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Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests

Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests Trade paperback - 1993 - 1st Edition

by Agee, James K

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A leading expert in the emerging field of fire ecology, James Agee analyzes the ecological role of fire in the creation and maintenance of the natural forests common to most of the western U.S. In addition to examining fire from an ecological perspective, he provides insight into its historical and cultural aspects, and also touches on some of the political issues that influence the use of fire. Although the focus of chapters on the ecology of specific forest zones is on the Pacific Northwest, much of the book addresses issues that are applicable to other regions. Illustrations, tables, index.

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Island Press, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book is in excellent condition, shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 493 pages, graphs, charts, illustrations, cross sections, b&w photographs, tables. Chapters include: Natural fire regime, Natural fire environment, Methods for fire history, Fire effects on vegetation, Sitka spruce, coast redwood, & western hemlock forests, Pacific silver fir and red fir forests, subalpie ecosystems, Ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine forests, etc. with two appendices, etc.
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  • Title Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests
  • Author Agee, James K
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 505
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Island Press
  • Date 1993
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 156423
  • ISBN 9781559632300 / 1559632305
  • Weight 1.84 lbs (0.83 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.04 x 1.26 in (22.96 x 15.34 x 3.20 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 574.526

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James K. Agee is professor of forest ecology in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington, Seattle. He recently completed a five-year term as chair of the Division of Ecosystem Science and Conservation, and he continues to teach and conduct research on forest and fire ecology. Before coming to the University of Washington, he was a forest ecologist and research biologist for the National Park Service in Seattle and San Francisco. Agee received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1973. He is the author of more than 100 technical reports and professional papers in forest and fire ecology, and he has extensive experience with fire research and management in the Pacific Coast states. He has been a trustee for the Washington chapter of The Nature Conservancy, was chair to the Washington Natural Heritage Council, and associate editor of Northwest Science.