Description |
xii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Physiological ecology |
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Physiological ecology.
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Contents |
Introduction / C.E. Ahlgren -- Effects of forest fire on soil / P.J. Viro -- The effect of fire on soil organisms / Isabel F. Ahlgren -- Effects of fire on birds and mammals / J.F. Bendell -- Effects of fire on grasslands / Richard J. Vogl -- Effects of fires on temperate forests : north central United States / C.E. Ahlgren -- Effects of fire on temperate forests : northeastern United States / Silas Little -- Effects of fire on temperate forests and related ecosystems : southeastern United States / E.V. Komarek -- Effects of fire on temperate forests : western United States / Harold Weaver -- Effects of fire on chaparral / Harold H. Biswell -- Fire in the deserts and desert grassland of North America / Robert R. Humphrey -- Effects of fire in the Mediterranean region / Z. Naveh -- Effects of fire in forest and savanna ecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa / John Phillips -- Use of fire in land management / A.J. Kayll |
Summary |
Includes reference to use of fire by man in ethnographic examples |
Analysis |
Fire ecology |
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Fire ecology United States |
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Ecosystems Effects of fires |
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Fire ecology |
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Forest fires |
Notes |
bibls.; diags.illus.maps.tbls |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
Notes |
Also issued online |
Subject |
Fire ecology -- United States.
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Fire ecology.
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Forest fires.
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Birds |
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Chaparral |
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Deserts |
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Ecosystems |
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Fire ecology |
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Forests |
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Grasslands |
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Land management |
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Mammals |
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Savannas |
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Soil |
Author |
Ahlgren, C. E. (Clifford Elmer), 1922-
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LC no. |
74005695 |
ISBN |
0124242553 |
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