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050 0 0 _aQK110
_b.J64 1992
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100 1 _aJohnson, E. A.
_q(Edward Arnold),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFire and vegetation dynamics :
_bstudies from the North American boreal forest /
_cEdward A. Johnson.
246 3 _aFire & Vegetation Dynamics
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1992.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 129 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in ecology
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aIt is almost dogma that the boreal forest in North America is a fire-dependent forest, yet ecologists often do not consider in any technical detail how forest fires produce effects on individual plants and on plant populations. Consequently, the causal connection between the behaviour of fire and its ecological consequences is poorly understood. This book sets out to correct this deficiency by assembling the relevant studies of fire intensity, rate of spread, fuel consumption, fire frequency and fire weather in the North American boreal forest. The central thesis is that the North American boreal forest has at least four wildfire characteristics that are important in understanding the dynamics of its plant populations: the large size of the burns with respect to dispersal distances, the short recurrence time of fire with respect to tree lifespans, the high mortality of plants due to the predominance of crown fires, and a good germination surface due to the large area of the forest floor which is covered by ash.
650 0 _aTaiga ecology
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aForest fires
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aFire ecology
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aVegetation dynamics
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aTrees
_xEcology
_zNorth America.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521341516
830 0 _aCambridge studies in ecology.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511623516
999 _c517061
_d517059