The ravaging fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 caused grave concern among scientists about the possible short- and longterm repercussions. This book provides the first comprehensive scientific summary of the actual response of the Yellowstone ecosystem to the fires. Written by experts in wildlife biology, ecosystem science, landscape ecology, and forest science, the book shows not only that many things changed after the fires (for ecological components of the system are interactive) but also that some things did not change. The largest effects of the fires were felt at the smallest scales, and the long-term devastation predicted did not come to pass. The resilience of this naturally functioning ecosystem to these huge fires has important lessons for heavily managed regions.
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ecosystem resilience, medieval warm period, forest science, climate history, food web dynamics, landscape ecology, simulation year, wild trout, percent serotiny, mean annual relative growth rate, pine seedling density, total biotic cover, postfire winter, survival scalar, postfire stream, pine seedling densities, serotinous trees, ungulate survival, twelve study sites, prefire vegetation, postfire density, prefire serotiny, fire severity classes, target seedlings, moisture scalar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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ecosystem resilience, medieval warm period, forest science, climate history, food web dynamics, landscape ecology, simulation year, wild trout, percent serotiny, mean annual relative growth rate, pine seedling density, total biotic cover, postfire winter, survival scalar, postfire stream, pine seedling densities, serotinous trees, ungulate survival, twelve study sites, prefire vegetation, postfire density, prefire serotiny, fire severity classes, target seedlings, moisture scalar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake, Cache Creek, Rocky Mountains, Forest Service, New York, United States, Survival of Lodgepole Pine, Early Postfire Forest Succession, North America, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Journal of Wildlife Management, Yellowstone Park, Ecological Applications, Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Role of Fire, Ecological Monographs, Department of Agriculture, Gibbon Canyon, Upper Cache, Slough Creek Lake, Yellowstone River, Cygnet Lake, Watershed Yield, Canadian Journal of Forest Research Browse Sample Pages:
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