Fire and Plants [Paperback]

Large regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally. However, despite the widespread occurrence of such fire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of research on plant population biology in relation to fire, until now there have only been limited attempts at a coherent conceptual synthesis of the field for use by students or researchers.Large regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally. However, despite the widespread occurrence of such fire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of research on plant population biology in relation to fire, until now there have only been limited attempts at a coherent conceptual synthesis of the field for use by students or researchers.Introduction. Why and how do ecosystems burn? Surviving fires - vegetative and reproductive responses. Plant demography and fire I: Interval dependent effects. Plant demography and fire II: Event-dependent effects. Fire and the evolutionary ecology of plants. Fire, competition and the organization of communities. Fire and management. Fire and the ecology of a changing world. References. Index.Springer Book Archives