Valuing chaparral : ecological, socio-economic, and management perspectives /: ecological, socio-economic, and management perspectives. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Emma C. Underwood, Hugh D. Safford, Nicole A. Molinari, Jon E. Keeley, editors.
• Editors: Underwood, Emma; Safford, Hugh D; Molinari, Nicole A; Keeley, Jon E
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: California Chaparral and Its Global Significance; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Global Significance of Mediterranean-Type Climate Regions; 1.3 Evolution of Chaparral Ecosystems and Diversity; 1.4 Chaparral Vegetation Structure and Classification; 1.5 Chaparral Geography; 1.6 Chaparral and Fire; 1.7 Chaparral Phenology; 1.8 Water Availability and Drought Tolerance; 1.9 Temperature Limitations; 1.10 Nutrient Availability; 1.11 Ecosystem Services Provided by Chaparral; 1.12 Chaparral Conservation in an Era of Global Change; References 3.4.1 Pollination and Seed Dispersal3.4.2 Inter-specific Interactions and Trophic Dynamics; 3.4.3 Nutrient Cycling; 3.4.4 Cultural and Provisioning Services; 3.5 Threats to Chaparral Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; 3.6 Resilience and Adaptation in Chaparral Fauna; 3.7 Conservation of Fauna in Chaparral; References; Chapter 4: Native Peoples' Relationship to the California Chaparral; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Native Peoples' Use of the Chaparral Community; 4.3 Useful Chaparral Plants; 4.3.1 Plants for Food and Medicine; 4.3.2 Plants as Raw Material for Technologies 4.4 Useful Animals of the Chaparral4.5 Native Management of Chaparral; 4.5.1 The California Landscape Was Pyrogenic at Euro-­American Contact: Archaeological Evidence; 4.5.2 Native People Managed Chaparral with Fire: Historical and Anthropological Evidence; 4.5.3 Native Burning Shaped the Distribution of Chaparral on the Landscape: Biogeographic Evidence; 4.5.4 What Native People Desired to Accomplish by Burning Chaparral; 4.6 Impacts of Native Use of Fire on Chaparral; 4.7 A Future for Indigenous Burning?; References Chapter 5: Essential Landscape: An Environmental History of Chaparral Ecosystems in California5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Indigenous People and Chaparral Ecosystems; 5.3 Chaparral as a Landscape of Resistance; 5.4 Late Nineteenth Century Conservation and Chaparral; 5.5 Nature Appreciation and Southern California's Great Hiking Era; 5.6 Chaparral and the Creation of the National Forests; 5.7 Transplanted Ideas; 5.8 Resilient Chaparral: A Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon and Nitrogen in Chaparral Dominated Ecosystems
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.3/809794; Environment; Chaparral ecology -- California; Chaparral -- California; NATURE / Ecology; NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness; SCIENCE / Environmental Science; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology; Chaparral; Chaparral ecology; Environment; Environmental Management; Ecosystems; Natural Resources; Biodiversity; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Nature -- Natural Resources; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmental management; Biodiversity; Environmental management; Endangered ecosystems; Natural resources; Biodiversity; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; California; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319683034; 3319683039; 3319683020; 9783319683027
• Related ISBNs: 9783319683027
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 17, 2018).
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