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Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity - Scale, Context, and Nature (Hardcover)
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Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity - Scale, Context, and Nature (Hardcover)
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In contexts outside of ecology, the term "disturbance" carries a
variety of negative connotations. Within ecology, however,
disturbances are neither inherently negative nor positive for
ecological systems; instead, their effects depend on the context,
scale, and species involved. As ecologists better understand these
context-dependencies, the field of disturbance ecology has matured,
diversified, and become more complex and nuanced over the past
several decades. Ecological Disturbance: Scale, Context, and Nature
unites a collection of perspectives that weave together the topics
of disturbance ecology and biological diversity. Chapters cover
wildfire, disease, herbivory, surface mining, land-use conversions,
and forest harvest, among numerous other natural and anthropogenic
influences on ecosystems. The book begins with an introduction that
reviews how thinking on perturbations and community organization
has evolved over the last century, then explores how disturbances
might be meaningfully categorized, and how biological diversity has
been conceptualized. The introduction also explores the roles of
scale and ecological context in disturbance outcomes, and reviews
recent analytical and methodological advances relevant to
disturbance ecology. The book then moves into forested ecosystems,
where much of the early literature on disturbances arose, and
focuses on scale-dependence, relationships of natural and
anthropogenic disturbance, and recovery or successional
trajectories. The next section focuses on emerging disturbances
amidst global change, including non-native species, disease, and
synergies with other disturbances. The book ends with a section on
land-use disturbance, focusing on landscape pattern, resilience,
and recovery dynamics. Throughout, the book's material spans a wide
diversity of spatial and temporal scales, disciplines, taxa, and
levels of ecological organization. This book may be used in a
seminar course, as a compendium for disturbance ecology curricula
that are at the interface of conceptual and applied ecology, and in
other circumstances to illustrate how different authors have
handled the various pragmatic challenges that arise in studies that
ask broader questions. In an era of unprecedented global change,
this book constitutes a valuable source for researchers, students,
natural resource managers, and other conservation practitioners
interested in delving deeper into disturbance ecology.
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