Collaborative Proposal: MSB-FRA: Redefining the Ecological Legacy of Rare Disturbance Events Over Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales in Mesic Forest (MESOCHANGE)
- HF-ID: HF2017-19
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Pederson, Neil, Foster, D.R., Orwig, D.A., Thompson, J.R.
- Date: June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2023
- Location: Eastern United States
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- NSF Proposal Number 1802288. 1 File Folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: forests, disturbance, climate
- Abstract:
- Collaborative Research with Harvard University/Harvard Forest, Wellesley College, NASA, Rider University, Michigan State University, INIA Spain, University of Graz, Independent Historian, Eastern Kentucky University, University of Arizona.
- Current Theory of temperate mesic forests centers on the dominance of local, frequent disturbance and does not account for the size, frequency, or legacy of large, infrequent disturbances (LIDs). Despite centuries of local disturbance, broad-scale disturbances contemporaneous with European colonization and the American Revolution still govern forests over much of the eastern U.S. (EUS). Driven by repeated, interacting and extreme climatic events, these and other recently identified broad-scale disturbances highlight a profound and underappreciated legacy of climate in these forests.
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