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Fire in the tropical biota ecosystem processes and global challenges

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  • "This monograph covers the impact and role of fire in tropical ecosystems. It also studies the impact of tropical wildland fires and biomass burning on global ecosystem processes. In the first part, regional contributions cover the origin and the ecological effects of fire in the main tropical vegetation types of Asia, Latin America, Australia and Africa. Both the prehistorical and the historical perspectives are added in order to clarify the role of man in the evolution of tropical wildland fire regimes. The magnitude and impact of today's escalating tropical vegetation degradation by fire is described by contributions on remote sensing. The quality of emissions from biomass burning and an overall pantropical assessment of gaseous emissions from vegetation burning highlight their impact on a changing global atmosphere. The final chapter demonstrates that global climate change may itself have considerable effects on vegetation and fire regimes. What is new is a multi-disciplinary approach to tropical and global fire ecology. For the first time, the reader will find comprehensive original information as well as secondary sources on wildland fire phenomena and fire problems in the tropics."

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  • "Kongress"
  • "Conference papers and proceedings"@en
  • "Conference papers and proceedings"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Kongress (Freiburg/Breisgau, 1989)"

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  • "Fire in the tropical biota : ecosystem processes and global challenges"
  • "Fire in the tropical biota : ecosystem processes and global challenges : [3. Symposium on Fire Ecology held at Freiburg University in May 1989]"
  • "Fire in the tropical biota : ecosystem processes and global challenges ; [papers from the Third Symposium on Fire Ecology held at Freiburg University in May 1989 ...]"
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  • "Fire in the tropical biota : ecosystem processes and global challenges : [proceedings of the Third symposium on fire ecology held at Freiburg university in May 1989]"
  • "Fire in the Tropical Biota Ecosystem Processes and Global Challenges"

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