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Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity
Context, Nature, and Scale
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Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity
Context, Nature, and Scale
About this book
This book presents cascading effects of ecological disturbances on a multitude of ecosystem components. It includes agricultural development, large infrequent disturbances, forest harvesting, non-native grazing in deserts, ground transportation, powerline corridors, fires, urban ecology, disturbance in aquatic ecosystems, land-use dynamics on diversity, habitat fragmentation, sedimentation of wetlands, and contemporary climate change. The book facilitates users in understanding why disturbances are occurring while recommending mitigation and remediation strategies.
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Yes, you can access Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity by Erik A. Beever,Suzanne Prange,Dominick A. DellaSala,Inger Suzanne Prange in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Ecology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Index
Page numbers in bold refer to tables and those in italic refer to figures.
A
abiotic disturbances and conditions, 5, 6, 14, 17, 19, 20, 42
wildlife responses to see aspen communities and abiotic conditions
Albanese, Gene, 169–86
Amphibians, 153–4, 177–8
animals
large mammals, 130
predators, 156–9, 158
small mammals, 99–100, 123, 124, 129–30, 159
anthropogenic disturbance, 7–8, 14, 18–19, 23–4, 25, 42, 115, 122, 128, 144, 170, 172, 181, 182
Appalachia see coal mine reclamation as refugia
aspen communities and abiotic conditions, 20, 41–64
age ranges, 49, 58
aspen disturbance ecology, 45–7
aspen diversity and biodiversity conservation, 55–7
avian communities, 54, 55, 56, 57
characteristics of aspen in Michigan on different habitat types, 47–9
distribution and characteristics of aspen, 43–5, 44
importance of, 41–2
managing aspen-elk and white-tailed deer herbivory, 51–5, 52, 53, 54, 59
managing aspen for diversity at mu...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Section I: Introduction
- Section II: Forest Disturbances: Scale-dependence, Natural vs. Anthropogenic Disturbance, Length of Recovery or Succession
- Section III: Emerging Disturbances Amidst Global Change: Non-native Species, Disease, and Synergies with other Disturbances
- Section IV: Land-use Disturbance: Landscape Pattern, Resilience, and Recovery
- Index