- 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
Fire and Plant Interactions
Fire and Plant Interactions
- Chapter:
- (p.94) chapter 6 Fire and Plant Interactions
- Source:
- Fire in California's Ecosystems
- Author(s):
Joann Fites-Kaufman
Anne F. Bradley
Amy G. Merrill
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter addresses first the plant structures that resist fire and second the persistence of vascular plants. It describes nonvascular plants (mosses and lichens) and microbes (bacteria and fungi). It explores how different plant structures contribute to a plant’s response to fire. A number of species have enhanced seedling survival in conditions created by fire. Some general patterns emerge among the fire response characteristics of species in different bioregions throughout California. The ways that fire affects microorganisms and nonvascular plants are introduced. The chapter also reviews the general patterns of responses of populations of species with different adaptive syndromes to individual fire regime attributes. The community characteristics and landscape distribution of community types that change with fire are explained. Next, the chapter elaborates the relationship of plant composition and fire, fire and community structure, and indirect environment and climate effects on fire and community interactions.
Keywords: vascular plants, plant structures, mosses, lichens, bacteria, fungi, fire, California, climate, community structure
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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
