Fire phenomena and the Earth system : an interdisciplinary guide to fire science
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Chicester
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Wiley-Blackwell
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )pages 320-322( and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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edited by Claire M. Belcher, College of Life and Environmental Science, University of Exeter
CONTENTS NOTE
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An introduction to combustion in organic materials -- Smouldering fires in natural fuels -- Experimental understanding of wildland fires -- Wildland fire behaviour and danger ratings -- Satellite remote sensing of wildfires -- Understanding the ecological impacts of fires -- Plant adaptations to fire an evolutionary perspective -- Fire and the land surface -- Black carbon in soils and sediments -- Identifying past fire events -- A 12,000 year history of fire -- A 054 million year history of fire -- The atmospheric impact of wildfires -- Experiments on atmospheric oxygen and fire -- Fire feedbacks on atmospheric oxygen -- Biochar and carbon sequestration