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Mimicking Nature's Fire
Arno, Stephen F.; Fiedler, Carl E.
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Description for Mimicking Nature's Fire
Paperback. The stands of old-growth trees in the forests of western North America depend on periodic fires for their creation or survival. Forest ecologists Stephen Arno and Carl Fiedler present "restoration forestry" - an ecological approach that establishes forests in which fire can serve as a beneficial process rather than a destructive aberration. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables, photos, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
The magnificent stands of old-growth trees that characterize the forests of western North America depend on periodic fires for their creation or survival. Deprived of that essential disturbance process eventually they die, leaving an overcrowded growth of smaller trees vulnerable to intense blazes and epidemics of insects and disease. In Mimicking Nature's Fire, forest ecologists Stephen Arno and Carl Fiedler present practical solutions to the pervasive problem of deteriorating forest conditions in western North America. Advocating a new direction in forest management, they explore the promise of "restoration forestry" - an ecologically based approach that seeks to establish forest structures ... Read more
The magnificent stands of old-growth trees that characterize the forests of western North America depend on periodic fires for their creation or survival. Deprived of that essential disturbance process eventually they die, leaving an overcrowded growth of smaller trees vulnerable to intense blazes and epidemics of insects and disease. In Mimicking Nature's Fire, forest ecologists Stephen Arno and Carl Fiedler present practical solutions to the pervasive problem of deteriorating forest conditions in western North America. Advocating a new direction in forest management, they explore the promise of "restoration forestry" - an ecologically based approach that seeks to establish forest structures ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781559631433
SKU
V9781559631433
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99-15
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