Ebook: Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas

Both fire and climatic variability have monumental impacts on the dynamics of temperate ecosystems. These impacts can sometimes be extreme or devastating as seen in recent El Nino/La Nina cycles and in uncontrolled fire occurrences. This volume brings together research conducted in western North and South America, areas of a great deal of collaborative work on the influence of people and climate change on fire regimes. In order to give perspective to patterns of change over time, it emphasizes the integration of paleoecological studies with studies of modern ecosystems. Data from a range of spatial scales, from individual plants to communities and ecosystems to landscape and regional levels, are included. Contributions come from fire ecology, paleoecology, biogeography, paleoclimatology, landscape and ecosystem ecology, ecological modeling, forest management, plant community ecology and plant morphology. The book gives a synthetic overview of methods, data and simulation models for evaluating fire regime processes in forests, shrublands and woodlands and assembles case studies of fire, climate and land use histories. The unique approach of this book gives researchers the benefits of a north-south comparison as well as the integration of paleoecological histories, current ecosystem dynamics and modeling of future changes.

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Both fire and climatic variability have monumental impacts on the dynamics of temperate ecosystems. These impacts can sometimes be extreme or devastating as seen in recent El Nino/La Nina cycles and in uncontrolled fire occurrences. This volume brings together research conducted in western North and South America, areas of a great deal of collaborative work on the influence of people and climate change on fire regimes. In order to give perspective to patterns of change over time, it emphasizes the integration of paleoecological studies with studies of modern ecosystems. Data from a range of spatial scales, from individual plants to communities and ecosystems to landscape and regional levels, are included. Contributions come from fire ecology, paleoecology, biogeography, paleoclimatology, landscape and ecosystem ecology, ecological modeling, forest management, plant community ecology and plant morphology. The book gives a synthetic overview of methods, data and simulation models for evaluating fire regime processes in forests, shrublands and woodlands and assembles case studies of fire, climate and land use histories. The unique approach of this book gives researchers the benefits of a north-south comparison as well as the integration of paleoecological histories, current ecosystem dynamics and modeling of future changes.

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Both fire and climatic variability have monumental impacts on the dynamics of temperate ecosystems. These impacts can sometimes be extreme or devastating as seen in recent El Nino/La Nina cycles and in uncontrolled fire occurrences. This volume brings together research conducted in western North and South America, areas of a great deal of collaborative work on the influence of people and climate change on fire regimes. In order to give perspective to patterns of change over time, it emphasizes the integration of paleoecological studies with studies of modern ecosystems. Data from a range of spatial scales, from individual plants to communities and ecosystems to landscape and regional levels, are included. Contributions come from fire ecology, paleoecology, biogeography, paleoclimatology, landscape and ecosystem ecology, ecological modeling, forest management, plant community ecology and plant morphology. The book gives a synthetic overview of methods, data and simulation models for evaluating fire regime processes in forests, shrublands and woodlands and assembles case studies of fire, climate and land use histories. The unique approach of this book gives researchers the benefits of a north-south comparison as well as the integration of paleoecological histories, current ecosystem dynamics and modeling of future changes.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fire History Reconstructions Based on Sediment Records from Lakes and Wetlands....Pages 3-31
The Simulation of Landscape Fire, Climate, and Ecosystem Dynamics....Pages 32-68
Simulation of Effects of Climatic Change on Fire Regimes....Pages 69-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Fire Regimes and Climatic Change in Canadian Forests....Pages 97-119
Fires and Climate in Forested Landscapes of the U.S. Rocky Mountains....Pages 120-157
Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Fire and Climate History in the Sierra Nevada and Southwestern United States....Pages 158-195
Influence of Climate and Land Use on Historical Surface Fires in Pine-Oak Forests, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico....Pages 196-217
Impact of Past, Present, and Future Fire Regimes on North American Mediterranean Shrublands....Pages 218-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Fire History and Vegetation Changes in Northern Patagonia, Argentina....Pages 265-295
Influences of Climate on Fire in Northern Patagonia, Argentina....Pages 296-321
Fire Regimes and Forest Dynamics in the Lake Region of South-Central Chile....Pages 322-342
Fire History in Central Chile: Tree-Ring Evidence and Modern Records....Pages 343-356
Holocene Fire Frequency and Climate Change at Rio Rubens Bog, Southern Patagonia....Pages 357-380
Regeneration Potential of Chilean Matorral After Fire: An Updated View....Pages 381-409
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Management Implications of Fire and Climate Changes in the Western Americas....Pages 413-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-444

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Both fire and climatic variability have monumental impacts on the dynamics of temperate ecosystems. These impacts can sometimes be extreme or devastating as seen in recent El Nino/La Nina cycles and in uncontrolled fire occurrences. This volume brings together research conducted in western North and South America, areas of a great deal of collaborative work on the influence of people and climate change on fire regimes. In order to give perspective to patterns of change over time, it emphasizes the integration of paleoecological studies with studies of modern ecosystems. Data from a range of spatial scales, from individual plants to communities and ecosystems to landscape and regional levels, are included. Contributions come from fire ecology, paleoecology, biogeography, paleoclimatology, landscape and ecosystem ecology, ecological modeling, forest management, plant community ecology and plant morphology. The book gives a synthetic overview of methods, data and simulation models for evaluating fire regime processes in forests, shrublands and woodlands and assembles case studies of fire, climate and land use histories. The unique approach of this book gives researchers the benefits of a north-south comparison as well as the integration of paleoecological histories, current ecosystem dynamics and modeling of future changes.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fire History Reconstructions Based on Sediment Records from Lakes and Wetlands....Pages 3-31
The Simulation of Landscape Fire, Climate, and Ecosystem Dynamics....Pages 32-68
Simulation of Effects of Climatic Change on Fire Regimes....Pages 69-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Fire Regimes and Climatic Change in Canadian Forests....Pages 97-119
Fires and Climate in Forested Landscapes of the U.S. Rocky Mountains....Pages 120-157
Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Fire and Climate History in the Sierra Nevada and Southwestern United States....Pages 158-195
Influence of Climate and Land Use on Historical Surface Fires in Pine-Oak Forests, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico....Pages 196-217
Impact of Past, Present, and Future Fire Regimes on North American Mediterranean Shrublands....Pages 218-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Fire History and Vegetation Changes in Northern Patagonia, Argentina....Pages 265-295
Influences of Climate on Fire in Northern Patagonia, Argentina....Pages 296-321
Fire Regimes and Forest Dynamics in the Lake Region of South-Central Chile....Pages 322-342
Fire History in Central Chile: Tree-Ring Evidence and Modern Records....Pages 343-356
Holocene Fire Frequency and Climate Change at Rio Rubens Bog, Southern Patagonia....Pages 357-380
Regeneration Potential of Chilean Matorral After Fire: An Updated View....Pages 381-409
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Management Implications of Fire and Climate Changes in the Western Americas....Pages 413-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-444
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