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Author Arno, Stephen F.

Title Mimicking nature's fire : restoring fire-prone forests in the West / Stephen F. Arno, Carl E. Fiedler
Published Washington : Island Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1: Introduction -- Part I: Fundamentals -- Ch. 2: Ecology's Role in Forest Management -- Ch. 3: Knowledge from Historical Fire Regimes -- Ch. 4: Can Fire-Prone Forests Heal Themselves? -- Ch. 5: Restoration Objectives, Techniques, and Economics -- Part II: Learning from Experience: Profiles of Restoration Forestry Projects by Forest Type -- Ch. 6: Pinyon-Juniper -- The Elfin Forest -- Ch. 7: Ponderosa Pine/Fir -- Research and Demonstration Areas
Ch. 8: Ponderosa Pine/Fir -- Forest Management on Public Lands -- Ch. 9: Ponderosa Pine/Fir -- Privately Owned Conservation Reserves -- Ch. 10: Giant Sequoia/Mixed Conifer -- Ch. 11: Western Larch/Fir -- Ch. 12: Lodgepole Pine -- Ch. 13: Whitebark Pine -- Ch. 14: Restoring Aspen and Conifers across a Ranger District -- Ch. 15: Restoring Fire on a Wilderness Landscape -- Part III: Conclusions -- Ch. 16: The Restoration Imperative -- References -- About the Authors -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index
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Subject Forests and forestry -- Fire management -- West (U.S.)
Fire ecology -- West (U.S.)
Reforestation -- West (U.S.)
Prescribed burning
Pinus monophylla
Pinus edulis
Juniperus
Pinus ponderosa
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Larix occidentalis
Pinus contorta
Pinus albicaulis
Populus tremuloides
Fire ecology
Stand structure
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING.
Agriculture / Forestry.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Fire ecology
Forests and forestry -- Fire management
Reforestation
SUBJECT Western United States
Subject West United States
Form Electronic book
Author Fiedler, Carl E.
LC no. 2004025493
ISBN 9781559631426
1559631422
9781559631433
1559631430
9781429495219
1429495219
9781597266130
1597266132