Tropical Fire Ecology Climate Change, Land Use, and Ecosystem Dynamics /

• Main Author: Cochrane, Mark A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Atmospheric sciences.; Physical geography.; Ecology.; Conservation biology.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Physical Geography.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Nature Conservation.; Atmospheric Sciences.

The tropics are home to most of the world’s biodiversity and are currently the frontier for human settlement. Tropical ecosystems are being converted to agricultural and other land uses at unprecedented rates. Land conversion and maintenance almost always rely on fire and, because of this, fire is n...