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Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes : Studies from Temperate Evergreen-Deciduous Forests /

"More than a quarter of the world's forests lie within the cool-to-cold temperate zones of the northern and southern hemisphere. Their distinctive mosaics of evergreen conifers and deciduous hardwood species have been shaped by fire, wind and herbivory over thousands of years. In the last...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Frelich, Lee E., 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Cambridge studies in ecology.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The forest setting
  • 2. The disturbance regime and its components
  • 3. Sampling and interpretation of stand disturbance history
  • 4. Disturbance, stand development, and successional
  • 5. The study of disturbance and landscape structure
  • 6. The disturbance regime and landscape structure
  • 7. Disturbance in fragmented landscapes
  • 8. Forest stability over time and space.