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Climate and Hydrology of Mountain Areas
by Carmen De Jong
An overview of the interaction of hydrological and meteorological processes in mountain areas, reviewing research and using case studies from European, American and Asian mountainous regions. Topics covered include:
- Cryosphere and Climatic Change.
- Snow Melt and Soil Water.
- Run-off and Floods.
- Water fluxes and Water Balance.
- Hydro-meteorological Coupling and Modelling.
Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management
by Tony Sinclair
Introduces general ecological principles, applying them to conservation and wildlife management. Addresses natural resource management, foraging, ecosytem ecology and computer modelling selection. Sold with a CD with computer modelling examples. Revised edition.
March 2006
Mimicking Nature's Fire
by Stephen F. Arno, Carl Fielder
Addressing deteriorating forest conditions in western North America, the authors advocate "restoration forestry," an ecological approach to establish forest structures in which fire serves as a beneficial process instead of a destructive aberration.
Mimicking Nature's Fires covers why traditional forestry attempted to exclude fire from forests, why they failed, and the recognition by foresters and ecologists of forest management based on how natural ecosystems operate.
Sections also cover:
- How the historic role of forest fires provides a foundation for designing restoration strategies.
- Why a hands-off approach will not return forests to their historical condition.
- How management goals influence the strategies used in restoration forestry.
The authors also offer case studies of restoration projects in the western United States and Canada, representing different forest types and different historic fire regimes. Management goals are contrasted
For each case study, the authors profile forest conditions and describe methods of treatment, reporting on accomplishments and obstacles to restoration. Finally, restoration forestry is placed in the context of conserving forests worldwide and outlining factors critical for its success.
Art of The Warriors
by James Keyser
Southwest Archaeology in the Twentieth Century
by Linda S Cordell
The American Southwest, home to Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Canyon and Paquimé, has been the scene of more archaeological research that any other region of the U.S. With excellent site preservation due to the thinly populated landscape and arid climate, providing excellent site preservation, the native populations offer cultural continuity with the past, enriching the prospects of fruitful research.
Southwest Archaeology in the Twentieth Century covers the histories of the key archaeological topics and intellectual trends of the region with particular attention to the vast changes during the final decades of the century. Topics include:
- The influence of field schools.
- The rise of cultural resource management.
- The uses and abuses of ethnographic analogy.
- The intellectual contexts of archaeology in Mexico.
- Debates on agriculture, sedentism, and political complexity.
Forest Fires, First Edition: Behavior and Ecological Effects
by Edward A. Johnson
A reference of forest fire science, covering fire behavior, fuel dynamics, combustion, coupled atmosphere-fire modelling and other fire ecology topics. Includes a review of pyrolysis, lightening, flames, smoke, fuel-moisture dynamics, combustion chemistry and other research.
Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)
by Phillip Omi
Explores from a global perspective the issues, events, politics, economics and law surrounding forest fire issues. Includes a history of human-caused forest fires and wildfires and fire management systems.
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