Research Catalog

Title

The ecology of natural disturbance and patch dynamics / edited by S.T.A. Pickett, P.S. White.

Publication

Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press, 1985.

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Additional Authors

• Pickett, Steward T., 1950-
• White, P. S.

Description

xiv, 472 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Patch dynamics.

Subjects

• Biocénoses
• Ecological disturbances
• Catastrophes naturelles > Aspect de l'environnement
• Biotic communities
• Ecologia
• Natural disasters > Environmental aspects

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 385-455.

Contents

• Natural disturbance and patch dynamics: an introduction / P. S. White, S. T. A. Pickett -- Disturbance regimes in temperate forests / James R. Runkle -- Stand Dynamics in Chilean Nothofagus forests / Thomas T. Veblen -- Treefalls, regrowth, and community structure in tropical forests / Nicholas V. L. Brokaw -- Gap processes and large-scale disturbances in sand prairies / Orie L. Loucks, Mary L. Plumb-Mentjes, Deborah Rogers -- Shrubland fire regimes and their evolutionary consequences / Norman L. Christensen -- Disturbance and patch dynamics on rocky intertidal shores / Wayne P. Sousa -- Disturbance and patch dynamics of subtidal marine animals on hard substrata / Joseph H. Connell, Michael J. Keough -- Disturbance and vertebrates: an integrative perspective / James R. Karr, Kathryn E. Freemark -- Vertebrate responses to environmental patchiness in arid and semiarid ecosystems / John A. Wiens.
• The response of Woody plants to disturbance: patterns of establishment and growth / Charles D. Canham, P. L. Marks -- Responses of forest herbs to canopy gaps / B. S. Collins, K. P. Dunne, Pickett -- Adaptations of insects to disturbance / Timothy D. Schowalter -- Within-patch dynamics of life histories, populations, and interactions: selection over time in small spaces / John N. Thompson -- Animal population genetics and disturbance: the effects of local extinctions and recolonizations on heterozygosity and fitness / Robert C. Vrijenhoek -- Plant population genetics and evolution in disturbed environments / Kevin Rice, Subodh Jain -- Disturbance-mediated coexistence of species / Julie Sloan Denslow -- Community turnover and ecosystem nutrient dynamics / Peter M. Vitousek -- Natural disturbance and ecosystem energetics / Douglas G. Sprugel -- Modeling forest landscapes and the role of disturbance in ecosystems and communities / H. H. Shugart, S. W. Seagle -- Patch dynamics: a synthesis / Pickett, White.

ISBN

0125545207 (alk. paper)

LCCN

84018599

OCLC

• ocm11134082
• SCSB-9260302

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Columbia University Libraries