Wildfires, fuels, and invasive plants / Louise E. Willems, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willems, Louise E.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest biomass--United States.

Forest biomass.

Forest fires--Environmental aspects--United States.

Forest fires.

Invasive plants--Control--United States.

Invasive plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (582 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Severe wildfires have been burning more area and more houses. Some assert that climate change is at least partly to blame; others claim that the increasing number of homes in and near the forest is a major cause. This book explores wildland fires, fuels and non-native invasive plants in our forest ecosystems.

Contents:

""WILDFIRES, FUELS AND INVASIVE PLANTS ""; ""WILDFIRES, FUELS AND INVASIVE PLANTS ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Wildfire Fuels and Fuel Reduction""; ""Abstract""; ""Issues for Congress""; ""Biomass Fuels for Wildfires""; ""Fuel Characteristics""; ""Moisture Content""; ""Fuel Size""; ""Distribution of Fuels""; ""Fuel Quantity""; ""Fuels and Ecosystems""; ""Frequent Low-Intensity Surface-Fire Ecosystems""; ""Periodic High-Intensity Crown-Fire Ecosystems""; ""Mixed Fire Regime Ecosystems""; ""Options for Fuel Reduction for Fire Protection""; ""Prescribed Burning""; ""Wildland Fire Use""

""Thinning""""Thinning with Prescribed Burning""; ""Other Activities""; ""Fuel Reduction Authorities and Programs""; ""Forest Service""; ""Department of the Interior""; ""Authorities to Assist Fuel Reduction on Non-Federal Lands""; ""End Notes""; ""Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants""; ""Abstract""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Summary""; ""1. Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants�Introduction""; ""Scope of this Volume""; ""Fire Behavior and Fire Regimes""; ""Organization and Use of This Volume""

""2. Effects of Fire on Nonnative Invasive Plants and Invasibility of Wildland Ecosystems""""Invasion Ecology""; ""Ecosystem Properties and Resource Availability""; ""Properties of Native and Nonnative Plants""; ""Nonnative Propagule Pressure""; ""Influence of Fire on Invasions""; ""Influence of Fire on Resource Availability and Interactions between Plant Species""; ""Influence of Fire Severity on Postfire Invasions""; ""Influence of Fire Frequency on Postfire Invasions""; ""Influence of Spatial Extent and Uniformity of Fire on Postfire Invasions""

""Influence of Fire Season and Plant Phenology on Postfire Invasions""""Influence of Weather Patterns on Postfire Invasions""; ""Generalizations about Fire Effects on Nonnative Invasives""; ""Question 1. Does Fire Generally Favor Nonnatives over Natives?""; ""Question 2. Do Invasions Increase with Increasing Fire Severity?""; ""Question 3. Does Additional Disturbance Favor Invasions?""; ""Question 4. Do Invasions Become Less Severe with Increasing Time after Fire?""; ""Question 5. Do Invasions Increase with Disruption of the Presettlement Fire Regime?""

""Question 6. Are Postfire Invasions Less Common in High Elevation Ecosystems?""""Conclusions""; ""Variation""; ""Changing Atmosphere and Climate""; ""Management in a Changing World""; ""3. Plant Invasions and Fire Regimes""; ""Fire Behavior and Fire Regimes""; ""Biological and Physical Factors that Affect Fire Regimes""; ""Effects of Plant Invasions on Fuels""; ""The Invasive Plant Fire Regime Cycle""; ""Predicting the Effects of Plant Invasions on Fire Regimes""; ""Herbaceous Plant Invasions""; ""Woody Plant Invasions""; ""Preventing or Mitigating Altered Fire Regimes""

""Summary Recommendations""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61728-322-3