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The ecology of natural disturbance and patch dynamics

Author: Steward T Pickett; P S White
Publisher: Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press, 1985.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ecology of natural disturbance and patch dynamics.
Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press, 1985
(OCoLC)647478447
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Steward T Pickett; P S White
ISBN: 0125545207 9780125545204
OCLC Number: 11134082
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xiv, 472 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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 Titles: Patch dynamics.
Responsibility: edited by S.T.A. Pickett, P.S. White.

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