Buch
Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation
-Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests USA-Cathryn H. Greenberg; Beverly S. Collins (Hrsg.)
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Übersicht
Verlag | : | Springer International Publishing |
Buchreihe | : | Managing Forest Ecosystems (Bd. 32) |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 03. 11. 2015 |
Seiten | : | 400 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 235 mm |
Breite | : | 155 mm |
Gewicht | : | 885 g |
ISBN | : | 9783319215266 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction to Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation: Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests.- 2. Gap-scale Disturbances in Central Hardwood Forests with Implications for Management.- 3. Oak Decline in Central Hardwood Forests: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Scale.- 4. Southern Pine Beetles in Central Hardwood Forests: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Changes to Forest Structure.- 5. First Steps Toward Defining the Wind Disturbance Regime in Central Hardwoods Forests.- 6. Wildfire as a Once-Dominant Disturbance Process in the Pine/Mixed Hardwood Forest of the Appalachian Mountains.- 7. Ice Storms in Central Hardwood Forests: The Disturbance Regime, Spatial Patterns, and Vegetation Influences.- 8. Multi-millennial Record of Erosion and Fires in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA.- 9. Frequency and Magnitude of Selected Historical Landslide Events in the Southern Appalachian Highlands of North Carolina and Virginia: Relationships to Rainfall, Geological and Ecohydrological Controls, and Effects.- 10. Structural and Compositional Change in Great Smoky Mountains National Park since Protection, 1930s-2000s.- 11. Disturbance, Productivity, and Tree Characteristics in the Central Hardwood Region.- 12. The Historic Role of Humans and Other Keystone Species in Shaping Central Hardwood Forests for Disturbance-Dependent Wildlife.- 13. Climate Change and the Future of Natural Disturbances in the Central Hardwood Region.- 14. Managing Central Hardwood Forests Within the Context of the Historic Range of Variability (HRV): Challenges and Opportunities.- Index.