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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Jensen, Sara E., 1978- Living with fire. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008 (DLC) 2007044589 |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sara E Jensen; Guy R McPherson |
| ISBN: | 6611752722 9786611752729 0520942515 9780520942516 |
| OCLC Number: | 560505607 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 180 p.) : ill. |
| Contents: | Introduction. Uncertainty and change -- Wildland fire in the West : the big picture -- Fanning the flames : human influences on fire regimes -- The failed state of fire suppression -- Logging the forests to save them -- Tools for living with fire -- Policy solutions. |
| Responsibility: | Sara E. Jensen, Guy R. McPherson. |
Abstract:
Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But, as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the uncharted terrain at the intersection of fire policy, fire science, and fire management.
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"A well-written polemic... The authors provide a particularly good treatment of the diversity of roles that fire plays in different ecosystems."--Qtly Review of Biology
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