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A comprehensive, integrated source of information about the recovery of the catastrophic and well-studied natural disaster at Mount St. Helens, covering twenty-five years of interdisciplinary research
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Survival and Establishment of Plant Communities
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Survival and Establishment of Animal Communities
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Responses of Ecosystem Processes
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted violently … . In 20 chapters written by 48 contributors, this book provides an overview of the ecological and geological setting before the 1980 eruption and the geophysical environment created afterward. … A major contribution to disturbance ecology, this book belongs on every ecologist’s bookshelf. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." (R. L. Smith, CHOICE, November, 2005)
"The eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 was one of the most significant events of recent times. It allowed us to haven an almost unprecedented chance to examine ecological processes … . This is a fascinating book. It provides one of the very few detailed accounts of change. … It follows that for those interested in this study, this is a crucial text. Mt. St. Helens makes a superb case study: this text makes the work accessible for those outside the immediate research community." (TENews, August, 2005)
"The eruption of the Mount St. Helens in May 1980 was the most spectacular eruption since that of Krakatau in 1880 … . Due to the great progress in science, it was possible to organize immediately systematic and very complex research, results of which are comprehensively presented in the book published for 25th anniversary of the eruption. … The book is relevant not only for ecological theory, but also for practical restoration of disturbed sties. Moreover, one can read the book as a thrilling story." (Karel Prach, Folia Geobotanica, Vol. 41 (4), 2006)
Editors and Affiliations
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Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
Virginia H. Dale
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USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, USA
Frederick J. Swanson
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USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station, Olympia Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Amboy, USA
Charles M. Crisafulli
About the editors
Virginia Dale is a Corporate Fellow in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee.
Fred Swanson is a Research Geologist at the USDA Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station in Corvallis, OR.
Charles Crisafulli is an Ecologist at the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research station in Olympia, WA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens
Editors: Virginia H. Dale, Frederick J. Swanson, Charles M. Crisafulli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28150-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-23868-5Published: 20 May 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-23850-0Published: 20 May 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-28150-6Published: 16 January 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 342
Topics: Ecology, Biogeosciences, Geophysics/Geodesy, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Geoecology/Natural Processes