{"product_id":"mountain-ash-david-lindenmayer-9781486304974","title":"Mountain Ash: Fire, Logging and the Future of Victoria's Giant Forests","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMountain Ash\u003c\/i\u003e draws together exciting new findings on the effects of fire and on post-fire ecological dynamics following the 2009 wildfires in the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria. The book integrates data on forests, carbon, fire dynamics and other factors, building on 6 years of high-quality, multi-faceted research coupled with 25 years of pre-fire insights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopics include: the unexpected effects of fires of varying severity on populations of large old trees and their implications for the dynamics of forest ecosystems; relationships between forest structure, condition and age and their impacts on fire severity; relationships between logging and fire severity; the unexpectedly low level of carbon stock losses from burned forests, including those burned at very high severity; impacts of fire at the site and landscape levels on arboreal marsupials; persistence of small mammals and birds on burned sites, including areas subject to high-severity fire, and its implications for understanding how species in this group exhibit post-fire recovery patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith spectacular images of the post-fire environment, \u003ci\u003eMountain Ash\u003c\/i\u003e will be an important reference for scientists and students with interests in biodiversity, forests and fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Lindenmayer,David Blair,Lachlan McBurney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1486304974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781486304974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CSIRO Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.75h x 8.25w x 0.51d","brand":"David Lindenmayer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799074844927,"sku":"9781486304974","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mountain-ash-david-lindenmayer-9781486304974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}