| |
| |
| Preface | |
| |
| |
| Acknowledgments | |
| |
| |
| |
| The California Chaparral | |
| |
| |
| Fire and Chaparral | |
| |
| |
| Where Is Chaparral Found? | |
| |
| |
| Chaparral Is Found with Other Vegetation Types | |
| |
| |
| Coastal Sage Scrub Is Not Chaparral | |
| |
| |
| How Organisms Are Named | |
| |
| |
| |
| Mediterranean Climate | |
| |
| |
| The Pacific High | |
| |
| |
| Rainfall-Always Unpredictable | |
| |
| |
| Winds That Carry Water or Take It Away | |
| |
| |
| Temperature | |
| |
| |
| Microclimates | |
| |
| |
| Convergence | |
| |
| |
| Rain Beetles Mate Only When There Is Rain | |
| |
| |
| |
| Fire | |
| |
| |
| The Fire Cycle | |
| |
| |
| The Fire Regime | |
| |
| |
| Sources of Ignition | |
| |
| |
| Aboriginal Burning | |
| |
| |
| Nineteenth-Century Fire | |
| |
| |
| Fire Patterns in the Twentieth Century | |
| |
| |
| Modern Fires | |
| |
| |
| Natural Responses of Plants and Animals to Fire | |
| |
| |
| |
| Plants | |
| |
| |
| An Evergreen, Shrubby Vegetation | |
| |
| |
| Common Shrubs and Shrub Families | |
| |
| |
| The Rose Family (Roseaceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Buckthorn Family (Rhamnaceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Heath Family (Ericaceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Oak Family (Fagaceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Sumac Family (Anacardiaceae) | |
| |
| |
| Other Chaparral Shrubs | |
| |
| |
| Conifers: Cypresses, Pines, and Bigcone Douglas Fir | |
| |
| |
| Common Herb and Subshrub Families | |
| |
| |
| The Waterleaf Family (Hydrophyllaceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Poppy Family (Papaveraceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Lily Family (Liliaceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Legume Family (Fabaceae) | |
| |
| |
| The Snapdragon or Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae) | |
| |
| |
| Other Chaparral Herbs and Subshrubs | |
| |
| |
| Introduced Weeds | |
| |
| |
| |
| Animals | |
| |
| |
| Mammals | |
| |
| |
| Rodents (Order Rodentia) | |
| |
| |
| Rabbits and Hares (Order Lagomorpha) | |
| |
| |
| Deer and Bighorn Sheep (Order Artiodactyla) | |
| |
| |
| Carnivorous Mammals (Order Carnivora) | |
| |
| |
| Birds | |
| |
| |
| Perching Birds (Order Passeriformes) | |
| |
| |
| Hawks (Order Falconiformes) | |
| |
| |
| Owls (Order Strigiformes) | |
| |
| |
| Reptiles | |
| |
| |
| Snakes (Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes) | |
| |
| |
| Lizards (Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia) | |
| |
| |
| Amphibians | |
| |
| |
| Insects and Arachnids | |
| |
| |
| Insects (Class Insecta) | |
| |
| |
| Trap Door Spiders, Ticks, and Scorpions (Class Arachnida) | |
| |
| |
| Other Chaparral Insects | |
| |
| |
| |
| Living with the Chaparral | |
| |
| |
| Prescribed Fire | |
| |
| |
| Fuel Reduction and Fuel Breaks | |
| |
| |
| Artificial Seeding of Burns | |
| |
| |
| Fire Creates Its Own Weather | |
| |
| |
| Geographic Risk | |
| |
| |
| Floods | |
| |
| |
| Threats to Chaparral | |
| |
| |
| Options for Wise Growth | |
| |
| |
| The Value of Chaparral | |
| |
| |
| Glossary | |
| |
| |
| Supplemental Readings and References | |
| |
| |
| Art Credits | |
| |
| |
| Index | |