Natural disturbances and historic range of variation : type, frequency, severity, and post-disturbance structure in central hardwood forests USA /: type, frequency, severity, and post-disturbance structure in central hardwood forests USA. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cathryn H. Greenberg, Beverly S. Collins, editors.
• Editors: Greenberg, Cathryn H; Collins, Beverly S, 1954-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 400 pages)
• Subjects: 634.90973; Environment; Hardwoods -- United States; Forest management -- United States; GARDENING / Fruit; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General; Forest management; Hardwoods; Environment; Nature Conservation; Environmental Management; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Natural Hazards; Environmental Geography; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Environmental management; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Natural disasters; Physical geography & topography; Nature Conservation; Environmental management; Ecology; Geology; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Conservation of the environment; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319215273; 3319215272
• Related ISBNs: 9783319215266; 3319215264
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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