Fire, Chaparral, And Survival In Southern California

Fire, Chaparral, And Survival In Southern California

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Book Description
Biologist and fire ecologist Richard W. Halsey, with contributions from many other experts, has woven together the crucial elements of fire behavior, land management, and knowledge of the natural environment to help Californians better protect their families and form vital connections with their surroundings.

With a detailed description of the chaparral plant community and a full-color field reference to its most common plants and animals, Halsey provides an essential guide to Southern California's most extensive and characteristic wilderness.

Special contributors include wildland fire and chaparral specialists Jon E. Keeley, CJ Fotheringham, and Max A. Moritz, wildland resource scientist Klaus W.H. Radtke, National Park Service scientists Marti Witter and Robert Taylor, geographer Michael Wangler, and botanists Anne Fege and Bill Howell with the San Diego Natural History Museum.

From the Publisher
Complete with a 32-page full-color field guide to the common plants, birds, and animals that dwell in the chaparral, this book is a "must-have" for natural history buffs, as well as those Southern Californians interested in learning more about their natural surroundings.

Fire, Chaparral, And Survival In Southern California

Fire, Chaparral, And Survival In Southern California,Richard W. Halsey,Sunbelt Publications,0932653693,Agriculture - Forestry,California, Southern,Chaparral ecology,Ecology,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental Studies,Fire ecology,Natural Disasters,Nature,Nature / Field Guide Books,Nature/Ecology,Prevention and control,Reference,Wildfires

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