterns of burning it appears that throughout this region the primary threat to future fire regimes is more tied to future patterns of human demography than to climate.
Keywords: South Coast, Southern California, fire, Douglas-fir forests, lodgepole pine forests, fuel, climate
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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
-
chapter 1 . Fire and California Vegetation -
Part I Introduction to Fire Ecology -
chapter 2 . California Climate and Fire Weather -
chapter 3 Fire as a Physical Process -
chapter 4 Fire as an Ecological Process -
chapter 5 Fire and Physical Environment Interactions -
chapter 6 Fire and Plant Interactions -
chapter 7 Fire and Animal Interactions -
PART II The History and Ecology of Fire in California’s Bioregions -
chapter 8 North Coast Bioregion -
chapter 9 . Klamath Mountains Bioregion -
chapter 10 Southern Cascades Bioregion -
chapter 11 . Northeastern Plateaus Bioregion -
chapter 12 Sierra Nevada Bioregion -
chapter 13 Central Valley Bioregion -
chapter 14 . Central Coast Bioregion -
chapter 15 South Coast Bioregion -
chapter 16 Southeastern Deserts Bioregion -
PART III Fire Management Issues in California’s Ecosystems -
chapter 17 The Use of Fire by Native Americans in California -
chapter 18 Fire Management and Policy Since European Settlement -
chapter 19 Fire and Fuel Management -
chapter 20 Fire, Watershed Resources, and Aquatic Ecosystems -
chapter 21 Fire and Air Resources -
chapter 22 Fire and Invasive Plant Species -
chapter 23 Fire and At-Risk Species -
chapter 24 The Future of Fire in California’s Ecosystems -
APPENDIX 1 Plant Common and Scientific Names -
APPENDIX 2 Animal Common and Scientific Names -
APPENDIX 3 Bioregions, Ecological Zones, and Plant Alliances of California that Occur in this Text - Glossary
- Index
