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Chaparral Ecology (under construction)
![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/Volfe%20side%20creek%20copy.gif)
Fire is an ecosystem property, rather than an exogenous force in southern California chaparral, which interacts with processes of drought-mediated canopy development, production, and mortality to affect stability of community composition. Despite adaptations to survive prolonged drought stress and burning, recurrent fire now threatens the stability of the ecosystem.
Volfe Canyon side creek, USFS photo |
![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/21yr%20Ccr%20base%20copy.gif)
Fire is an ecosystem property, r
21 year-old Ceanothus basal section, USFS photo |
![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/0802%202_80%20copy.gif)
Fire is an ecosystem property,
Watershed 0802, February 1980, USFS photo |
![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/Lodi%201985%20copy.gif)
Fire is an ecosystem property,
Lodi Canyon, 1985, USFS photo |
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![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/Volfe%20side%20creek.jpg)
![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/21yr%20Ccr%20base.jpg)
![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/0802%202_80.jpg)
![[Photo]: SDEF vegetation view](/sdef/ecology/Lodi%201985.jpg)
