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UNINA9910453006903321 |
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Autore |
Thomas Peter A. |
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Titolo |
Fire in the forest / / Peter A. Thomas and Rob McAlpine ; with contributions from Kelvin Hirsch & Peter Hobson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
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1-316-08787-5 |
1-139-79341-1 |
1-107-25372-1 |
0-511-78018-4 |
1-139-77599-5 |
1-139-77903-6 |
1-139-78202-9 |
1-283-81800-0 |
1-139-77751-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-222) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. In the beginning ...; 2. Historical review; 3. How a fire burns; 4. Fire in the wild landscape; 5. Fire ecology; 6. The benefits of fire and its use as a landscape tool; 7. Fire suppression; 8. Wildland fire and its management - a look towards the future; 9. Further reading. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How destructive or beneficial are forest fires to wildlife? Should we be trying to reduce or increase the amount of fire in forests? How are forest fires controlled, and why does this sometimes fail? What effect will climate change have? These and many other questions are answered in this richly illustrated book, written in non-technical language. The journey starts in the long geological history of fire leading up to our present love-hate relationship with it. Exploring the physics of how a single flame burns, the journey continues through how whole forests burn and the anatomy of firestorms. The positive and negative ecological effects of fires are explored, from plants and |
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