Titre :
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Ecological responses to the 1987 great storm in the woods of south-east England
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Auteurs :
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K. Kirby ;
Meeting of the British ecological society, Ashford, GBR, 10-11 September 1993 (1993; GBR) ;
G. Buckley
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Type de document :
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congrès/colloque
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Editeur :
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Peterborough, GBR : English Nature, 1994
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Collection :
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English nature science n°23
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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1 85716 167X
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Format :
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170 p.
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Langues:
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= Anglais
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Catégories :
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Protection de la nature ou de l'environnement
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Mots-clés:
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ANGLETERRE SUD
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ROYAUME UNI
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ESPACE BOISE
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FORET
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TEMPETE
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CHABLIS
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DEGATS DUS AU VENT
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IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT
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BIODIVERSITE
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DYNAMIQUE DE VEGETATION
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ECOLOGIE FORESTIERE
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ECOSYSTEME
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REGENERATION NATURELLE
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AMENAGEMENT FORESTIER
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REGENERATION DES ARBRES
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Résumé :
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The initial papers provide the context for the rest by describing the nature of the storm (Hopkins), the scale of damage that occurred and what has happened since in Kent (Davies & Pritchard) and the types of baseline studies that were set up immediately after the storm (Whitbread). The evolution in people's attitudes to the storm is illustrated by newspaper extracts from 1987, 1988 and 1992 (Kirby & Wakeley). There are then various contributions summarising the general changes that have taken place in specific areas of storm-damaged woodland (Blair-Brown, Flynn, King, Paker, Ryland, Whitebread & Mongomery). Ferris-Kaan's paper reminds us that conifer plantations as well as broadleaved woods were affected and provided one of the few attemps to establish controlled experiments in storm-damaged areas. Thomas et al. concentrate particularly on the survival (or not) of individual damaged trees, while Buckley et al. provide what may be the first detailed description of "pit and mound" vegetation in England. An unexpected bonus of the storm was the reappearence of Carex depauperata described by Tim Rich. Animals as well as plants were affected. Fuller et al. describe changes in breeding bird populations generally, while Smith looks specifically at the effects on woodpecker populations. Less is known about changes in invertebrate populations but Badmin's work on leafhoppers and Alexander's on dead wood species provide pointers to the broader effects. Monitoring of storm effects is also placed in the context of other work looking at long-term changes in woods (Kirby).
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