Fire in Rangelands and its Role in Management
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publisher
EOLSS Publishers/UNESCO
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Natural Sciences / Centre for Ecosystem Management
RAS ID
10582
Abstract
Fire is a prevalent feature of most rangelands, whereas not all fire-prone ecosystems are rangelands. The major rangeland ecosystems at a global scale (savanna, grasslands, steppe and grassy woodlands) generally occur in regions of intermediate rainfall, are dominated by grasses and experience regular fire (annually to one every few years). In broad transitional zones with both drier and wetter regions, long-term rainfall deviations are largely responsible for fire in vegetation which otherwise doesn't carry fire. Consequently fire is relatively infrequent in these transitional zones.
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free_to_read
Comments
Van Etten, E. J. (2010). Fire in rangelands and its role in management. In Victor R. Squires (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management (pp. 146-170). Location: EOLSS Publishers/UNESCO. Available here.