Plant disturbance ecology : the process and the response /: the process and the response. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Edward A. Johnson, Kiyoko Miyanishi.
• Other Names: Johnson, E. A (Edward Arnold); Miyanishi, Kiyoko
• Contents: Introduction -- Disturbance and Succession -- Wind Processes -- The turbulent wind in plant and forest canopies; Microbursts and macrobursts: windstorms and blowdowns; Understanding how the interaction of wind and trees results in windthrow, stem breakage and canopy gap formation. -- Gravity Processes -- Meteorological conditions associated with ice storm damage to forests; The effect of icing events on the death and regeneration of North American trees -- Geomorphic Processes -- Disturbance processes and dynamics in coastal dunes; Coastal dune succession and the reality of dune processes; Fluvial geomorphic disturbances and life history traits of riparian tree species -- Hydrologic Processes -- Water level changes in ponds and lakes: the hydrological processes; Vegetation dynamics due to fluctuating water levels in prairie wetlands -- Combustion Processes -- Modeling heating effects; Fire effects on grass populations; Wildfire as a distributed tree population process -- Biotic Processes -- Insect defoliators as periodic disturbances in northern forest ecosystems; Modelling disturbance and recovery of lodgepole forest due to mountain pine beetle outbreaks on landscape scales; Relationship between spruce budworm outbreaks and forest dynamics in eastern North America; Impact of beaver foraging on structure of boreal forests; Beaver, willow shrubs and floods. Disturbance and succession / Edward A. Johnson and Kiyoko Miyanishi -- The turbulent wind in plant and forest canopies / John J. Finnigan -- Microbursts and macrobursts : windstorms and blowdowns / Mark R. Hjelmfelt -- Understanding how the interaction of wind and trees results in windthrow, stem breakage, and canopy gap formation / Christopher P. Quine and Barry A. Gardiner -- Meteorological conditions associated with ice storm damage to forests / Kaz Higuchi and Amir Shabbar -- The effect of icing events on the death and regeneration of North American trees / David F. Greene, Kathleen F. Jones, and Olga J. Proulx -- Disturbance processes and dynamics in coastal dunes / Patrick A. Hesp and M. Luisa Martínez -- Coastal dune succession and the reality of dune processes / Kiyoko Miyanishi and Edward A. Johnson -- Fluvial geomorphic disturbances and life history traits of riparian tree species / Futoshi Nakamura and Satomi Inahara -- Water level changes in ponds and lakes : the hydrological processes / Masaki Hayashi and Garth van der Kamp -- Development of post-disturbance vegetation in prairie wetlands / Arnold G. van der Valk -- Modeling heating effects / Geoffrey N. Mercer and Rodney O. Weber -- Fire effects on grasslands / Paul H. Zedler -- Wildfire and tree population processes / Sheri L. Gutsell and Edward A. Johnson -- Insect defoliators as periodic disturbances in northern forest ecosystems / Barry J. Cooke, Vincent G. Nealis, and Jacques Régnière -- Dynamics of mountain pine beetle outbreaks / Justin Heavilin, James Powell, and Jesse A. Logan -- Relationship between spruce budworm outbreaks and forest dynamics in eastern North America / Hubert Morin, Yves Jardon, and Régean Gagnon -- Impact of beaver (castor canadensis Kuhl) foraging on species composition of boreal forests / Noble T. Donkor.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/AP
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 698 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 581.7; Plant ecology; Ecological disturbances; Forest ecology; Forest canopy ecology; Écologie végétale; Perturbations écologiques; Écologie forestière; Écologie du couvert forestier; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Ecological disturbances; Forest canopy ecology; Forest ecology; Plant ecology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080492957; 0080492959
• Related ISBNs: 9780120887781; 0120887789
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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