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Disturbance Ecology: A Guideline

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Disturbance Ecology

Part of the book series: Landscape Series ((LAEC,volume 32))

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The guideline contextualizes the field of disturbance ecology over time and space. It addresses fundamental elements of disturbance ecology, such as drivers of disturbances, adaptations of plants to disturbance, disturbance effects on biodiversity, disturbance resilience, disturbances in the context of ecosystem management, and climate change impacts on disturbance regimes. The chapter introduces the structure of the book and highlights the audience for which the book was written.

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  1. Forest Dynamics Research Unit, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    Thomas Wohlgemuth

  2. Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    Anke Jentsch

  3. Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany

    Rupert Seidl

  4. Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Germany

    Rupert Seidl

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    Anke Jentsch

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Wohlgemuth, T., Jentsch, A., Seidl, R. (2022). Disturbance Ecology: A Guideline. In: Wohlgemuth, T., Jentsch, A., Seidl, R. (eds) Disturbance Ecology. Landscape Series, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98756-5_1

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