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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461736403321

Autore

Bradstock Ross A

Titolo

Flammable Australia [[electronic resource] ] : fire regimes, biodiversity and ecosystems in a changing world / / Ross A. Bradstock, A. Malcolm Gill, Richard J. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-280-12848-8

9786613532367

0-643-10483-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GillA. Malcolm

WilliamsRichard J. <1955->

Disciplina

333.720994

577.240994

577.340994

Soggetti

Fire ecology - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of reviewers; List of contributors; Evolution and prehistory; 1 The prehistory of fire in Australasia; 2 Fire regimes and the evolution of the Australian biota; Processes; 3 Fuel, fire weather and fire behaviour in Australian ecosystems; 4 Measuring and monitoring of contemporary fire regimes in Australia using satellite remote sensing; 5 Functional traits: their roles in understanding and predicting biotic responses to fire regimes from individuals to landscapes; 6 Fire regimes and soil-based ecological processes: implications for biodiversity

7 Global change and fire regimes in AustraliaEcosystems; 8 Fire regimes in Australian tropical savanna: perspectives, paradigms and paradoxes; 9 Fire regimes in arid hummock grasslands and Acacia shrublands; 10 Fire regimes in Australian sclerophyllous shrubby ecosystems: heathlands, heathy woodlands and mallee woodlands; 11 Bushfires and biodiversity in southern Australian forests; 12 How do fire regimes affect ecosystem structure, function and diversity in



grasslands and grassy woodlands of southern Australia?; New challenges; 13 Fire regimes and carbon in Australian vegetation

14 A revolution in northern Australian fire management: recognition of Indigenous knowledge, practice and management15 Future fire regimes of Australian ecosystems: new perspectives on enduring questions of management; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Leading researchers give an overview of the field of fire ecology in Australia.