| Description |
1 online resource (x, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Fires of 1988 : a chronology and invitation to research / Linda L. Wallace, Francis J. Singer, and Paul Schullery -- Postglacial fire, vegetation, and climate history of the Yellowstone-Lamar and Central Plateau Provinces, Yellowstone National Park / Sarah H. Millspaugh, Cathy Whitlock, and Patrick J. Bartlein -- Yellowstone fires and the physical landscape / Grant A. Meyer -- Establishment, growth, and survival of lodgepole pine in the first decade / Jay E. Anderson [and others] -- Fire effects, elk, and ecosystem resilience in Yellowstone's sagebrush grasslands / Benjamin F. Tracy -- Elk biology and ecology before and after the Yellowstone fires of 1988 / Francis J. Singer, Michael B. Coughenour, and Jack E. Norland -- Effects of wildfire on growth of cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake / Robert E. Gresswell -- Stream ecosystem responses to fire : the first ten years / G. Wayne Minshall, Todd V. Royer, and Christopher T. Robinson -- Food web dynamics in Yellowstone streams : shifts in the trophic basis of a stream food web after wildfire disturbance / Timothy B. Mihuc -- Role of fire in determining annual water yield in mountain watersheds / Phillip E. Farnes, Ward W. McCaughey, and Katherine J. Hansen -- Early postfire forest succession in the heterogeneous Teton landscape / Kathleen M. Doyle -- Snags and coarse woody debris : an important legacy of forests in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem / Daniel B. Tinker and Dennis H. Knight -- Fire patterns and ungulate survival in Northern Yellowstone Park : the results of two independent models / Linda L. Wallace [and others] -- Ten years after the 1988 Yellowstone fires : is restoration needed? / William H. Romme and Monica G. Turner -- Epilogue : after the fires : what have we learned? / Linda L. Wallace and Norman L. Christensen |
| Summary |
In 1988 Yellowstone National Park suffered a serious outbreak of fires, a phenomenon that allowed scientists to study changes in the ecology of the area as it adapted to & recovered from the impact of catastrophe. This volume details research findings during the ensuing 16 years |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forest fires -- Yellowstone National Park
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Forest fires -- Environmental aspects -- Yellowstone National Park
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Fire ecology -- Yellowstone National Park
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry.
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SCIENCE -- General.
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Fire ecology
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Forest fires
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Forest fires -- Environmental aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Yellowstone National Park. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004695
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| Subject |
United States -- Yellowstone National Park
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wallace, Linda L., 1951-2009.
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| ISBN |
9780300127751 |
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0300127758 |
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