Flammable Australia : fire regimes, biodiversity and ecosystems in a changing world / / Ross A. Bradstock, A. Malcolm Gill, Richard J. Williams
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Bradstock Ross A
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| Titolo: |
Flammable Australia : fire regimes, biodiversity and ecosystems in a changing world / / Ross A. Bradstock, A. Malcolm Gill, Richard J. Williams
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| Pubblicazione: | Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.720994 |
| 577.240994 | |
| 577.340994 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Fire ecology - Australia |
| Altri autori: |
GillA. Malcolm
WilliamsRichard J. <1955->
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Flammable Australia |
| ISBN: | 0-643-10484-4 |
| 1-280-12848-8 | |
| 9786613532367 | |
| 0-643-10483-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806157003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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