The Landscape Ecology of Fire

Global warming is expected to change fire regimes, likely increasing the severity and extent of wildfires in many ecosystems around the world.  What will be the landscape-scale effects of these altered fire regimes?  Within what theoretical cont

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Donald McKenzie  •  Carol Miller Donald A. Falk Editors

The Landscape Ecology of Fire

Editors Donald McKenzie Pacific Wildlife Fire Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest Research Station U.S. Forest Service Seattle, WA 98103-8600 USA [email protected]

Carol Miller Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute Missoula, MT 59801 USA [email protected]

Donald A. Falk School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Arizona T