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After the fires : the ecology of change in Yellowstone National Park / edited by Linda L. Wallace.
Record details
- ISBN: 0300100485 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: x, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The fires of 1988 : a chronology and invitation to research / Linda L. Wallace, Francis J. Singer and Paul Schullery -- 2. Postglacial fire, vegetation, and climate history of the Yellowstone-Lamar and Central Plateau provinces, Yellowstone National Park / Sarah H. Millspaugh, Cathy Whitlock and Patrick J. Bartlein -- 3. Yellowstone fires and the physical landscape / Grant A. Meyer -- 4. Establishment, growth, and survival of lodgepole pine in the first decade / Jay E. Anderson, Marshall Ellis, Carol D. von Dohlen and William H. Romme -- 5. Fire effects, elk, and ecosystem resilience in Yellowstone's sagebrush grasslands / Benjamin F. Tracy -- 6. Elk biology and ecology before and after the Yellowstone fires of 1988 / Francis J. Singer, Michael B. Coughenour and Jack E. Norland -- 7. Effects of wildfire on growth of cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake / Robert E. Gresswell -- 8. Stream ecosystem responses to fire : the first ten years / G. Wayne Minshall, Todd V. Royer and Christopher T. Robinson -- 9. Food web dynamics in Yellowstone streams : shifts in the trophic basis of a stream food web after wildfire disturbance / Timothy B. Mihuc -- 10. Role of fire in determining annual water yield in mountain watersheds / Phillip E. Farnes, Ward W. McCaughey and Katherine J. Hansen -- 11. Early postfire forest succession in the heterogenous teton landscape / Kathleen M. Doyle -- 12. Snags and coarse woody debris : an important legacy of forests in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem / Daniel B. Tinker and Dennis H. Knight -- 13. Fire patterns and ungulate survival in Northern Yellowstone Park : the results of two independent models / Linda L. Wallace, Michael B. Coughenour, Monica G. Turner and William H. Romme -- 14. Ten years after the 1988 Yellowstone fires : is restoration needed? / William H. Romme and Monica G. Turner -- 15. Epilogue : after the fires, what have we learned? / Linda L. Wallace and Norman L. Christensen. |
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| Subject: | Forest fires > Yellowstone National Park. Forest fires > Environmental aspects > Yellowstone National Park. Fire ecology > Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | SD 421.32 Y45 A46 2004 (Text) | 26040002742589 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Book News
Plant and fire ecologist Wallace (U. of Oklahoma) provides a comprehensive scientific summary of the effects of the dramatic fires that tore across Wyoming and Montana in 1988. Even before the ashes had cooled, scientists from many disciplines began research, asking critical questions about the extent and intensity of the fires and initiating studies to determine the effects on geology, hydrology, plant and animal ecology, aquatic ecosystems, and landscape and ecosystem structure and function. The collection shows that the largest effects were found to have been felt at the smallest scales, and that the long-term devastation that had been predicted did not come to pass. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Yale UniversityThe ravaging fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 caused grave concern among scientists about the possible short- and longterm repercussions. This book provides the first comprehensive scientific summary of the actual response of the Yellowstone ecosystem to the fires.
Written by experts in wildlife biology, ecosystem science, landscape ecology, and forest science, the book shows not only that many things changed after the fires (for ecological components of the system are interactive) but also that some things did not change. The largest effects of the fires were felt at the smallest scales, and the long-term devastation predicted did not come to pass. The resilience of this naturally functioning ecosystem to these huge fires has important lessons for heavily managed regions.
