Plant Disturbance Ecology

The Process and the Response

Edward A. Johnson, Kiyoko Miyanishi

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2020
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128188149
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Disturbance ecology continues to be an active area of research, having undergone advances in many areas in recent years. One emerging direction is the increased coupling of physical and ecological processes, in which disturbances are increasingly traced back to mechanisms that cause the disturbances themselves, such as earth surface processes, mesoscale, and larger meteorological processes, and the ecological effects of interest are increasingly physiological. Plant Disturbance Ecology, 2nd Edition encourages movement away from the informal, conceptual approach traditionally used in defining natural disturbances and clearly presents how scientists can use a multitude of approaches in plant disturbance ecology. This edition includes nine revised chapters from the first edition, as well new, more comprehensive chapters on fire disturbance and beaver disturbance. Edited by leading experts in the field, Plant Disturbance Ecology, 2nd Edition is an essential resource for scientists interested in understanding plant disturbance and ecological processes. - Advances understanding of natural disturbances by combining geophysical and ecological processes - Provides a framework for collaboration between geophysical scientists and ecologists studying natural disturbances - Includes fully updated research with 5 new chapters and revision of 11 chapters from the first edition

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contributors
• Preface of the first edition
• Preface of the second edition
• Chapter One: Disturbance and succession
• Chapter Two: The turbulent wind in plant and forest canopies
• Chapter Three: Thunderstorm downbursts: Windstorms and blowdowns
• Chapter Four: Wind disturbance in forests: The process of wind created gaps, tree overturning, and stem breakage
• Chapter Five: Meteorological conditions associated with ice storm damage to forests
• Chapter Six: The effect of icing events on the death and regeneration of North American trees
• Chapter Seven: Coastal dune succession and the reality of dune processes
• Chapter Eight: Fluvial geomorphic disturbances and life-history traits of riparian tree species
• Chapter Nine: Water level changes in ponds and lakes: The hydrological processes
• Chapter Ten: Development of post-disturbance vegetation in prairie wetlands
• Chapter Eleven: Modeling fire effects on plants: From organs to ecosystems
• Chapter Twelve: Insect defoliators as periodic disturbances in northern forest ecosystems
• Chapter Thirteen: Revisiting the relationship between spruce budworm outbreaks and forest dynamics over the Holocene in Eastern North America based on novel proxies
• Chapter Fourteen: Beaver as agents of plant disturbance
• Index