Proceedings of the Symposium on the Environmental Consequences of Fire and Fuel Management in Mediterranean Ecosystems, August 1-5, 1977, Palo Alto, CaliforniaForest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1977 - 498 pages |
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Adenostoma fasciculatum annual areas Australia biomass Biswell brush brushland Calif canyon Cape Ceanothus chamise chaparral climate conifer Consequences of Fire control burning cover cycle density drought ecosystems effects of fire environmental eucalypt evergreen Figure Fire and Fuel fire control fire ecology fire frequencies fire management forest fires Forest Service Forestry Fuel Management fuelbreak fynbos garrigue germination grass grassland grazing growth habitat heat hectares herb increase intensity land lignotuber litter mallee Management in Mediterranean maquis Mediterranean climate Mediterranean Ecosystems ment moisture Mooney Mountain Naveh nitrogen nutrients occur patterns percent period phrygana pine populations post-fire prescribed burning prescribed fire production protection Quercus rainfall range regeneration region resprouting sclerophyll scrub season seed seedlings shrubland shrubs slopes soil southern California Specht species sprouting stands successional sunspot surface Symposium Table Tall Timbers temperatures tion trees unburned vegetation types watershed wildfires wildland wildlife woody zone
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