Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies
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Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies

  1. 630 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies

About this book

This book has been published a decade after Fires Effects on Ecosystems by DeBano, Neary, and Folliott (1998), and builds on their foundation to update knowledge on natural post-fire processes and describe the use and effectiveness of various restoration strategies that may be applied when human intervention is warranted. The chapters in this book,

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781578085262
eBook ISBN
9781439843338
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. List of Contributors
  5. Chapter 1: Forest Fire in the Fossil Record
  6. Section I: Fire Effects on Soil
  7. Chapter 2: Forest Fire Effects on Geomorphic Processes
  8. Chapter 3: Fire Effects on Soil Infiltration
  9. Chapter 4: Physical and Chemical Effects of Fire on Soil
  10. Chapter 5: Forest Fire Effects on Soil Microbiology
  11. Chapter 6: Soil Erosion after Forest Fire
  12. Chapter 7: Soil Water Repellency: A Key Factor inPost-fire Erosion
  13. Chapter 8: Effects of Fire on Forest Nutrient Cycles
  14. Chapter 9: The Effect of Forest Fire on Vegetation
  15. Section II: Rehabilitation and RestorationStrategies
  16. Chapter 11: Non-native and Native Seeding
  17. Chapter 12: Using Erosion Barriers for Post-fire Stabilization
  18. Chapter 13: Post-fire Mulching
  19. Chapter 14: Long-term Restoration Strategies and Techniques
  20. Section III: Regional Strategies
  21. Chapter 15: The Portuguese Experience in Managing Fire Effects
  22. Chapter 16: Effects of Forest Fires and Post-Fire Rehabilitation: A Colorado, USA Case Study
  23. Chapter 17: Fire Landscapes in Canada: Howto Restore or Prevent Them
  24. Chapter 18: Fire, Catchment Runoff and Erosion Processes,and Post-fire Rehabilitation Programs: RecentAustralian Experience
  25. Chapter 19: Rehabilitation Strategies after Fire:The California, USA Experience
  26. Chapter 20: Fire Disturbance Regimes, Ecosystem Recovery andRestoration Strategies in Mediterranean andTemperate Regions of Chile
  27. Chapter 21: Summary and Remarks
  28. Color Plate Section
  29. Back cover

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