Fire in the Forest Hardback - Hardcover

Thomas; McAlpine; Hirsch

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521822297 ISBN 13: 9780521822299

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

An in-depth, yet readable look at the complex science behind the physics of fire, the ecological role of fire and the fire suppression challenge, using non-technical language and colour illustrations. This book is aimed at anyone with an interest in forest fires and the complex environmental role they play.

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' ... large and sumptuously produced ... the authors and the publisher deserve congratulation for the high standard of the illustrations, which make a complex subject far easier to understand ... The book is published at a very reasonable price. I learnt a lot from it, and suspect that many who have important responsibilities for forests would do so too.' Bulletin of the British Ecological Society

'Fire in the Forest is an interesting international introduction to the intriguing and sometimes enigmatic role that fire plays in natural and increasingly human-inhabited ecosystems. It is presented from a non-technical, but well-referenced, point of view by the two primary authors, who are well positioned to provide such insights on this topic. ... highly recommended ...' Plant Science Bulletin

Biografía del autor:

Peter A. Thomas is senior lecturer in environmental science at Keele University, UK and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada and a Bullard Fellow at Harvard University, USA. He has a PhD in forest fire ecology from the University of New Brunswick, Canada and has been involved in a number of fire research projects since in Canada and the USA. His teaching encompasses a wide range of tree and woodland related topics including fire behaviour and fire ecology, and he recently received an Excellence in Teaching Award from Keele University. He has travelled extensively around the world investigating burnt forests; the information and perspective gained informs his teaching, writing and research. His research interests focus on tree ecology and forest fires. He is the author of Trees: Their Natural History and Ecology of Woodlands and Forests both published by Cambridge University Press.

Robert S. (Rob) McAlpine works with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aviation and Forest Fire Management Branch, where he leads the Science and Technology group. He is actively involved in the fire management programme and continues to develop tools and concepts to improve the practice of fire management. Rob also worked with the Canadian Forest Service for more than 10 years where he was a research scientist studying fire behaviour. Rob's current research interests and activities span fire behaviour, fire economics, equipment development, and organizational effectiveness. He has worked in fire management and research for almost 30 years from a front line fire fighter to a fire scientist.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521822297
• ISBN 13: 9780521822299
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238