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Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation

Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests USA

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Cathryn H. Greenberg

    1. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Bent Creek Experimental Forest, Asheville, USA

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  2. Beverly S. Collins

    1. Biology Department, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, USA

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  • Offers detailed information on the frequency and impact of each major natural disturbance type
  • Focuses on natural disturbances in the USA’s Central Hardwood Region
  • Provides insight for land managers and ecologists on managing forests within the HRV of natural disturbances

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems (MAFE, volume 32)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction to Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation: Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests

    • Cathryn H. Greenberg, Beverly S. Collins, W. Henry McNab, Douglas K. Miller, Gary R. Wein
    Pages 1-32

  3. Gap-Scale Disturbances in Central Hardwood Forests with Implications for Management

    • Justin L. Hart
    Pages 33-47

  4. Oak Decline in Central Hardwood Forests: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Scale

    • Steven W. Oak, Martin A. Spetich, Randall S. Morin
    Pages 49-71

  5. Southern Pine Beetles in Central Hardwood Forests: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Changes to Forest Structure

    • John T. Nowak, Kier D. Klepzig, David R. Coyle, William A. Carothers, Kamal J. K. Gandhi
    Pages 73-88

  6. First Steps Toward Defining the Wind Disturbance Regime in Central Hardwoods Forests

    • Chris J. Peterson, Jeffery B. Cannon, Christopher M. Godfrey
    Pages 89-122

  7. Fire as a Once-Dominant Disturbance Process in the Yellow Pine and Mixed Pine-Hardwood Forests of the Appalachian Mountains

    • Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
    Pages 123-146

  8. Ice Storms in Central Hardwood Forests: The Disturbance Regime, Spatial Patterns, and Vegetation Influences

    • Charles W. Lafon
    Pages 147-166

  9. Multi-millennial Record of Erosion and Fires in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

    • David S. Leigh
    Pages 167-202

  10. Frequency and Magnitude of Selected Historical Landslide Events in the Southern Appalachian Highlands of North Carolina and Virginia: Relationships to Rainfall, Geological and Ecohydrological Controls, and Effects

    • Richard M. Wooten, Anne C. Witt, Chelcy F. Miniat, Tristram C. Hales, Jennifer L. Aldred
    Pages 203-262

  11. Structural and Compositional Change in Great Smoky Mountains National Park since Protection, 1930s–2000s

    • Julie P. Tuttle, Peter S. White
    Pages 263-294

  12. Disturbance, Productivity, and Tree Characteristics in the Central Hardwoods Region

    • Peter A. Wilfahrt, Peter S. White, Beverly S. Collins, Julie P. Tuttle
    Pages 295-317

  13. The Historic Role of Humans and Other Keystone Species in Shaping Central Hardwood Forests for Disturbance-Dependent Wildlife

    • Cathryn H. Greenberg, Kendrick Weeks, Gordon S. Warburton
    Pages 319-353

  14. Climate Change and the Future of Natural Disturbances in the Central Hardwood Region

    • Virginia H. Dale, M. Joseph Hughes, Daniel J. Hayes
    Pages 355-369

  15. Managing Central Hardwood Forests Within the Context of the Historic Range of Variability (HRV): Challenges and Opportunities

    • Eric K. Zenner
    Pages 371-391

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 393-400
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This book discusses the historic range of variation (HRV) in the types, frequencies, severities and scales of natural disturbances, and explores how they create heterogeneous structure within upland hardwood forests of the Central Hardwood Region (CHR). The book was written in response to a 2012 forest planning rule which requires that national forests to be managed to sustain ‘ecological integrity’ and within the ‘natural range of variation’ of natural disturbances and vegetation structure. Synthesizing information on HRV of natural disturbance types, and their impacts on forest structure, has been identified as a top need.

Editors and Affiliations

  • USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Bent Creek Experimental Forest, Asheville, USA

    Cathryn H. Greenberg

  • Biology Department, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, USA

    Beverly S. Collins

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