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Title: The ecology of fire / Robert J. Whelan.
Author: Whelan, Robert J.
Year: 1995.
Series: Cambridge studies in ecology.
Description: x, 346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject: Fire ecology.
Notes: Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [309]-343.
ISBN/ISSN: 052133814X (pbk.);
Type: Book
Abstract: 1. Fire ecology - an introduction -- 2. Fire - the phenomenon -- 3. Survival of individual organisms --4. Approaches to population studies -- 5. Plant populations -- 6. Animal populations -- 7. Community responses to fire -- 8. Fire and management.
Aimed at senior undergraduate students, researchers, foresters and other land managers, Dr. Whelan's book examines the changes wrought by fires with reference to general ecological theory. The impacts of fires on individual organisms, populations and communities are examined separately, and emphasis is placed on the importance of fire regime. Each chapter includes a listing of 'outstanding questions' that identify gaps in current knowledge. The book finishes by summarizing the major aspects of ecology tha
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