DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY context, nature, and scale. [electronic resource] : - [Place of publication not identified], CRC Press, 2019. - 1 online resource

This book presents cascading effects of ecological disturbances on a multitude of ecosystem components. It includes agricultural development, large infrequent disturbances, forest harvesting, non-native grazing in deserts, ground transportation, powerline corridors, fires, urban ecology, disturbance in aquatic ecosystems, land-use dynamics on diversity, habitat fragmentation, sedimentation of wetlands, and contemporary climate change. The book facilitates users in understanding why disturbances are occurring while recommending mitigation and remediation strategies.

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NATURE / Ecology
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General
Ecological disturbances.
Biodiversity.

QH541

577.2

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