The future of fire in California ecosystems
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Abstract
This chapter reviews the concepts developed in the book and challenges Californians to accept the fact that they live in fire-prone ecosystems. California’s variety of fire regimes are products of its wide diversity of vegetation, climate, topography, and ignitions. The role fire plays in an ecosystem is characterized by the fire regime attributes that describe the pattern of fire occurrence, behavior, and effects. California has a diverse flora comprised of plants that have evolved under a variety of climates and evolutionary pressures. The most universal changes to California’s ecosystems during the historic period have been the alteration of past fire regimes and changes in the pattern of fire on the landscape. Ecosystems change, and it is a mistake to manage any complex, dynamic ecosystem for a single, static state or condition.
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| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | The future of fire in California ecosystems |
| Chapter | 24 |
| DOI | 10.1525/california/9780520246058.003.0024 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Publisher location | Berkeley, CA |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Fire in California ecosystems |
| First page | 538 |
| Last page | 543 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
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