The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires
：Nature's Phoenix
Publication subTitle ：Nature's Phoenix
Author： DellaSala Dominick A;Hanson Chad T.
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9780128027608
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780128027493
Subject： Q1 General Biology;X5 Environmental Pollution and Prevention
Keyword： 环境科学、安全科学,普通生物学
Language： ENG
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Description
The Ecological Importance of High-Severity Fires, presents information on the current paradigm shift in the way people think about wildfire and ecosystems.
While much of the current forest management in fire-adapted ecosystems, especially forests, is focused on fire prevention and suppression, little has been reported on the ecological role of fire, and nothing has been presented on the importance of high-severity fire with regards to the maintenance of native biodiversity and fire-dependent ecosystems and species.
This text fills that void, providing a comprehensive reference for documenting and synthesizing fire's ecological role.
- Offers the first reference written on mixed- and high-severity fires and their relevance for biodiversity
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Contains a broad synthesis of the ecology of mixed- and high-severity fires covering such topics as vegetation, birds, mammals, insects, aquatics, and management actions
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Explores the conservation vs. public controversy issues around megafires in a rapidly warming world