Landslide ecology

by Walker, Lawrence R.

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Title Statements

Full title :Landslide ecology / Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. ; Aaron B. Shiels, USDA National Wildlife Research Center, Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.

Summary

"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 to understand these responses, aiding slope stabilization and restoration and contributing to progress made in geological approaches to landslide prediction and mitigation. Summarizing the growing body of literature on the ecological consequences of landslides, this book provides a framework for the promotion of ecological tools in predicting, stabilizing, and restoring biodiversity to landslide scars at both local and landscape scales. It explores nutrient cycling; soil development; and how soil organisms disperse, colonize, and interact in what is often an inhospitable environment. Recognizing 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"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780511978685, 0511978685, 9781139624435, 1139624431, 9781139615136, 1139615130
oclc:ocn823724661
LC Classification:QE599.A2
Dewey Decimal:577.5/8

Preface; 1 Introduction; Key points; 1.1 Relevance of landslides; 1.1.1 Humans; 1.1.2 Ecological processes within landslide-prone landscapes; 1.2 Terminology and types of landslides; 1.3 Scope; 2 Spatial patterns; Key points; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Where landslides occur; 2.2.1 Global scales; 2.2.2 Regional scales; 2.2.3 Local scales; 2.3 Spatial heterogeneity; 2.3.1 Gaps and patchiness; 2.3.2 Sizes and shapes; 2.3.3 Gradients; 2.4 Conclusions; 3 Physical causes and consequences; Key points; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 How landslides slide; 3.2.1 Geological context; 3.2.2 Soil context.

3.2.3 Proximal triggers3.3 Physical consequences; 3.3.1 Sediment, rock, and debris movement; 3.3.2 Post-landslide erosion; 3.4 Geochemical consequences; 3.4.1 Soil chemistry; 3.4.2 Nutrient cycles and carbon flow; 3.4.3 Soil development; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Biological consequences; Key points; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Dispersal; 4.3 Colonization and species adaptations; 4.3.1 Plant adaptations; 4.3.2 Animal adaptations; 4.4 Bacteria, fungi, and lichens; 4.5 Plants; 4.5.1 Bryophytes; 4.5.2 Ferns; 4.5.3 Gymnosperms; 4.5.4 Grasses; 4.5.5 Forbs; 4.5.6 Woody angiosperms; 4.6 Animals.

4.6.1 Invertebrates4.6.2 Vert…

Subjects

Colonisation (Écologie) Colonization (Ecology) GÉOMORPHOLOGIE GEOMORPHOLOGY Landslides NATURE -- Ecology NATURE ; Ecosystems & Habitats ; Wilder… Revegetation SCIENCE -- Environmental Science SCIENCE ; Life Sciences ; Ecology Végétalisation