Fire and Plants (Population and Community Biology Series, 14)

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. William J. Bond And Brian W. Van Wilgen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 228-253) And Indexes. After human urban and agricultural activities, fire is the most ubiquitous terrestrial disturbance.