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Flames in our forest : disaster or renewal?

Title
Flames in our forest : disaster or renewal? / Stephen F. Arno and Steven Allison-Bunnell.
Author
Arno, Stephen F.
Publication
Washington, DC : Island Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Allison-Bunnell, Steven.
Description
xviii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Forest fires > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.)
  • Forests and forestry > Fire management > West (U.S.)
  • Fire ecology > West (U.S.)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-212) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction: Why Learn about Fire? -- Ch. 2. Mixed Signals: A Brief History of American Perceptions of Fire -- Ch. 3. Fire on the Landscape: Past, Present, and Future -- Ch. 4. Fire Behavior: Why and How Fire Burns -- Ch. 5. Nature's Creative Force: How Fire Shapes the Forest -- Ch. 6. Different Forests, Different Fires -- Ch. 7. Environmental Impacts: Fire's Influence on Soils, Water, and Air -- Ch. 8. Fire History: Discovering Effects of Past Fires in a Forest -- Ch. 9. Fire-Prone Forests: Can We Adapt to Them? -- Ch. 10. Restoring Nature's Creative Force -- Ch. 11. Managing Wildland Fuels around Homes -- Ch. 12. Lessons from Nature: Will We Learn? -- App. Getting Help: Information and Educational Resources for Forest Landowners.
ISBN
  • 1559638826 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1559638834 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002000922
OCLC
  • ocm48876498
  • SCSB-4278570
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries