Part I. Introduction: 1. Mediterranean-type climate (MTC) ecosystems and fire; 2. Fire and the fire regime framework; 3. Fire related plant traits; Part II. Regional Patterns: 4. Fire in the Mediterranean basin; 5. Fire in California; 6. Fire in Chile; 7. Fire in the Cape region of South Africa; 8. Fire in southern Australia; Part III. Comparative Ecology, Evolution and Management: 9. Fire-adaptive trait evolution; 10. Fire and the origins of Mediterranean-type vegetation; 11. Plant diversity and fire; 12. Alien species and fire; 13. Fire management of Mediterranean landscapes; 14. Climate, fire and geology in the convergence of Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems; References; Index.
Explores the role of fire in Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, providing unique insights into the assembly and evolutionary convergence of ecosystems.
Jon E. Keeley is a research scientist with the US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station in Three Rivers, California and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. William J. Bond is a Professor in the Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Ross A. Bradstock is Director of the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Juli G. Pausas is a scientist at the Centro de Investigación sobre Desertificación of the Spanish National Research Council (CIDE-CSIC) in Valencia, Spain. Philip W. Rundel is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
'The authors have succeeded in producing an insightful study of
fire as an important determinant of ecosystem assembly and
distribution … The first and second sections provide an excellent
introduction for a researcher new to these regions or to fire
ecology while the final section, by not shying away from big issues
and debates, provides plenty of thought-provoking grist for
experienced specialists in the biogeography of these regions.'
Dylan Schwilk, Frontiers of Biogeography
'… this is the first comprehensive treatment that emphasizes the
importance of fire, in addition to climate and geology, in shaping
vegetation … this book should be a tremendous reference for
researchers and managers in the MTC [Mediterranean-type climate
regions]. It should also be of interest to plant ecologists working
in other regions where periodic fire is an important ecosystem
process.' Landscape Ecology
'… certainly worth space on the bookshelf.' British Ecological
Society
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