Fire in Tropical Savannas The Kapalga Experiment /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Andersen, Alan N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cook, Garry D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Williams, Richard J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Σειρά: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 169
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecosystems.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Life Sciences.; Terrestial Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

CSIRO's ten-year research program featuring the landscape-scale Kapalga fire experiment in Australia has provided a wealth of knowledge about savanna ecosystems and the critical but poorly understood role of fire. The frequent low-intensity fires examined in this volume characterize fire in the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Burning Issues in Savanna Ecology and Management
• Kapalga and the Fire Experiment
• Fire Behavior
• Fuel Dynamics, Nutrients, and Atmospheric Chemistry
• Streams
• Vegetation
• Terrestrial Insects
• Terrestrial Vertebrates
• Synthesis: Fire Ecology and Adaptive Conservation Management.