Ecosystems of Disturbed GroundElsevier, 17/12/1999 - 868 páginas As the human population inexorably grows, its cumulative impact on the Earth's resources is hard to ignore. The ability of the Earth to support more humans is dependent on the ability of humans to manage natural resources wisely. Because disturbance alters resource levels, effective management requires understanding of the ecology of disturbance. This book is the first to take a global approach to the description of both natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes that physically impact the ground. Natural disturbances such as erosion, volcanoes, wind, herbivory, flooding and drought plus anthropogenic disturbances such as foresty, grazing, mining, urbanization and military actions are considered. Both disturbance impacts and the biotic recovery are addressed as well as the interactions of different types of disturbance. Other chapters cover processes that are important to the understanding of disturbance of all types including soil processes, nutrient cycles, primary productivity, succession, animal behaviour and competition. Humans react to disturbances by avoiding, exacerbating, or restoring them or by passing environmental legislation. All of these issues are covered in this book. Managers need better predictive models and robust data-collections that help determine both site-specfic and generalized responses to disturbance. Multiple disturbances have a complex effect on both physical and biotic processes as they interact. This book provides a wealth of detail about the process of disturbance and recovery as well as a synthesis of the current state of knowledge about disturbance theory, with extensive documentation. |
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... Pickett and White (1985), in which they focused on alterations of relatively pristine habitats. With the wealth of examples from around the world presented in this volume, perhaps we can make further progress toward a general theory of ...
... Pickett, S.T.A. and White, P.S., 1985. The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics. Academic Press, Orlando, Florida, 472 pp. Lawrence R. Walker Editor Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. Chapter 16. vi PREFACE.
... PICKETT Institute of Ecosystem Studies Box AB Millbrook, NY 12545-0129, USA D. PIMENTEL Department of Entomology Cornell University 5126 Comstock Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-0901, USA M. RILLIG Department of Biology Soil Ecology and ...
... Pickett, J. Wu and M.L. Cadenasso Chapter 32. ECONOMIC GROWTH, HUMAN DISTURBANCE TO ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, AND SUSTAINABILITY by M. Giampietro . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 33. DISTURBANCE IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: SALIENT THEMES ...
... Pickett, S.T.A., 1985. Natural disturbance and patch dynamics: an introduction. In: S.T.A. Pickett and P.S. White (Editors), The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics. Academic Press, Orlando, Florida, pp. 3–13. Whittaker ...
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CHAPTER 7 DISTURBANCE BY WIND IN TEMPERATEZONE FORESTS | 187 |
CHAPTER 8 BACKGROUND CANOPY GAP AND CATASTROPHIC WIND DISTURBANCES IN TROPICAL FORESTS | 223 |
CHAPTER 21 PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOILS OF DISTURBED GROUND | 503 |
CHAPTER 22 SOIL MICROORGANISMS | 521 |
CHAPTER 23 RESPONSES OF CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLES TO DISTURBANCE IN FORESTS AND RANGELANDS | 545 |
CHAPTER 24 DISTURBANCE AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS | 571 |
CHAPTER 25 PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN PRIMARY SUCCESSION | 585 |
CHAPTER 26 PLANT INTERACTIONS DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION | 611 |
CHAPTER 27 THE RESPONSE OF ANIMALS TO DISTURBANCE AND THEIR ROLES IN PATCH GENERATION | 633 |
CHAPTER 28 HOW HUMANS RESPOND TO NATURAL OR ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE | 659 |
INSECTS | 253 |
CHAPTER 10 DISTURBANCE IN MEDITERRANEANCLIMATE SHRUBLANDS AND WOODLANDS | 271 |
CHAPTER 11 GRAZING FIRE AND CLIMATE EFFECTS ON PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY OF GRASSLANDS AND SAVANNAS | 287 |
CHAPTER 12 DISTURBANCE IN DESERTS | 307 |
CHAPTER 13 DISTURBANCE REGIMES IN NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS | 331 |
CHAPTER 14 MINING | 365 |
CHAPTER 15 DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH MILITARY EXERCISES | 385 |
CHAPTER 16 DISTURBANCE IN URBAN ECOSYSTEMS | 397 |
DIRECT EFFECTS AND FEEDBACKS | 413 |
CHAPTER 18 DISTURBANCE IN TEMPERATE FORESTS OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE | 453 |
IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT | 467 |
CHAPTER 20 SUCCESSIONAL CHANGES IN AGROECOSYSTEMS OF THE ROLLING PAMPA | 487 |
CHAPTER 29 RESTORATION OF DISTURBED ECOSYSTEMS | 673 |
CHAPTER 30 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AS INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES TO LAND DISTURBANCE | 689 |
A FRAMEWORK FOR SYNTHESIS | 707 |
CHAPTER 32 ECONOMIC GROWTH HUMAN DISTURBANCE TO ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABILITY | 723 |
SALIENT THEMES SYNTHESIS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS | 747 |
GLOSSARY | 769 |
SYSTEMATIC LIST OF GENERA | 773 |
AUTHOR INDEX | 777 |
SYSTEMATIC INDEX | 821 |
GENERAL INDEX | 833 |
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