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Landslide ecology / / Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Aaron B. Shiels, USDA National Wildlife Research Center, Hilo, Hawaii, USA [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Walker Lawrence R. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Landslide ecology / / Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Aaron B. Shiels, USDA National Wildlife Research Center, Hilo, Hawaii, USA [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 577.5/8
Soggetto topico: Landslides
Geomorphology
Revegetation
Colonization (Ecology)
Persona (resp. second.): ShielsAaron B.
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Spatial patterns; 3. Physical causes and consequences; 4. Biological consequences; 5. Biotic interactions and temporal patterns; 6. Living with landslides; 7. Large scales and future directions for landslide ecology; Glossary; References; Index.
Sommario/riassunto: Despite their often dangerous and unpredictable nature, landslides provide fascinating templates for studying how soil organisms, plants and animals respond to such destruction. The emerging field of landslide ecology helps us understand these responses, aiding slope stabilisation and restoration and contributing to the progress made in geological approaches to landslide prediction and mitigation. Summarising the growing body of literature on the ecological consequences of landslides, this book provides a framework for the promotion of ecological tools in predicting, stabilising, and restoring biodiversity to landslide scars at both local and landscape scales. It explores nutrient cycling; soil development; and how soil organisms disperse, colonise and interact in what is often an inhospitable environment. Recognising the role that these processes play in providing solutions to the problem of unstable slopes, the authors present ecological approaches as useful, economical and resilient supplements to landslide management.
Titolo autorizzato: Landslide ecology  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-107-23265-1
1-139-60955-6
1-139-61141-0
1-139-62443-1
1-139-60824-X
1-139-61513-0
0-511-97868-5
1-283-89932-9
1-139-62071-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452531903321
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Serie: Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.