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Main Title Flames in our forest : disaster or renewal? /
Author Arno, Stephen F.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Allison-Bunnell, Steven.
Publisher Island Press,
Year Published 2002
OCLC Number 48876498
ISBN 1559638826; 9781559638821; 1559638834; 9781559638838
Subjects Forest fires--Environmental aspects--West (US) ; Forests and forestry--Fire management--West (US) ; Fire ecology--West (US) ; United States, West ; Waldbrand ; Waldeokosystem ; Feuereokologie ; USA--Weststaaten ; Waldbrand--(DE-588)4064363-3
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ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10064693
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2002000922-d.html
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Status
ESAM  SD421.32.W47A76 2002 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 08/07/2018
Collation xviii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-212) and index.
Contents Notes
Introduction: why learn about fire? -- Mixed signals: a brief history of American perceptions of fire -- Fire on the landscape: past, present, and future -- Fire behavior: why and how fire burns -- Nature's creative force: how fire shapes the forest -- Different forests, different fires -- Environmental impacts: fire's influence on soils, water, and air -- Fire history: discovering effects of past fires in a forest -- Fire-prone forests: can we adapt to them? -- Restoring nature's creative force -- Managing wildland fuels around homes -- Lessons from nature: will we learn?