Forest Fires : Detection, Suppression and Prevention PDF
Edited by Eduards Gomez, Kristina Alvarez
Description
A forest fire is any uncontrolled, non-structure fire that occurs in the wilderness.
Wildlife behavior is often complex and variably dependent on factors such as fuel type, moisture content in the fuel, humidity, windspeed, topology, geographic location and ambient temperature.
Weather patterns, such as heat waves droughts can also have a dramatic impact on the onset and outcome of wildfires.
Fire is sometimes essential for forest regeneration, however, it often destroys forests and has dire social and economic consequences.
This book looks at the underlying causes of forest fires, their ecological effects and preventive strategies.
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- Pages:364 pages
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers
- Publication Date:01/02/2018
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- ISBN:9781616684099
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:364 pages
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers
- Publication Date:01/02/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781616684099