Fire and climatic change in temperate ecosystems of the western Americas /

Both fire and climatic variability have monumental impacts on the dynamics of temperate ecosystems. These impacts can sometimes be extreme or devastating as seen in recent El Nino/La Nina cycles and in uncontrolled fire occurrences. This volume brings together research conducted in western North and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Veblen, Thomas T., 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2003]
Series:Ecological studies ; v. 160.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Methods and models. Fire history reconstructions based on sediment records form lakes and wetlands
  • The simulation of landscape fire, climate, and ecosystem dynamics
  • Simulation of effects of climatic change on fire regimes. North America. Fire regimes and climatic change in Canadian forests
  • Fires and climate in forested landscapes of the U.S. Rocky Mountains
  • Tree-ring reconstructions of fire and climate history in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern United States
  • Influence of climate and land use on historical surface fires in pine-oak forests, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
  • Impact of past, present, and future fire regimes on North American mediterranean shrublands. South America. Fire history and vegetation changes in northern Patagonia, Argentina
  • Influences of climate on fire in northern Patagonia, Argentina
  • Fire regimes and forest dynamics in the Lake Region of south-central Chile
  • Fire history in central Chile: tree-ring evidence and modern records
  • Holocene fire frequency and climate change at Rio Rubens Bog, southern Patagonia
  • Regeneration potential of Chilean matorral after fire: an updated view. Practical implications. Management implications of fire and climate changes in the western Americas.