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

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press, 1985.
Description
xiv, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    Other title(s)
    Patch dynamics.
    ISBN
    0125545207 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    84018599
    OCLC
    11134082
    RCP
    C - O
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