CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- 1 Fire and California Vegetation -- PART I INTRODUCTION TO FIRE ECOLOGY -- 2 California Climate and Fire Weather -- 3 Fire as a Physical Process -- 4 Fire as an Ecological Process -- 5 Fire and Physical Environment Interactions: Soil, Water, and Air -- 6 Fire and Plant Interactions -- 7 Fire and Animal Interactions -- PART II THE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY OF FIRE IN CALIFORNIA'S BIOREGIONS -- 8 North Coast Bioregion -- 9 Klamath Mountains Bioregion -- 10 Southern Cascades Bioregion -- 11 Northeastern Plateaus Bioregion -- 12 Sierra Nevada Bioregion -- 13 Central Valley Bioregion -- 14 Central Coast Bioregion -- 15 South Coast Bioregion -- 16 Southeastern Deserts Bioregion -- PART III FIRE MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA'S ECOSYSTEMS -- 17 The Use of Fire by Native Americans in California -- 18 Fire Management and Policy Since European Settlement -- 19 Fire and Fuel Management -- 20 Fire, Watershed Resources, and Aquatic Ecosystems -- 21 Fire and Air Resources -- 22 Fire and Invasive Plant Species -- 23 Fire and At-Risk Species -- 24 The Future of Fire in California's Ecosystems -- Appendix 1: Plant Common and Scientific Names -- Appendix 2: Animal Common and Scientific Names -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX.