Fire and Vegetation Dynamics: Studies from the North American Boreal Forest

by Edward A. Johnson and Edward Austin Johnson

Book Overview

It is almost dogma that the boreal forest in North America is a fire-dependent forest, yet ecologists often do not consider in any technical detail how forest fires produce effects on individual plants and on plant populations. Consequently, the causal connection between the behaviour of fire and its ecological consequences is poorly understood. This book sets out to correct this deficiency by assembling the relevant studies of fire intensity, rate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521349435
• ISBN13: 9780521349437
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"