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Biogéomorphologie --- Animali --- Comportamento. --- Ecologia. --- Biogéomorphologie --- Biogeomorphology --- Biogeography --- Geomorphology

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Animals as geomorphic agents have primarily been considered curiosities in the literature of geomorphology, whose spatial and quantitative influences have been seen as both limited and minor. Zoogeomorphology: Animals as Geomorphic Agents, which is wholly devoted to this topic, examines the distinct geomorphic influences of invertebrates, ectothermic vertebrates, birds and mammals, and demonstrates the importance of animals as landscape sculptors. Specific processes associated with the diversity of animal influences in geomorphology are examined, including burrowing and denning, nesting, lithophagy and geophagy, wallowing and trampling, food caching, excavating for food, and dam building by beavers. Particular emphasis is placed on terrestrial animals, although aquatic animals are also discussed where appropriate.

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The initial employment of tree rings in natural hazard studies was simply as a dating tool and rarely exploited other environmental information and records of damage contained within the tree. However, these unique, annually resolved, tree-ring records preserve valuable archives of past earth-surface processes on timescales of decades to centuries. As many of these processes are significant natural hazards, understanding their distribution, timing and controls provides valuable information that can assist in the prediction, mitigation and defence against these hazards and their effects on society. Tree Rings and Natural Hazards provides many illustrations of these themes, demonstrating the application of tree rings to studies of snow avalanches, rockfalls, landslides, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and several other processes. Several of the chapters are "classic studies", others represent recent applications using previously unpublished material. They illustrate the breadth and diverse applications of contemporary dendrogeomorphology and underline the growing potential to expand such studies, possibly leading to the establishment of a range of techniques and approaches that may become standard practice in the analysis of natural hazards in the future.

Geophysics --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Geology. Earth sciences --- Forestry --- Physical geography --- geologie --- bossen --- fysische geografie --- geomorfologie --- natuurrampen --- klimaatverandering

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The initial employment of tree rings in natural hazard studies was simply as a dating tool and rarely exploited other environmental information and records of damage contained within the tree. However, these unique, annually resolved, tree-ring records preserve valuable archives of past earth-surface processes on timescales of decades to centuries. As many of these processes are significant natural hazards, understanding their distribution, timing and controls provides valuable information that can assist in the prediction, mitigation and defence against these hazards and their effects on society. Tree Rings and Natural Hazards provides many illustrations of these themes, demonstrating the application of tree rings to studies of snow avalanches, rockfalls, landslides, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and several other processes. Several of the chapters are "classic studies", others represent recent applications using previously unpublished material. They illustrate the breadth and diverse applications of contemporary dendrogeomorphology and underline the growing potential to expand such studies, possibly leading to the establishment of a range of techniques and approaches that may become standard practice in the analysis of natural hazards in the future.

Tree-rings --- Trees --- Environmental geomorphology --- Natural disasters --- Ecological disturbances --- Dendrochronology. --- Natural disasters. --- Environmental sampling --- Trees. --- Forest ecology --- Arbres --- Géomorphologie de l'environnement --- Catastrophes naturelles --- Perturbations écologiques --- Dendrochronologie --- Echantillonnage (Ecologie) --- Ecologie forestière --- Ecology --- Research --- Environmental aspects --- Cernes --- Ecologie --- Recherche --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Géomorphologie de l'environnement --- Perturbations écologiques --- Ecologie forestière --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVECOLO LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B --- Forest ecology.