Natural Resources of Humid Tropical Asia. Natural Resources Research, Volume XII.

Abstract

Fire on the western forests of the United States is also very good, but contains but four short paragraphs on Alaskan forests. The chapter on forest and savanna ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa covers too large an area to provide a balanced coverage in respect to the other chapters of the book. The book contains few printing errors with the exception of the misspelling of the name of the late R. J. Hartesveldt. The illustrations and graphics are well done. Both the subject and author indexes are extensive and comprehensive. The overall value of the book is outstanding. It is a long-awaited monograph useful to anyone interested in the subject of fire ecology. The price of the book is comparable to other books of similar nature but I cannot help but wish that it could be lower, as this is one of those books most environmental scientists and land managers should own and read.