The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch DynamicsSteward T.A. Pickett, Steward T. Pickett, P. S. White Academic Press, 1985 - 472 ページ Ecologists are aware of the importance of natural dynamics in ecosystems. Historically, the focus has been on the development in succession of equilibrium communities, which has generated an understanding of the composition and functioning of ecosystems. Recently, many have focused on the processes of disturbances and the evolutionary significance of such events. This shifted emphasis has inspired studies in diverse systems. The phrase "patch dynamics" (Thompson, 1978) describes their common focus. The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics brings together the findings and ideas of those studying varied systems, presenting a synthesis of diverse individual contributions. |
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Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics An Introduction | 3 |
PATCH DYNAMICS IN NATURE | 15 |
Disturbance Regimes in Temperate Forests | 17 |
Stand Dynamics in Chilean Nothofagus Forests | 35 |
Treefalls Regrowth and Community Structure in Tropical Forests | 53 |
Gap Processes and LargeScale Disturbances in Sand Prairies | 71 |
Shrubland Fire Regimes and Their Evolutionary Consequences | 85 |
Disturbance and Patch Dynamics on Rocky Intertidal Shores | 101 |
Adaptations of Insects to Disturbance | 235 |
WithinPatch Dynamics of Life Histories Populations and Interactions Selection over Time in Small Spaces | 253 |
Animal Population Genetics and Disturbance The Effects of Local Extinctions and Recolonizations on Heterozygosity and Fitness | 265 |
Plant Population Genetics and Evolution in Disturbed Environments | 287 |
IMPLICATIONS OF PATCH DYNAMICS FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITIES AND THE FUNCTIONING OF ECOSYSTEMS | 305 |
DisturbanceMediated Coexistence of Species | 307 |
Community Turnover and Ecosystem Nutrient Dynamics | 325 |
Natural Disturbance and Ecosystem Energetics | 335 |
Disturbance and Patch Dynamics of Subtidal Marine Animals on Hard Substrata | 125 |
Disturbance and Vertebrates An integrative Perspective | 153 |
Vertebrate Responses to Environmental Patchiness in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems | 169 |
ADAPTATIONS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN A PATCH DYNAMIC SETTING | 195 |
The Response of Woody Plants to Disturbance Patterns of Establishment and Growth | 197 |
Responses of Forest Herbs to Canopy Gaps | 217 |
Modeling Forest Landscapes and the Role of Disturbance in Ecosystems and Communities | 353 |
SYNTHESIS | 371 |
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abundance adaptive assemblages availability bance biological biomass canopy changes chaparral Chapter characteristics colonization competition Connell corals cycle density dispersal distribution disturbance regime diversity dominant Ecol Ecology ecosystem effects environment environmental establishment example extinction factors fire foraging frequency gap creation gaps genetic genetic drift genotypes germination grassland growth rates habitat hardwood herbivores herbs heterogeneity heterozygosity important increase individuals influence insect intensity interactions intertidal Keough landscape leaf levels Levin light montane mortality mosaic natural disturbance Nothofagus nutrient occur Oecologia old-growth organisms patch dynamics patterns Pickett pioneer Poeciliopsis pool population population genetics prairie predation predict production propagules reef regeneration relatively reproduction resource response result saplings scale Schowalter season seedlings seeds selection senescence shrub shrublands soil Sousa space spatial species composition Sprugel structure studies succession successional temperature temporal tion treefall tropical forest understory variable variation vary vegetation vertebrates volume within-patch dynamics woody plants
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