Fire in California's Ecosystems
Title | Fire in California's Ecosystems PDF eBook |
Author | Jan W. van Wagtendonk |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 567 |
Release | 2018-06-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0520961919 |
Fire in California’s Ecosystems describes fire in detail—both as an integral natural process in the California landscape and as a growing threat to urban and suburban developments in the state. Written by many of the foremost authorities on the subject, this comprehensive volume is an ideal authoritative reference tool and the foremost synthesis of knowledge on the science, ecology, and management of fire in California. Part One introduces the basics of fire ecology, including overviews of historical fires, vegetation, climate, weather, fire as a physical and ecological process, and fire regimes, and reviews the interactions between fire and the physical, plant, and animal components of the environment. Part Two explores the history and ecology of fire in each of California's nine bioregions. Part Three examines fire management in California during Native American and post-Euro-American settlement and also current issues related to fire policy such as fuel management, watershed management, air quality, invasive plant species, at-risk species, climate change, social dynamics, and the future of fire management. This edition includes critical scientific and management updates and four new chapters on fire weather, fire regimes, climate change, and social dynamics.
Ecosystems of California
Title | Ecosystems of California PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Mooney |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 1008 |
Release | 2016-01-19 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0520278801 |
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.
California's Forests and Rangelands
Title | California's Forests and Rangelands PDF eBook |
Author | Fire and Resource Assessment Program (Calif.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Forest management |
ISBN |
The Ever-changing View
Title | The Ever-changing View PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Godfrey |
Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
"United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region"
California's Forests and Rangelands
Title | California's Forests and Rangelands PDF eBook |
Author | Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment Program (Calif.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Forest management |
ISBN |
A Policy Statement to Address Growing Conflict Over Changing Uses on California's Forests and Rangelands, 1990-1995
Title | A Policy Statement to Address Growing Conflict Over Changing Uses on California's Forests and Rangelands, 1990-1995 PDF eBook |
Author | Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment Program (Calif.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN |
Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California
Title | Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas D. McCreary |
Publisher | UCANR Publications |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Blue oak |
ISBN | 9781601073815 |