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Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems
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Ecology, Evolution and Management
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521824910
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
25.06.2014
Seiten:
522
Autor:
Jon E. Keeley
Gewicht:
1072 g
Format:
250x175x32 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Jon E. Keeley is a research scientist with the US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station in Three Rivers, California and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Explores the role of fire in Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, providing unique insights into the assembly and evolutionary convergence of ecosystems.
Part I. Introduction: 1. Mediterranean-type climate (MTC) ecosystems and fire; 2. Fire and the fire regime framework; 3. Fire related plant traits; Part II. Regional Patterns: 4. Fire in the Mediterranean basin; 5. Fire in California; 6. Fire in Chile; 7. Fire in the Cape region of South Africa; 8. Fire in southern Australia; Part III. Comparative Ecology, Evolution and Management: 9. Fire-adaptive trait evolution; 10. Fire and the origins of Mediterranean-type vegetation; 11. Plant diversity and fire; 12. Alien species and fire; 13. Fire management of Mediterranean landscapes; 14. Climate, fire and geology in the convergence of Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems; References; Index.