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Analysing fire in widely separate but ecologically convergent ecosystems provides lessons for understanding fire regime diversity and its role in the assembly and evolutionary convergence of ecosystems. It stands as a challenge to ecologists, biogeographers and paleoecologists who have long held the view that they can understand the world through climate and soils alone. This in depth review of fire in each of the five widely disjunct Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems of the world aims to change our view of the evolution of fire-adapted traits and the role of fire in shaping the Earth. There are contributing factors that extend far beyond this climatic regime. The complexity of the fire process in these landscapes brings to light the importance of considering all global changes in understanding and predicting future fire regimes. Provides many new insights into fire management and the requirements for regionally tailored approaches to fire management across the globe. For sale at: Cambridge UP (uk | usa | au | ebook), Amazon (uk | usa | jp | kindle), eBooks, etc. Download the flyer | Discount Promotion! Reviews by: B. W. van Wilgen | T. Hutchinson | D. Peterson | F. Kruger |
Table of ContentsPart I. IntroductionIntroduction [pdf]1. Mediterranean-type Climate (MTC) Ecosystems and Fire 2. Fire and the Fire Regime Framework 3. Fire Related Plant Traits Part II. Regional patternsIntroduction [pdf]4. Fire in the Mediterranean Basin 5. Fire in California 6. Fire in Chile 7. Fire in South Africa 8. Fire in Southern Australia Part III. Comparative Ecology, Evolution and ManagementIntroduction [pdf]9. Fire Adaptive Trait Evolution 10. Fire and the Origins of Mediterranean-type Vegetation 11. Plant Diversity and Fire 12. Alien Species and Fire 13. Fire Management of Mediterranean Landscapes 14. Climate, Fire and Geology in the Convergence of Mediterranean-type Climate Ecosystems References [pdf] Index |
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