California's fading wildflowers [[electronic resource] ] : lost legacy and biological invasions / / Richard A. Minnich
| California's fading wildflowers [[electronic resource] ] : lost legacy and biological invasions / / Richard A. Minnich |
| Autore | Minnich Richard A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 582.1309794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biological invasions - California
Plant invasions - California Wild flowers - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biodiversity
botanicals california history california wildflowers conservation dramatic transformation ecological theory ecology fire management groundbreaking book historical analysis invasive plants landscapes minnich native california plants san diego spanish explorer wildfire wildflower prairies |
| ISBN |
1-282-35937-1
9786612359378 0-520-93433-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The golden state -- Pre-Hispanic herbaceous vegetation -- Invasion of Franciscan annuals, grazing and California pasture in the nineteenth century -- A century for bromes and the fading of California wildflowers -- Lessons from the Rose Parade -- App.1. Location of Franciscan campsites, Franciscan place names, and modern place names -- App.2. Spanish plant names for California vegetation -- App.3. Selected earliest botanical collections of exotic annual species in California -- App.4. References to wildflowers in the Los Angeles Times, The Desert magazine, and the Riverside Press Enterprise. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778071903321 |
Minnich Richard A
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Forest Fire Risk Prediction
| Forest Fire Risk Prediction |
| Autore | Nolan Rachael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology, life sciences
Forestry & related industries Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
acid rain
aerosol alien pathogen allochthonous species biomass burning canopy bulk density China climate change critical LFMC threshold crown fire Cupressus sempervirens direct estimation disease drought drying tests epicormic resprouter eucalyptus fire behavior fire danger fire danger rating fire management fire modeling fire regime fire risk fire season fire severity fire size fire weather fire weather patterns flammability flammability feedbacks foliar moisture content forest fire forest fire driving factors forest fire management forest fire occurrence forest/grassland fire fuel moisture fuel moisture content fuels FWI system humidity diffusion coefficients introduced fungus leaf water potential machine learning mass loss calorimeter meteorological factor regression MNI modeling moisture content n/a occurrence of forest fire plant traits PM2.5 Portugal prediction accuracy prescribed burning radiative transfer model random forest RCP remote sensing Seiridium cardinale senescence southwest China SSR temperate forest time lag variable importance vulnerability to wildfires wildfire |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557387103321 |
Nolan Rachael
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Living with fire : fire ecology and policy for the twenty-first century / / Sara E. Jensen, Guy R. McPherson
| Living with fire : fire ecology and policy for the twenty-first century / / Sara E. Jensen, Guy R. McPherson |
| Autore | Jensen Sara E. <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 180 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.37/9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | McPhersonGuy R <1960-> (Guy Randall) |
| Soggetto topico |
Wildfires
Fire ecology Fire management - Government policy - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
american benefits of fire coping with fires dangers of fire ecological processes ecosystems environmental impact fire controversy fire ecology fire fighters fire management fire policies fire professionals fire prone areas fire science fire forest fires general public healthy ecosystems historical account human condition nonfiction north america policy makers political processes residents scientists textbooks wildfires |
| ISBN |
1-281-75272-X
9786611752729 0-520-94251-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Uncertainty and Change -- 1. Wildland Fire in the West: The Big Picture -- 2. Fanning the Flames: Human Influences on Fire Regimes -- 3. The Failed State of Fire Suppression -- 4. Logging the Forests to Save Them -- 5. Tools for Living with Fire -- 6. Policy Solutions -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782565003321 |
Jensen Sara E. <1978->
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