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020 _a9780511780189 (ebook)
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aSD421
_b.T49 2010
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100 1 _aThomas, Peter A.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFire in the forest /
_cPeter A. Thomas and Rob McAlpine ; with contributions from Kelvin Hirsch & Peter Hobson.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 1. In the beginning ...; 2. Historical review; 3. How a fire burns; 4. Fire in the wild landscape; 5. Fire ecology; 6. The benefits of fire and its use as a landscape tool; 7. Fire suppression; 8. Wildland fire and its management - a look towards the future; 9. Further reading.
520 _aHow destructive or beneficial are forest fires to wildlife? Should we be trying to reduce or increase the amount of fire in forests? How are forest fires controlled, and why does this sometimes fail? What effect will climate change have? These and many other questions are answered in this richly illustrated book, written in non-technical language. The journey starts in the long geological history of fire leading up to our present love-hate relationship with it. Exploring the physics of how a single flame burns, the journey continues through how whole forests burn and the anatomy of firestorms. The positive and negative ecological effects of fires are explored, from plants and wildlife to whole landscapes. The journey ends with how fires are controlled, and a look to the future. This book will be of interest to ecologists, biogeographers and anyone with an interest in forest fires and the role they play.
650 0 _aForest fires.
700 1 _aMcAlpine, Rob,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521822299
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511780189
999 _c520873
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