After the Fires : The Ecology of Change in Yellowstone National Park /

After the Fires : The Ecology of Change in Yellowstone National Park / Linda L. Wallace.

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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 wil...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Other Authors: Wallace, Linda L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Fire ecology > Yellowstone National Park.
Forest fires > Environmental aspects > Yellowstone National Park.
Forest fires > Yellowstone National Park.
Fire ecology.
Forest fires.
Forest fires > Environmental aspects.
United States > Yellowstone National Park.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I. Historical and Geological Perspective
  • 1. The Fires of 1988: A Chronology and Invitation to Research / Wallace, Linda L. / Singer, Francis J. / Schullery, Paul
  • 2. Postglacial Fire, Vegetation, and Climate History of the Yellowstone-Lamar and Central Plateau Provinces, Yellowstone National Park / Millspaugh, Sarah H. / Whitlock, Cathy / Bartlein, Patrick J.
  • 3. Yellowstone Fires and the Physical Landscape / Meyer, Grant A.
  • Part II. Effects on Individuals and Species
  • 4. Establishment, Growth, and Survival of Lodgepole Pine in the First Decade / Anderson, Jay E. / Ellis, Marshall / Dohlen, Carol D. von / Romme, William H.
  • 5. Fire Effects, Elk, and Ecosystem Resilience in Yellowstone's Sagebrush Grasslands / Tracy, Benjamin F.
  • 6. Elk Biology and Ecology Before and After the Yellowstone Fires of 1988 / Singer, Francis J. / Coughenour, Michael B. / Norland, Jack E.
  • Part III. Effects on Aquatic Systems
  • 7. Effects of Wildfire on Growth of Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone / Gresswell, Robert E.
  • 8. Stream Ecosystem Responses to Fire: The First Ten Years / Minshall, G. Wayne / Royer, Todd V. / Robinson, Christopher T.
  • 9. Food Web Dynamics in Yellowstone Streams: Shifts in the Trophic Basis of a Stream Food Web After Wildfire Disturbance / Mihuc, Timothy B.
  • 10. Role of Fire in Determining Annual Water Yield in Mountain Watersheds / Farnes, Phillip E. / McCaughey, Ward W. / Hansen, Katherine J.
  • Part IV. Terrestrial Ecosystem and Landscape Perspective
  • 11. Early Postfire Forest Succession in the Heterogeneous Teton / Doyle, Kathleen M.
  • 12. Snags and Coarse Woody Debris: An Important Legacy of Forests in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem / Tinker, Daniel B. / Knight, Dennis H.
  • 13. Fire Patterns and Ungulate Survival in Northern Yellowstone Park: The Results of Two Independent Models / Wallace, Linda L. / Coughenour, Michael B. / Turner, Monica G. / Romme, William H.
  • 14. Ten Years After the 1988 Yellowstone Fires: Is Restoration Needed? / Romme, William H. / Turner, Monica G.
  • 15. Epilogue: After the Fires. What Have We Learned? / Wallace, Linda L. / Christensen, Norman L.
  • List of Contributors
  • Index.

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