David Bowman, D. M. J. S. Bowman

Australian Rainforests

Islands of Green in a Land of Fire

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Produktbeschreibung

A critical evaluation of the ecological hypotheses proposed to explain the distribution of Australian rainforests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521057875
• ISBN-10: 0521057876
• Artikelnr.: 23437982

Autorenporträt

David Bowman is Professor of Forest Ecology in the School of Plant Science at the University of Tasmania. He uses a range of tools, including remote sensing and geographic information analysis, stable isotopes, ecophysiological analysis, mathematical modelling, biological survey and molecular analysis to understand how Australian landscapes have evolved in response to climatic change, varying fire regimes, the introduction of large vertebrate herbivores, and the impacts of contemporary and prehistoric management.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. What is Australian rainforest? 3. The sclerophyll problem
4. The edaphic theory I. The control of rainforest by soil phosphorus
5. The edaphic theory II. Soil types, drainage and fertility
6. The climate theory I. Water stress
7. The climate theory II. Light and temperature
8. The fire theory I. Field evidence
9. The fire theory II. Fire, nutrient cycling and topography
10. The fire theory III. Fire frequency, succession and ecological drift
11. The fire theory IV. Aboriginal landscape-burning
12. The fire theory V. Aridity and the evolution of flammable forests
13. Fire management and rainforest conservation
14. Summary
References.