Introduction to fire in California /
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| Author / Creator: | Carle, David, 1950- |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. |
| Description: | xv, 195 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | California natural history guides ; 95 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7251253 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Nature Of Fire
- What Is Fire?
- The Fire Triangle
- Oxygen: Fire Breath, Fuel: Fire Food, Heat: Fire Energy
- Ignition Sources
- Fire Behavior
- Weather, Topography: Lay of the Land
- Fire And Life Across California
- Fire Regimes
- Seeds, Sprouts, and All of the Above
- Vegetation Types and Fire: Chaparral Shrublands, Conifer Forests, Oak Woodlands and Savannas, Sagebrush, Shrublands and Pinyon-Juniper Forests, Deserts, Grasslands, Wetlands and Riparian Woodlands
- Wildlife
- Soil, Water, and Air
- Climate Change
- Flames Of History
- California's Light-Burning Debate
- The Big Ones
- Burning Issues
- Fighting Back: Tactics and Weaponry
- Making Peace: Restoring Fire
- The Chaparral Dilemma
- Fire Plans
- Logging versus Thinning
- Getting Ready: Life On The Edge
- Wildland-Urban Interface
- Becoming a Fire-Adapted Californian
- Fire-Safe Planning: Before the Fire: Defensible Space
- Fire-Safe Planning: During the Fire: Outdoors, Indoors,
- After the Fire
- Kindling Change
- Online Fire Resources
- Glossary
- References
- Art Credits
- Additional Captions
- Index
