Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation

Chapter 1 Introduction to Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation: Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests

Chapter 2 Gap-Scale Disturbances in Central Hardwood Forests with Implications for Management

Chapter 3 Oak Decline in Central Hardwood Forests: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Scale

Chapter 4 Southern Pine Beetles in Central Hardwood Forests: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Changes to Forest Structure

Chapter 5 First Steps Toward Defining the Wind Disturbance Regime in Central Hardwoods Forests

Chapter 6 Fire as a Once-Dominant Disturbance Process in the Yellow Pine and Mixed Pine-Hardwood Forests of the Appalachian Mountains

Chapter 7 Ice Storms in Central Hardwood Forests: The Disturbance Regime, Spatial Patterns, and Vegetation Influences

Chapter 8 Multi-millennial Record of Erosion and Fires in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

Chapter 9 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

Chapter 10 Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation

Chapter 11 Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation

Chapter 12 The Historic Role of Humans and Other Keystone Species in Shaping Central Hardwood Forests for Disturbance-Dependent Wildlife

Chapter 13 Climate Change and the Future of Natural Disturbances in the Central Hardwood Region

Chapter 14 Managing Central Hardwood Forests Within the Context of the Historic Range of Variability (HRV): Challenges and Opportunities