Author: Jeremy S. Fried
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Category : Chaparral
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Chaparral in Southern and Central Coastal California in the Mid-1990s
Chaparral in Southern and Central Coastal California in the Mid-1990s
Author: Jeremy S. Fried
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
This report summarizes an inventory of chaparral-dominated lands in southern California conducted during the mid-1990s and provides a review of contemporary literature on the ecological dynamics of chaparral vegetation with emphases on stand development, species composition, and the role of fire. Detailed tables provide estimates of chaparral area by owner, type, size, and cover, and, for lands outside national forests, area by fire-hazard class and 10-year change in chaparral area.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
This report summarizes an inventory of chaparral-dominated lands in southern California conducted during the mid-1990s and provides a review of contemporary literature on the ecological dynamics of chaparral vegetation with emphases on stand development, species composition, and the role of fire. Detailed tables provide estimates of chaparral area by owner, type, size, and cover, and, for lands outside national forests, area by fire-hazard class and 10-year change in chaparral area.
Valuing Chaparral
Author: Emma C. Underwood
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319683039
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States. Chaparral-type ecosystems are a common element of all of the world’s Mediterranean-type climate regions – of which California is one – yet there is little public appreciation of the intrinsic value and the ecosystem services that these landscapes provide. Valuing Chaparral is a compendium of contributions from experts in chaparral ecology and management, with a focus on the human relationship with chaparral ecosystems. Chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from biodiversity to ecosystem services like water provision, erosion control, carbon sequestration and recreation; from the history of human interactions with chaparral to current education and conservation efforts; and from chaparral restoration and management to scenarios of the future under changing climate, land use, and human population. Valuing Chaparral will be of interest to resource managers, the research community, policy makers, and the public who live and work in the chaparral dominated landscapes of California and other Mediterranean-type climate regions.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319683039
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States. Chaparral-type ecosystems are a common element of all of the world’s Mediterranean-type climate regions – of which California is one – yet there is little public appreciation of the intrinsic value and the ecosystem services that these landscapes provide. Valuing Chaparral is a compendium of contributions from experts in chaparral ecology and management, with a focus on the human relationship with chaparral ecosystems. Chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from biodiversity to ecosystem services like water provision, erosion control, carbon sequestration and recreation; from the history of human interactions with chaparral to current education and conservation efforts; and from chaparral restoration and management to scenarios of the future under changing climate, land use, and human population. Valuing Chaparral will be of interest to resource managers, the research community, policy makers, and the public who live and work in the chaparral dominated landscapes of California and other Mediterranean-type climate regions.
California's Forest Resources, 2001-2005
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Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This report highlights key findings from the most recent (2001-2005) data collected by the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program across all forest land in California. We summarize and interpret basic resource information such as forest area, ownership, volume, biomass, and carbon stocks; structure and function topics such as biodiversity, forest age, dead wood, and hardwood forests; disturbance topics such as insects and diseases, fire, invasive plants, and air pollution; and information about the forest products industry in California, including data on tree growth and mortality, removals for timber products, and nontimber forest products. The appendixes describe inventory methods in detail and provide summary tables of data, with statistical error, about the suite of forest characteristics inventoried.
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Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This report highlights key findings from the most recent (2001-2005) data collected by the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program across all forest land in California. We summarize and interpret basic resource information such as forest area, ownership, volume, biomass, and carbon stocks; structure and function topics such as biodiversity, forest age, dead wood, and hardwood forests; disturbance topics such as insects and diseases, fire, invasive plants, and air pollution; and information about the forest products industry in California, including data on tree growth and mortality, removals for timber products, and nontimber forest products. The appendixes describe inventory methods in detail and provide summary tables of data, with statistical error, about the suite of forest characteristics inventoried.
2004 Science Accomplishments of the Pacific Northwest Research Station
Author: Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Proceedings of the Chaparral Ecosystems Research Conference, May 16-17, 1985, Santa Barbara, California
Author: California Water Resources Center
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Category : Chaparral ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chaparral ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Comparative Stem Anatomy of Dominant Chaparral Plants of Southern California
Author: Katherine Schweinsberg Watkins
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Category : Chaparral
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Chaparral
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Chaparral
Author: Fred Gordon Plummer
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265238257
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Excerpt from Chaparral: Studies in the Dwarf Forests, or Elfin-Wood, of Southern California Chaparral. - An area whose permanent and mature crop is a mixed forest of stunted trees, resulting from certain climatic conditions which produce sclerophyllous or hard-leafed dwarfs. In the United States it is found in southern California. The type corresponds to the scrub, elfin wood, bush forest, heath scrub, maqui, shrub steppe, etc., which are peculiar to sclerophyllous woodland regions in other countries. Brushland. - An area whose crop is low trees or Shrubs having no commercial value. The occurrence of brush creates a distinct land type, but all land sup porting brush does not belong to the type. When brush occurs under a cover of large trees in the form of undergrowth, underbrush, or thicket, the classi fication is either timberland or woodland. Brush may temporarily form an exclusive cover, owing to the removal of large trees from an area, but such a temporary cover of brush does not remove the land from the type to which it previously belonged. When this temporary cover includes some of the species which are found in true chaparral, its form may be termed mock chaparral. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265238257
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Excerpt from Chaparral: Studies in the Dwarf Forests, or Elfin-Wood, of Southern California Chaparral. - An area whose permanent and mature crop is a mixed forest of stunted trees, resulting from certain climatic conditions which produce sclerophyllous or hard-leafed dwarfs. In the United States it is found in southern California. The type corresponds to the scrub, elfin wood, bush forest, heath scrub, maqui, shrub steppe, etc., which are peculiar to sclerophyllous woodland regions in other countries. Brushland. - An area whose crop is low trees or Shrubs having no commercial value. The occurrence of brush creates a distinct land type, but all land sup porting brush does not belong to the type. When brush occurs under a cover of large trees in the form of undergrowth, underbrush, or thicket, the classi fication is either timberland or woodland. Brush may temporarily form an exclusive cover, owing to the removal of large trees from an area, but such a temporary cover of brush does not remove the land from the type to which it previously belonged. When this temporary cover includes some of the species which are found in true chaparral, its form may be termed mock chaparral. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Role of Annual Grasses in the Southern California Chaparral
Author: Susan Patricia Richards
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ISBN:
Category : Chaparral ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chaparral ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Terrestrial Vegetation of California, 3rd Edition
Author: Michael Barbour
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520249550
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
"This completely new edition of Terrestrial Vegetation of California clearly documents the extraordinary complexity and richness of the plant communities and of the state and the forces that shape them. This volume is a storehouse of information of value to anyone concerned with meeting the challenge of understanding, managing or conserving these unique plant communities under the growing threats of climate change, biological invasions and development."—Harold Mooney, Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University "The plants of California are under threat like never before. Traditional pressures of development and invasive species have been joined by a newly-recognized threat: human-caused climate change. It is essential that we thoroughly understand current plant community dynamics in order to have a hope of conserving them. This book represents an important, well-timed advance in knowledge of the vegetation of this diverse state and is an essential resource for professionals, students, and the general public alike."—Brent Mishler, Director of the University & Jepson Herbaria and Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520249550
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
"This completely new edition of Terrestrial Vegetation of California clearly documents the extraordinary complexity and richness of the plant communities and of the state and the forces that shape them. This volume is a storehouse of information of value to anyone concerned with meeting the challenge of understanding, managing or conserving these unique plant communities under the growing threats of climate change, biological invasions and development."—Harold Mooney, Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University "The plants of California are under threat like never before. Traditional pressures of development and invasive species have been joined by a newly-recognized threat: human-caused climate change. It is essential that we thoroughly understand current plant community dynamics in order to have a hope of conserving them. This book represents an important, well-timed advance in knowledge of the vegetation of this diverse state and is an essential resource for professionals, students, and the general public alike."—Brent Mishler, Director of the University & Jepson Herbaria and Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley