The Landscape Ecology of Fire

By: Donald McKenzie (Editor), Carol S. Miller (Editor), Donald A. Falk (Editor)

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Hardcover | 6 January 2011

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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 contexts can we accurately assess these effects? We explore the possible effects of altered fire regimes on landscape patch dynamics, dominant species (tree, shrub, or herbaceous) and succession, sensitive and invasive plant and animal species and communities, and ecosystem function. Ultimately, we must consider the human dimension: what are the policy and management implications of increased fire disturbance, and what are the implications for human communities?

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From the reviews: "This work represents the state of the art in North American landscape fire ecology. Integrating geospatial technologies with landscape ecology, the book presents the advanced student, practitioner, or researcher of fire management, landscape ecology, and climate change with conceptual frameworks, theory, and examples of data-driven analyses in multiple regions. ... Valuable as a reference for land managers of fire-dependent ecosystems, and as a point of departure for graduate research. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional readership." (E. J. Delaney, Choice, Vol. 48 (11), August, 2011)

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Introdu	p. 1
Switched Dynamical Systems	p. 1
Stability and Stabilizability of Switched Systems	p. 4
Guaranteed Stability Under Arbitrary Switching	p. 5
Dwell-Time Stability	p. 6
Autonomous Stability Under State-Driven Switching	p. 8
Stochastic Stabilities Under Random Switching	p. 9
Stabilizing Switching Design	p. 11
Organization of the Book	p. 12
Notes and References	p. 14
Arbitrary Switching	p. 17
Prelimina	p. 17
Switched Nonlinear Systems	p. 19
Common Lyapunov Functions	p. 20
Converse Lyapunov Theorem	p. 23
Switched Linear Systems	p. 25
Relaxed System Frameworks	p. 26
Universal Lyapunov Functions	p. 30
Algebraic Criteria	p. 35
Extended Coordinate Transformation and Set Invariance	p. 41
Triangularizable Systems	p. 48
Computational Issues	p. 52
Approximating the Spectral Radius	p. 52
An Invariant Set Approach	p. 62
Notes and References	p. 65
Constrained Switching	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Stochastic Stability	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Definitions and Preliminaries	p. 72
Stability Criteria	p. 73
Piecewise Linear Systems	p. 86
Introduction	p. 86
Piecewise Quadratic Lyapunov Function Approach	p. 88
Surface Lyapunov Approach	p. 92
Transition Analysis: A Graphic Approach	p. 100
Conewise Linear Systems	p. 105
Dwell-time Switching	p. 112
Prelimi	p. 113
Homogeneous Polynomial Lyapunov Approach	p. 119
Combined Switching	p. 122
Notes and References	p. 124
Designed Switching	p. 127
Preliminar	p. 127
Stabilization via Time-Driven Switching	p. 128
Stabilization via State-Feedback Switching: The Lyapunov Approach	p. 133
Converse Lyapunov Theorems	p. 134
Nonconvexity of Lyapunov Functions	p. 140
Min Quadratic Lyapunov Functions: An Optimization Approach	p. 144
Well-Definedness of State-Feedback Stabilizing Law	p. 155
Stabilization via Mixed-Driven Switching: Aggregation and Calculation	p. 156
Pathwise State-Feedback Switching	p. 157
Computational Algorithms	p. 164
Stabilization via Mixed-Driven Switching: Robustness Analysis	p. 170
Distance Between Switching Signals	p. 171
Robustness Analysis	p. 177
Examples and Simulations	p. 183
Notes and References	p. 193
Connections and Implications	p. 197
Absolute Stability for Planar LUr"e Systems	p. 197
Guaranteed Stability in the Plane	p. 198
Application to Absolute Stability of Planar Lur'e Systems	p. 203
Adaptive Control via Supervisory Switching	p. 205
Preliminaries	p. 206
Estimator-based Supervisory Switching	p. 208
An Example	p. 212
Stability Analysis of Fuzzy Systems via Piecewise Switching	p. 215
Piecewise S\Yitched Linear Systems	p. 216
Stability Analysis of T-S Fuzzy Systems	p. 218
Consensus of Multiagent Systems with Proximity Graphs	p. 221
Introduction	p. 221
A Consensus Criterion	p. 223
A Verifiable Criterion	p. 225
Stabilizing Design of Controllable Switched Linear Systems	p. 231
Problem Formulation	p. 231
Multilinear Feedback Design	p. 231
Notes and References	p. 236
References	p. 239
Index	p. 251
Concepts and Theory
Toward a Theory of Landscape Fire	p. 3
Scaling Laws and Complexity in Fire Regimes	p. 27
Native Fire Regimes and Landscape Resilience	p. 51
Climate Context
Climate and Spatial Patterns of Wildfire in North America	p. 89
Climatic Water Balance and Regional Fire Years in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Linking Regional Climate and Fire at Landscape Scales	p. 117
Landscape Fire Dynamics and Interactions
Pyrogeography and Biogeochemical Resilience	p. 143
Reconstructing Landscape Pattern of Historical Fires and Fire Regimes	p. 165
Fire and Invasive Plants on California Landscapes	p. 193
Modeling Landscape Fire and Wildlife Habitat	p. 223
Landscape Fire Management, Policy, and Research in an Era of Global Change
Managing and Adapting to Changing Fire Regimes in a Warmer Climate	p. 249
Wilderness Fire Management in a Changing Environmenl	p. 269
Synthesis: Landscape Ecology and Changing Fire Regimes
Index	p. 305
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