State of Fire

Introduction




Searching for Nature in the Anthropocene: Spring in Whiskeytown
Map-Carr Fire and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Map-California Counties
Map-National Forests in California
Map-California's Major Watersheds

Part One: Fire History


Endemic/Indigenous Pyrosymbiosis: The evolution of fire in California
Pyrodiversity and Biodiversity: Resiliency and postfire ecological response
A Tragedy of Misconceptions: When the wilderness is not wild
Cultural Fire on the Land: Traditional ecological knowledge
Colonial Conflagration: Genocide and ecocide
The Coming of Modern Megafire: Why and how now is different
The Century of Reset and Reckoning: California fire in the twenty-first century
Map-North Coast and Klamath Regions
Map-Bay Area and Sonoma-Berryessa Regions
Map-Central Coast Region
Map-Santa Barbara Coast and Mountain Region
Map-South Coast Region with Transverse and Peninsula Ranges
Map-California's Southeastern Deserts
Map-Southern Sierra Nevada
Map-Northern Sierra Nevada
Map-Northeast Region and Cascade Ranges

Part Two: Fire Ecology


Cascading Patterns and Emergence: The (new) ecology of fire
Succession and conversion: Fire's ecological energy release
Patterns of vulnerability and resilience: Bioregional Fire Ecology
-North Coast and North Coast Ranges Bioregion
-Klamath Mountain Bioregion
-Southern Cascades Bioregion
-Northeastern Plateaus Bioregion
-Sierra Nevada Bioregion

-Central Valley Bioregion

-South Coast Bioregion

-Southern Eastern Deserts Bioregion
Abundance and variation: How fire affects animals
Dependency and enhancement: How fire affects plants

Part Three: Fire Principles


World on Fire: California climate breakdown by the numbers
Fire Is the Hunter: Human culpability, fire threat, and fire design
A Policy of Prescription: Opportunities and challenges in normalizing wildland fire
Repair, Restore, and Reciprocate: A vision of California in the balance
Between Tradition and Innovation: A better story for fire




Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
About the Author

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• Protecção e segurança contra incêndios
• Conservação do ambiente
• Florestas, florestas tropicais
• A Terra: história natural geral
• Desastres naturais

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