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Ecological Effects of Fire in South African Ecosystems

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Peter V. Booysen

    1. University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

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  2. Neil M. Tainton

    1. Department of Grassland Science, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 48)

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Characteristics of South African Biomes

    • B. J. Huntley
    Pages 1-17

  3. Fire Regimes in the Biomes of South Africa

    • D. Edwards
    Pages 19-37

  4. Man’s Historical and Traditional Use of Fire in Southern Africa

    • M. Hall
    Pages 39-52

  5. An Historical Review of Research on Fire in South Africa

    • J. D. Scott
    Pages 53-65

  6. Fire in Fynbos

    • F. J. Kruger, R. C. Bigalke
    Pages 67-114

  7. Fire in Grassland

    • N. M. Tainton, M. T. Mentis
    Pages 115-147

  8. Fire in Savanna

    • W. S. W. Trollope
    Pages 149-175

  9. Fire in Forest

    • J. E. Granger
    Pages 177-197

  10. Fire Behaviour

    • W. S. W. Trollope
    Pages 199-217

  11. Effects of Fire on Vegetation Structure and Dynamics

    • F. J. Kruger
    Pages 219-243

  12. The Effect of Fire on Forage Production and Quality

    • M. T. Mentis, N. M. Tainton
    Pages 245-254

  13. Effects of Fire Regime on Faunal Composition and Dynamics

    • R. C. Bigalke, K. Willan
    Pages 255-271

  14. The Responses and Survival of Organisms in Fire-Prone Environments

    • P. G. H. Frost
    Pages 273-309

  15. The Effect of Fire on Soil and Microclimate

    • A. Cass, M. J. Savage, F. M. Wallis
    Pages 311-325

  16. The Effect of Fire on Water Yield

    • J. M. Bosch, R. E. Schulze, F. J. Kruger
    Pages 327-348

  17. The Use of Fire as a Management Tool

    • P. J. Edwards
    Pages 349-362

  18. Concluding Remarks. Fire Research - A Perspective for the Future

    • P. V. de Booysen
    Pages 363-366

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 367-428
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About this book

This is a stimulating tale of the interplay of observation, experimentation, working hypotheses, tentative conclusions, niggling and weightier doubts and great aspirations, on the part of some score of students, on varied ecological and other aspects of the regime and role of fire in relevant biomes and ecosystem- mainly in South Africa - and on other pertinent features of fire ecology. The impressive contents is a tribute to conveners and authors alike. One can expect a profound range and depth ofinvestigation and interpretation, a closeknit fabric of knowledge, delicately interwoven with wisdom, an exposition and quintessence of information. Admipable is the collective vision responsible for selecting appropriate topics: the wide sweeps of the brush picturing the nature of the biomes; ably describing the fire regimes - whether in grassland, savanna, fynbos or forest; skillfully defining the effects of such regimes - according to ecosystem - upon aerial and edaphic factors of the habitat, upon constituent biota, individually, specifically and as a biotic community; elucidating the basic implications in the structure and dynamics of the plant aspect of that community ... and unravelling to some degree the tangled knot of the conservation and dissipation of moisture and nutrients. Moreover, gratitude is owed for efforts exerted to understand the interplay of fire and faunal behaviour and dynamics as well as composition, together with the principle of adaptive responses of organisms of diverse kinds.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Peter V. Booysen

  • Department of Grassland Science, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    Neil M. Tainton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecological Effects of Fire in South African Ecosystems

  • Editors: Peter V. Booysen, Neil M. Tainton

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69805-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-69807-1Published: 24 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-69805-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 428

  • Topics: Ecology, Agriculture, Forestry

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