Plant disturbance ecology : the process and the response / edited by Edward A. Johnson, Kiyoko Miyanishi

Includes bibliographical references and index. p : 673-698

Disturbance and succession / Edward A. Johnson and Kiyoko Miyanishi -- The turbulent wind in plant and forest canopies / John J. Finnigan -- Microbursts and macrobursts : windstorms and blowdowns / Mark R. Hjelmfelt -- Understanding how the interaction of wind and trees results in windthrow, stem breakage, and canopy gap formation / Christopher P. Quine and Barry A. Gardiner -- Meteorological conditions associated with ice storm damage to forests / Kaz Higuchi and Amir Shabbar -- The effect of icing events on the death and regeneration of North American trees / David F. Greene, Kathleen F. Jones, and Olga J. Proulx -- Disturbance processes and dynamics in coastal dunes / Patrick A. Hesp and M. Luisa Martez -- Coastal dune succession and the reality of dune processes / Kiyoko Miyanishi and Edward A. Johnson -- Fluvial geomorphic disturbances and life history traits of riparian tree species / Futoshi Nakamura and Satomi Inahara -- Water level changes in ponds and lakes : the hydrological processes / Masaki Hayashi and Garth van der Kamp -- Development of post-disturbance vegetation in prairie wetlands / Arnold G. van der Valk -- Modeling heating effects / Geoffrey N. Mercer and Rodney O. Weber -- Fire effects on grasslands / Paul H. Zedler -- Wildfire and tree population processes / Sheri L. Gutsell and Edward A. Johnson -- Insect defoliators as periodic disturbances in northern forest ecosystems / Barry J. Cooke, Vincent G. Nealis, and Jacques Rnie -- Dynamics of mountain pine beetle outbreaks / Justin Heavilin, James Powell, and Jesse A. Logan -- Relationship between spruce budworm outbreaks and forest dynamics in eastern North America / Hubert Morin, Yves Jardon, and Rean Gagnon -- Impact of beaver (castor canadensis Kuhl) foraging on species composition of boreal forests / Noble T. Donkor.