Forest fires [electronic resource] : behavior and ecological effects / edited by Edward A. Johnson, Kiyoko Miyanishi.

Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to prohibit fire in fire dependen...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Corporate Author:	National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Other Authors:	Johnson, E. A. (Edward Arnold), Miyanishi, Kiyoko
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Forest fires. Fire ecology. Forest management. Ecology.