Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation : Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests USA - Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Collins, Beverly S.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
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.
Keywords: Nature conservation; Environmental management; Geoecology; Environmental geology; Natural disasters; Environmental geography; Nature Conservation; Environmental Management; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Natural Hazards; Environmental Geography