| Description |
1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Series |
Managing forest ecosystems, 1568-1319 ; v. 24 |
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Managing forest ecosystems ; 24.
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| Contents |
1. Setting the Scene for Post-Fire Management -- 2. Land Cover Change and Fire Regime in the European Mediterranean Region -- 3. Economic, Legal and Social Aspects of Post-Fire Management -- 4. Fire Hazard and Flammability of European Forest Types -- 5. Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Restoration Approaches in Southern European Forest Types -- 6. Post-Fire Management of Serotinous Pine Forests -- 7. Post-Fire Management of Non Serotinous Pine Forests -- 8. Post-Fire Management of Mediterranean Broadleaved Forests -- 9. Post-Fire Management of Cork Oak Forests -- 10. Post Fire Management of Exotic Forests -- 11. Management of Threatened, High Conservation Value Forest Hotspots Under Changing Fire Regimes -- 12. Post-Fire Management of Shrublands -- Index |
| Summary |
In spite of all the efforts made in fire prevention and suppression, every year about 45 000 forest fires occur in Europe, burning ca. 0.5 million hectares of forests and other rural lands. The management of these burned forests has been given much less attention than fire prevention or fire suppression issues, but the post-fire management of burned areas raises strong concerns (economic and social impacts, soil erosion and water quality, biodiversity loss, forest restoration). Although there are a few publications which address post-fire management, the focus of these has been either on gener |
| Analysis |
Life sciences |
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Applied Ecology |
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Endangered ecosystems |
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Plant Ecology |
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Forests and forestry |
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Environmental management |
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Forestry Management |
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Ecosystems |
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bosbedrijfsvoering |
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forest management |
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brandbeheer |
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fire management |
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milieubeheer |
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ecologie |
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ecology |
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bosbranden |
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forest fires |
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bosbouw |
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forestry |
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Forest Management |
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Bosbeheer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Post-fire forest management -- Europe, Southern
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Forests and forestry -- Fire management -- Europe, Southern
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Forest fires -- Environmental aspects -- Europe, Southern
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Forests and forestry.
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Fires.
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Forests
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Forestry
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Fires
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forestry.
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fire (physical concept)
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GARDENING -- Fruit.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Forests and forestry
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Fires
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Post-fire forest management
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Forest fires -- Environmental aspects
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Forests and forestry -- Fire management
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Southern Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moreira, Francisco, 1965-
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| ISBN |
9789400722088 |
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9400722087 |
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9400722079 |
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9789400722071 |
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