ID - 131768555 TI - Plant disturbance ecology : the process and the response AU - Miyanishi, Kiyoko AU - Johnson, E. A. PY - 2021 SN - 9780128188149 0128188146 0128188138 9780128188132 PB - Waltham, Massachusetts : Elsevier, DB - UniCat KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Plant ecology. KW - Ecological disturbances. KW - Forest canopy ecology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131768555 AB - Lant Disturbance Ecology: The Process and the Response, Second Edition, is fully updated and clearly presents how scientists can use a multitude of approaches in plant disturbance ecology. Chapters on fire and beavers from the previous edition were combined into more extensive and inclusive chapters covering disturbance. There are new chapters on windstorms, droughts, and tree uprooting. All chapters from the first edition have been updated to include the latest research. Edited and written by leading experts in the field, this second edition is an essential resource for scientists interested in understanding plant disturbance and ecological processes. Disturbance ecology is still an active area of research and there have been many advances in new areas. One emerging direction in disturbance studies is the increased coupling of physical and ecological processes, and not just their forcing. Disturbances are increasingly traced back further in space and time to mechanisms that are causing the disturbances themselves (e.g., earth surface processes and mesoscale and larger meteorological processes), and the ecological effects being studied are becoming more physiological. ER -