The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires

The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires
Author: Dominick A. DellaSala
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2015-06-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0128027606

The Ecological Importance of High-Severity Fires, presents information on the current paradigm shift in the way people think about wildfire and ecosystems. While much of the current forest management in fire-adapted ecosystems, especially forests, is focused on fire prevention and suppression, little has been reported on the ecological role of fire, and nothing has been presented on the importance of high-severity fire with regards to the maintenance of native biodiversity and fire-dependent ecosystems and species. This text fills that void, providing a comprehensive reference for documenting and synthesizing fire's ecological role. - Offers the first reference written on mixed- and high-severity fires and their relevance for biodiversity - Contains a broad synthesis of the ecology of mixed- and high-severity fires covering such topics as vegetation, birds, mammals, insects, aquatics, and management actions - Explores the conservation vs. public controversy issues around megafires in a rapidly warming world

Mimicking Nature's Fire

Mimicking Nature's Fire
Author: Stephen F. Arno
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2005-03-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

In Mimicking Nature's Fire, forest ecologists Stephen Arno and Carl Fiedler present practical solutions to the pervasive problem of deteriorating forest conditions in western North America.

Fire

Fire
Author: Jack De Golia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1989
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780887140389

Mankind's companion and foe, fire presents opportunities for new life that do not exist until a burn. Includes spectacular images of fires and fire fighting at Yellowstone in 1988. This 9 x 12 book is overflowing with beautiful photos and interpretive text for your enjoyment.

Fire

Fire
Author: Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019-08-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 029574619X

Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Stephen J. Pyne—named by Science magazine as “the world’s leading authority on the history of fire”—explores the surprising dynamics of fire before humans, fire and human origins, aboriginal economies of hunting and foraging, agricultural and pastoral uses of fire, fire ceremonies, fire as an idea and a technology, and industrial fire. In this revised and expanded edition, Pyne looks to the future of fire as a constant, defining presence on Earth. A new chapter explores the importance of fire in the twenty-first century, with special attention to its role in the Anthropocene, or what he posits might equally be called the Pyrocene.

A History of Fire and Flame

A History of Fire and Flame
Author: Oliver C. Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2013-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781494114145

This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.

Alliances in the Anthropocene

Alliances in the Anthropocene
Author: Christine Eriksen
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2020-02-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811525331

This book explores how fire, plants and people coexist in the Anthropocene. In a time of dramatic environmental transformation, the authors examine how human impacts on the planetary system are being felt at all levels from the geological and the arboreal to the atmospheric. The book brings together the disciplines of human geography and art history to examine fire-plant-people alliances and multispecies world-making. The authors listen carefully to the narratives of bushfire survivors. They embrace the responses of contemporary artists, as practice becomes interwoven with fire as well as ruin and regrowth. Through visual, textual and felt ways of being, the chapters illuminate, illustrate, impress and imprint the imagined and actual agency of plants and people within a changing climate — from Aboriginal ecocultural burning to nuclear fire. By holding grief and enacting hope, the book shows how relationships come to be and are likely to change due to the interdependencies of fire, plants and people in the Anthropocene.

Awful Splendour

Awful Splendour
Author: Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0774840277

Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made says a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga. It will interest geographers, historians, and members of the fire community.

Forest Fire!

Forest Fire!
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Forest
ISBN: 1625133766

Written in British English, Forest Fire! describes how, why and where forest fires happen.

To Build a Fire

To Build a Fire
Author: Jack London
Publisher: The Creative Company
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781583415870

Describes the experiences of a newcomer to the Yukon when he attempts to hike through the snow to reach a mining claim.