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Fire in the Tropical Biota

Ecosystem Processes and Global Challenges

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Johann Georg Goldammer

    1. Fire Ecology and Fire Management Research Unit Institute of Forest Zoology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 84)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Fire in Tropical Ecosystems and Global Environmental Change: An Introduction

    • D. Mueller-Dombois, J. G. Goldammer
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Impact of Droughts and Forest Fires on Tropical Lowland Rain Forest of East Kalimantan

    • J. G. Goldammer, B. Seibert
    Pages 11-31

  4. The Role of Fire in the Tropical Lowland Deciduous Forests of Asia

    • P. A. Stott, J. G. Goldammer, W. L. Werner
    Pages 32-44

  5. Fire in the Pine-Grassland Biomes of Tropical and Subtropical Asia

    • J. G. Goldammer, S. R. Peñafiel
    Pages 45-62

  6. Fire in Some Tropical and Subtropical South American Vegetation Types: An Overview

    • R. V. Soares
    Pages 63-81

  7. Fire in the Ecology of the Brazilian Cerrado

    • L. M. Coutinho
    Pages 82-105

  8. Fire in the Tropical Rain Forest of the Amazon Basin

    • P. M. Fearnside
    Pages 106-116

  9. Interactions of Anthropogenic Activities, Fire, and Rain Forests in the Amazon Basin

    • J. B. Kauffman, C. Uhl
    Pages 117-134

  10. Social and Ecological Aspects of Fire in Central America

    • A. L. Koonce, A. González-Cabán
    Pages 135-158

  11. Fires and Their Effects in the Wet-Dry Tropics of Australia

    • A. M. Gill, J. R. L. Hoare, N. P. Cheney
    Pages 159-178

  12. Fire Management in Southern Africa: Some Examples of Current Objectives, Practices, and Problems

    • B. W. van Wilgen, C. S. Everson, W. S. W. Trollope
    Pages 179-215

  13. Prescribed Fire in Industrial Pine Plantations

    • C. de Ronde, J. G. Goldammer, D. D. Wade, R. V. Soares
    Pages 216-272

  14. Landscapes and Climate in Prehistory: Interactions of Wildlife, Man, and Fire

    • W. Schüle
    Pages 273-318

  15. Fire Conservancy: The Origins of Wildland Fire Protection in British India, America, and Australia

    • S. J. Pyne
    Pages 319-336

  16. The Contribution of Remote Sensing to the Global Monitoring of Fires in Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems

    • J.-P. Malingreau
    Pages 337-370

  17. Remote Sensing of Biomass Burning in the Tropics

    • Y. J. Kaufman, A. Setzer, C. Justice, C. J. Tucker, M. C. Pereira, I. Fung
    Pages 371-399

  18. NOAA-AVHRR and GIS-Based Monitoring of Fire Activity in Senegal — a Provisional Methodology and Potential Applications

    • P. Frederiksen, S. Langaas, M. Mbaye
    Pages 400-417

  19. Factors Influencing the Emissions of Gases and Particulate Matter from Biomass Burning

    • D. E. Ward
    Pages 418-436

  20. Ozone Production from Biomass Burning in Tropical Africa. Results from DECAFE-88

    • M. O. Andreae, G. Helas, J. Rudolph, B. Cros, R. Delmas, D. Nganga et al.
    Pages 437-439
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About this book

In 1977, the Volkswagen Foundation sponsored the first of a series of International Symposia on Fire Ecology at Freiburg University, Federal Republic of Germany. The scope of the congresses was to create a platform for researchers at a time when the science of fire ecology was not yet recognized and established outside of North America and Australia. Whereas comprehensive information on the fire ecology of the northern boreal, the temperate, and the mediter­ ranean biotas is meanwhile available, it was recognized that conside­ rable gaps in information exist on the role of fire in tropical und sub­ tropical ecosystems. Thus it seemed timely to meet the growing scientific interest and public demand for reliable and updated infor­ mation and to synthesize the available knowledge of tropical fire ecology and the impact of tropical biomass burning on global eco­ system processes. The Third Symposium on Fire Ecology, again sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation and held at Freiburg University in May 1989, was convened to prepare this first pantropical and multidisci­ plinary monograph on fire ecology!. The book, in which 46 scientists cooperated, analyzes those fire-related ecosystem processes which have not yet been described in a synoptic way. Following the editor's concept, duplication at previous efforts in describing tropical vegeta­ tion patterns and dynamics was avoided. Extensive bibliographical sources are given in the reference lists of the chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fire Ecology and Fire Management Research Unit Institute of Forest Zoology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Johann Georg Goldammer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fire in the Tropical Biota

  • Book Subtitle: Ecosystem Processes and Global Challenges

  • Editors: Johann Georg Goldammer

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75395-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-75397-8Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-75395-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 497

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology, Ecotoxicology

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