- 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
North Coast Bioregion
North Coast Bioregion
- Chapter:
- (p.146) (p.147) chapter 8 North Coast Bioregion
- Source:
- Fire in California's Ecosystems
- Author(s):
John D. Stuart
Scott L. Stephens
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter discusses the North Coast bioregion in northwestern portion of the state where numerous valleys and steep coastal and interior mountains create moisture gradients in response to numerous winter storms. Three predominant climatic gradients help determine the vegetation patterns in northwestern California: a west-east gradient extending from a moist, cool coastal summer climate to a drier, warmer interior summer climate; a north-south gradient of decreasing winter precipitation and increasing summer temperatures; and a montane elevational gradient of decreasing temperature and increasing precipitation. The fire ecology and fire regime-plant community interactions in the North Coastal Scrub and the Prairie Zone, the North Coastal Pine Forests Zone, the Sitka Spruce Forest Zone, the Redwood Forest Zone, the Douglas-Fir-Tanoak Forest Zone, and the Oregon White Oak Woodland Zone are described. Fire has always been an integral part of coastal prairie ecology and fire exclusion has led to undesirable consequences.
Keywords: fire ecology, plant community, California, North Coastal Pine Forests Zone, Sitka Spruce Forest Zone, Redwood Forest Zone, Douglas-Fir-Tanoak Forest Zone, Oregon White Oak Woodland Zone, North Coastal Scrub and Prairie Zone
California Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
- 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
