Disturbance, diversity, and invasion: implications for conservation

RJ Hobbs, LF Huenneke - Conservation biology, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbance is an important component of many ecosystems, and variations in disturbance
regime can affect ecosystem and community structure and functioning. The “intermediate …

Defining extreme events: A cross‐disciplinary review

LE McPhillips, H Chang, MV Chester, Y Depietri… - Earth's …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme events are of interest worldwide given their potential for substantial impacts on
social, ecological, and technical systems. Many climate‐related extreme events are …

Managing species diversity in tallgrass prairie: assumptions and implications

HF Howe - Conservation Biology, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Los esfuerzos de conservación y de la ecología de restauración pueden conservar o
restaurar una imágen particuar de una comunidad, una variedad de imágenes posibles, o la …

[LLIBRE][B] Invasion ecology

JL Lockwood, MF Hoopes, MP Marchetti - 2013 - books.google.com
This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to
all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research …

[PDF][PDF] Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

MG Turner - 2001 - lepicolea.wordpress.com
They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

[LLIBRE][B] The ecology of phytoplankton

CS Reynolds - 2006 - books.google.com
Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth's aquatic
ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology …

Disturbance interactions: characterization, prediction, and the potential for cascading effects

B Buma - Ecosphere, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbances are fundamental components of ecosystems and, in many cases, a dominant
driver of ecosystem structure and function at multiple spatial and temporal scales. While the …

Characterizing ecosystem‐level consequences of biological invasions: the role of ecosystem engineers

JA Crooks - Oikos, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Invasions by exotic species represent both threats to ecosystems as well as opportunities to
learn more about them. Among the invaders that will have the largest impacts are those that …

From balance of nature to hierarchical patch dynamics: a paradigm shift in ecology

J Wu, OL Loucks - The Quarterly review of biology, 1995 - journals.uchicago.edu
A common assumption historically in ecology is evident in the term" balance of nature." The
phrase usually implies that undisturbed nature is ordered and harmonius, and that …

[LLIBRE][B] Wetland plants: biology and ecology

JK Cronk, MS Fennessy - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
A detailed account of the biology and ecology of vascular wetland plants and their
applications in wetland plant science, Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology presents a …