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The Management of Fire-Adapted Ecosystems in an Urban Setting: the Case of Table Mountain National Park, South Africa
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: van Wilgen, Brian W; Centre for Invasion Biology; CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment; bvwilgen@csir.co.za; Forsyth, Greg G; CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment; gforsyth@csir.co.za; Prins, Philip; South African National Parks ; philip.prins@sanparks.org.
The Table Mountain National Park is a 265-km&amp;#178; conservation area embedded within a city of 3.5 million people. The highly diverse and unique vegetation of the park is both fire prone and fire adapted, and the use of fire forms an integral part of the ecological management of the park. Because fires are both necessary and dangerous, fire management is characterized by uncertainty and conflict. The response of vegetation to fire is reasonably well understood, but the use of fire for conservation purposes remains controversial because of key gaps in understanding. These gaps include whether or not the vegetation is resilient to increases in fire frequency, how to deal with fire-sensitive forests embedded in fire-prone shrublands, and how to integrate...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem management; Forestry; Fynbos; Pines; Wildland&amp;#8211; Urban interface.
Ano: 2012