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\u003ci\u003eThe second edition of Mixed Severity Fires: Natureâs Phoenix\u003c/i\u003e focuses on wildfire as a keystone ecological process that has shaped plant and animal communities for over 400 million years. The book will describe the renewal process that follows wildfires in forests and chaparral ecosystems as \"natureâs phoenix\" by drawing from examples of wildfire effects in several regions of the world.In addition, the book will describe management and policies that have contributed to wildfire problems, including climate change and land-use practices incompatible with natureâs phoenix and what must happen to get to coexistence with wildfires that are not going away no matter how much we try to suppress or alter fire behavior. \u003ci\u003eThis second edition of Mixed Severity Fires: Natureâs Phoenix\u003c/i\u003e provides a comprehensive reference for documenting and synthesizing fire's ecological role.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eComprehensive and complete reference on wildfire ecology that includes the latest science and citations\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDebunks debates on wildfire management that can be used by conservation groups and decision-makers to shift egregious wildfire policies\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eContains a broad synthesis of the ecology of mixed- and high-severity fires, covering such topics as vegetation, birds, mammals, insects, aquatics, and management actions\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e |
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