Plant-Fire Interactions Applying Ecophysiology to Wildfire Management

This book provides a unique exploration of the inter-relationships between the science of plant environmental responses and the understanding and management of forest fires. It bridges the gap between plant ecologists, interested in the functional and evolutionary consequences of fire in ecosystems, with foresters and fire managers, interested in effectively reducing fire hazard and damage.
This innovation in this study lies in its focus on the physiological responses of plants that are of relevance for predicting forest fire risk, behaviour and management. It covers the evolutionary trade-offs in the resistance of plants to fire and drought, and its implications for predicting fuel moisture and fire risk; the importance of floristics and plant traits, in interaction with landform and atmospheric conditions, to successfully predict fire behaviour, and provides recommendations for pre- and post- fire management, in relation with the functional composition of the community. The book will be particularly focused on examples from Mediterranean environments, but the underlying principles will be of broader utility.

About the author

The author works as a Professor at the School of Life Sciences and Engineering at Southwest University for Science and Technology and  a Research Scientist at the Joint Research Unit CTFC-Agrotecnio and University of Lleida.

Product details

• Authors: Víctor Resco de Dios
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.04.2021
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food
• EAN: 9783030411947
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3041194-7
• Pages: 208
• Illustrations: XII, 208 p. 55 illus., 32 illus. in color.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 1 x 23.5 cm
• Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems > 36