Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Veblen, Thomas T. (Editor), Baker, William L. (Editor), Montenegro, Gloria (Editor), Swetnam, Thomas W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 160
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Ecosystems.; Ecology.; Forestry management.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Life Sciences.; Terrestial Ecology.; Forestry Management.; Climate Change.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Biogeosciences.

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...