Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna (Rainbow Series) - Wildfires and Wildlife, Habitat, Succession, Regional Variation in Fire Regimes, Direct Effects of Fire and Animal Responses

In 1978, a national workshop on fire effects in Denver, Colorado, provided the impetus for the "Effects of Wildland Fire on Ecosystems" series. Recognizing that knowledge of fire was needed for land management planning, state-of-the-knowledge reviews were produced that became known as the "Rainbow Series." The series consisted of six publications, each with a different colored cover, describing the effects of fire on soil, water, air, flora, fauna, and fuels. The Rainbow Series proved popular in providing fire effects information for professionals, students, and others. The five-volume series covers air, soil and water, fauna, flora and fuels, and cultural resources. The Rainbow Series emphasizes principles and processes rather than serving as a summary of all that is known. The five volumes, taken together, provide a wealth of information and examples to advance understanding of basic concepts regarding fire effects in the United States and Canada. As conceptual background, they provide technical support to fire and resource managers for carrying out interdisciplinary planning, which is essential to managing wildlands in an ecosystem context. Planners and managers will find the series helpful in many aspects of ecosystem-based management.

Chapter 1 - Introduction * Historic Perspective * Fire Regimes * Changes in Vegetation Structure * Understory Fire Regimes * Stand-Replacement Fire Regimes * Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes * Snags and Dead Wood * Chapter 2 - Regional Variation in Fire Regimes * Boreal Forest * Laurentian Forest * Eastern Ecosystems and the Great Plains * Eastern Deciduous Forest * Southeastern Forests * Prairie Grassland * Western Forests * Rocky Mountain Forest * Sierra Forest * Pacific Coast Maritime Forest * Western Woodlands, Shrublands, and Grasslands * Pinyon-Juniper * Chaparral and Western Oak Woodlands * Sagebrush and Sagebrush Grasslands * Deserts * Subtropical Ecosystems * Florida Wetlands * Chapter 3 - Direct Effects of Fire and Animal Responses * Injury and Mortality * Birds * Mammals * Reptiles and Amphibians * Invertebrates * Escape and Emigration * Birds * Mammals * Immigration * Birds * Mammals * Reptiles and Amphibians * Chapter 4 - Fire Effects on Animal Populations * Changes in Animal Populations * Birds * Mammals * Reptiles and Amphibians * Invertebrates * Effects of Altered Fire Regimes * Understory Fire Regimes * Stand-Replacement Fire Regimes * Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes * Animal Influences on Postfire Habitat * Chapter 5 - Fire Effects on Animal Communities * Frequent Understory Fires * Infrequent Understory Fires * Stand-Replacement Fire Regimes * Grasslands * Shrub-Grasslands * Shrublands * Forests and Woodlands * Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes * Chapter 6 - Fire Effects on Fauna at Landscape Scales * Effects of Altered Fire Regimes * Chapter 7 - Fire Effects on Wildlife Foods * Northern Ecosystems * Boreal Forest * Laurentian Forest * Eastern Ecosystems and the Great Plains * Eastern Deciduous Forests * Southeastern Forests * Prairie Grassland * Western Forests * Rocky Mountain Forest * Sierra Forest * Pacific Coast Maritime Forest * Western Woodlands, Shrublands, and Grasslands * Pinyon-Juniper * Chaparral and Western Oak Woodlands * Sagebrush and Sagebrush Grasslands * Deserts * Subtropical Ecosystems * Florida Wetlands * Chapter 8 - Management and Research Implications * Management Implications * One: Alternatives in Managing Fire * Two: Integrating Management Objectives * Needs for Further Understanding * Fauna-Habitat Relationships * Presettlement Fire Regimes * Human Dimension