Fire in the Australian landscape : a resource for senior students in environmental studies, biology and geography.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: East Melbourne : Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, 1999.Description: 51 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cmISBN:

0731142969

DDC classification:

577.20994 21

LOC classification:

QH545.F5 F57 1999

Partial contents:

1. History of fire in the Australian landscape. - - 2. What is fire ? - - 3. Ecological responses to fire. - - 4. Using fire in land management. - - 5. teachers notes.

Subject: This book aims to provide an alternative option to the study of bushfire. Indeed to gain an understanding of Australian ecosystems, it is important to understand the role of fire within these ecosystems. Through the study of fire and its behaviour, and of case studies of flora and fauna and theirresponse to fire, we bebin to see why fire behaves the way it dose and how Australian ecosystems respond to fire. in studing the way in wich fire used to manage our environments, we observe the need for the active use of fire in maintaining ecosystems and also the way in wich fire is used to provide protectionto settlements and to limit the spread and severity of bushfires. This book is a curriculum resource suitable for senior secondary students of environmental studies, biology, and geography. this resource can be used to support curriculum programs and the teaching on fire in the Australian environment. To assist students who may not have a scientific background, scientific terms that are not explained within the text are defined in the glossery.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Schools Collection	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	S577.20994 FIR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900100794

Includes bibliographical references: p. 49-50.

1. History of fire in the Australian landscape. - - 2. What is fire ? - - 3. Ecological responses to fire. - - 4. Using fire in land management. - - 5. teachers notes.

This book aims to provide an alternative option to the study of bushfire. Indeed to gain an understanding of Australian ecosystems, it is important to understand the role of fire within these ecosystems. Through the study of fire and its behaviour, and of case studies of flora and fauna and theirresponse to fire, we bebin to see why fire behaves the way it dose and how Australian ecosystems respond to fire. in studing the way in wich fire used to manage our environments, we observe the need for the active use of fire in maintaining ecosystems and also the way in wich fire is used to provide protectionto settlements and to limit the spread and severity of bushfires. This book is a curriculum resource suitable for senior secondary students of environmental studies, biology, and geography. this resource can be used to support curriculum programs and the teaching on fire in the Australian environment. To assist students who may not have a scientific background, scientific terms that are not explained within the text are defined in the glossery.

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