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Landscape Dynamics and Disturbance
Forest and stream ecosystems undergo progressive, slow change by processes such as succession and soil development. Abrupt changes are induced by disturbances such as fire, flood, wind, landslides, forest cutting, roads, insects, and volcanic activity. The interplay of disturbances and succession drive ecosystem dynamics. We study the past and present frequency, severity, duration, and spatial pattern of natural and management disturbance processes that dominate the disturbance regimes of the Andrews Forest and other parts of the Pacific Northwest. We also study effects of disturbances on biota and on ecological and watershed processes.
Research Details
- LTER6 midterm report (2011)
- Plans for LTER6
- Research in LTER5
- Observations of evidence of a snow avalanche on Lookout Mountain, Andrews Forest, 2008
Fred Swanson and Alan Tepley (August 27, 2008)- Fire History Database and Map Layer: Northwest Forest Plan Area
Danielle Robbins and Frederick J. Swanson (August 29, 2005)- Review of Dendroclimatology Literature Relevant to Western Oregon
Danielle Robbins (August 5, 2005)- 25 Years of Ecological Change at Mount St. Helens
A Science Perspective by V.H. Dale, C.M. Crisafulli, F.J. Swanson (May 2005)- Temporal and Spatial Variability of Fire Occurrence in Western Oregon, A.D. 1200 – 2000
Evelyn L. Berkley, Cathy Whitlock, Patrick J. Bartlein, and Frederick J. Swanson (September 2002)Key Databases
- Dendrochronology study of fire history, Andrews Experimental Forest and vicinity, Oregon, 1984 too 1987 (Teensma thesis) -- DF007
- Dendrochronology study of fire history, Blue River watershed, Oregon, 1996-1998 (Weisberg thesis) -- DF014
- Fire history dendrochronology study, super old growth data, central western Cascades, Oregon, 2002 (Giglia thesis) -- DF020
- Stream cross-section profiles in the Andrews Experimental Forest and Hagan Block RNA 1978-present -- GS002
List of all Landscape Dynamics and Disturbance databases
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Key Citations
- Bunchgrass Ridge: Restoration of montane meadows in western Oregon - A center for research and adaptive management.
- USGS Mass Movement Dynamics - Experimental Debris-Flow Flume
- Regional Hydro-Ecologic Simulation System (RHESSys)
Peters, Debra P. C. ; Lugo, Ariel E.; Chapin, F. Stuart III; Pickett, Steward T. A.; Duniway, Michael; Rocha, Adrian V.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Laney, Christine; Jones, Julia. 2011. Cross-system comparisons elucidate disturbance complexities and generalities. Ecosphere. 2(7): Art81, doi:10.1890/ES11-00115.1. (Pub No: 4515)
Perry, David A.; Hessburg, Paul F.; Skinner, Carl N.; Spies, Thomas A.; Stephens, Scott L.; Taylor, Alan Henry; Franklin, Jerry F.; McComb, Brenda; Riegel, Greg. 2011. The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. Forest Ecology and Management. 262: 703-717. (Pub No: 4664)
Swanson, Mark E.; Franklin, Jerry F.; Beschta, Robert L.; Crisafulli, Charles M.; DellaSala, Dominick A.; Hutto, Richard L.; Lindenmayer, David B.; Swanson, Frederick J. 2010. The forgotten stage of forest succession: early-successional ecosystems on forest sites. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi:10.1890/090157. (Pub No: 4558)
Pallister, John S.; Major, Jon J.; Pierson, Thomas C.; Hoblitt, Richard P.; Lowenstern, Jacob B.; Eichelberger, John C.; Lara, Luis; Moreno, Hugo; Muńoz, Jorgé; Castro, Jonathan M.; Iroumé, Andrés; Andreoli, Andrea; Jones, Julia; Swanson, Fred; Crisafulli, Charlie. 2010. Interdisciplinary studies of eruption at Chaitén Volcano, Chile. EOS, Transactions of American Geophysical Union. 91(42): 381-392. (Pub No: 4584)
Tepley, Alan J. 2010. Age structure, developmental pathways, and fire regime characterization of Douglas-fir/western hemlock forests in the central western Cascades of Oregon. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 278 p. Ph.D. dissertation. (Pub No: 4628)
Nash, Steve. 2010. Making sense of Mount St. Helens. BioScience. 60( 8): 571-575. (Pub No: 4631)
Haugo, Ryan D. 2010. Causes and consequences of conifer invasion into Pacific Northwest grasslands. Seattle, WA: University of Washington. 187 p. Ph.D. dissertation. (Pub No: 4640)
McFadden, Andrew K. 2010. The effects of stand thinning on soil erosion rates at Jim's Creek in the Willamette National Forest, Oregon. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 96 p. M.S. research paper. (Pub No: 4655)
Goodrich, Charles; Moore, Kathleen Dean; Swanson, Frederick J., eds. 2008. In the blast zone: catastrophe and renewal on Mount St. Helens. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press. 124 p. (Pub No: 4181)
Dale, Virginia H.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Crisafulli, Charles M., eds. 2005. Ecological responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. New York, NY: Springer. 342 p. (Pub No: 3673)
Forman, Richard T. T.; Sperling, Daniel; Bissonette, John A.; Clevenger, Anthony P.; Cutshall, Carol D.; Dale, Virginia H.; Fahrig, Lenore; France, Robert; Goldman, Charles R.; Heanue, Kevin; Jones, Julia A.; Swanson, Frederick J. ; Turrentine, Thomas; Winter, Thomas C. 2003. Road Ecology: science and solutions. Washington, DC: Island Press: 481 p. (Pub No: 3213)
Weisberg, Peter J.; Swanson, Frederick J. 2003. Regional synchroneity in fire regimes of western Oregon and Washington, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 172: 17-28. (Pub No: 2416)
Cohen, Warren B.; Spies, Thomas A.; Alig, Ralph J.; Oetter, Douglas R.; Maiersperger, Thomas K.; Fiorella, Maria. 2002. Characterizing 23 years (1972-1995) of stand replacement disturbance in western Oregon forests with Landsat imagery. Ecosystems. 5: 122-137. (Pub No: 2818)
Wemple, Beverley C. ; Swanson, Frederick J.; Jones, Julia A. 2001. Forest roads and geomorphic process interactions, Cascade Range, Oregon. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 26: 191-204. (Pub No: 2731)
Cissel, John H.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Weisberg, Peter J. 1999. Landscape management using historical fire regimes: Blue River, Oregon. Ecological Applications. 9(4): 1217-1231. (Pub No: 2502)
Swanson, Frederick J.; Johnson, Sherri L.; Gregory, Stanley V.; Acker, Steven A. 1998. Flood disturbance in a forested mountain landscape. BioScience. 48(9): 681-689. (Pub No: 2430)
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