Disturbance and coastal forests: A strategic approach to forest management in hurricane impact zones

Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Outcalt, Kenneth W.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.015

Cited by 163 publications

(147 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

139

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Gresham et al (1991) also found that water oak (Quercus laurifolia), and laurel oak (Quercus hemisphaerica) were susceptible to wind breakage as was the case for oaks on WS80. In WS80, sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) and blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) received much less damage than pines or oaks, consistent with several other studies (Putz and Sharitz, 1991;Duever and McCollom, 1992;Stanturf et al, 2007). The tree inventory data from WS77 showed similar survival of smaller pines, sweetgum, and blackgum.…”

Section: A D Jayakaran Et Al: Hurricane Impacts On a Pair Of Coastsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…The ecological impact of tropical cyclones has been widely studied leading to several summaries of recent majorhurricane impacts (e.g., Bokaw and Walker, 1991;Haymond and Harms, 1996;Stanturf et al, 2007;Kupfer et al, 2008). Lugo's (2008) analysis of hurricane-force tropical cyclones presents an interesting description of hurricane effects as visible and invisible.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Hurricane impacts on a pair of coastal forested watersheds: implications of selective hurricane damage to forest structure and streamflow dynamics

Jayakaran

Williams

Ssegane

et al. 2014

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. Hurricanes are infrequent but influential disruptors of ecosystem processes in the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Every southeastern forested wetland has the potential to be struck by a tropical cyclone. We examined the impact of Hurricane Hugo on two paired coastal South Carolina watersheds in terms of streamflow and vegetation dynamics, both before and after the hurricane's passage in 1989. The study objectives were to quantify the magnitude and timing of changes including a reversal in relative streamflow difference between two paired watersheds, and to examine the selective impacts of a hurricane on the vegetative composition of the forest. We related these impacts to their potential contribution to change watershed hydrology through altered evapotranspiration processes. Using over 30 years of monthly rainfall and streamflow data we showed that there was a significant transformation in the hydrologic character of the two watersheds -a transformation that occurred soon after the hurricane's passage. We linked the change in the rainfall-runoff relationship to a catastrophic change in forest vegetation due to selective hurricane damage. While both watersheds were located in the path of the hurricane, extant forest structure varied between the two watersheds as a function of experimental forest management techniques on the treatment watershed. We showed that the primary damage was to older pines, and to some extent larger hardwood trees. We believe that lowered vegetative water use impacted both watersheds with increased outflows on both watersheds due to loss of trees following hurricane impact. However, one watershed was able to recover to pre hurricane levels of evapotranspiration at a quicker rate due to the greater abundance of pine seedlings and saplings in that watershed.

show abstract

Section: A D Jayakaran Et Al: Hurricane Impacts On a Pair Of Coastsupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hurricane impacts on a pair of coastal forested watersheds: implications of selective hurricane damage to forest structure and streamflow dynamics

Jayakaran

Williams

Ssegane

et al. 2014

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The scale of wind damage in the US, particularly in those states affected by tornadoes and hurricanes, is similarly large. Hurricane Hugo in 1989 damaged almost 37 million m 3 of coastal forest timber in the State of South Carolina alone, whilst Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were responsible for an estimated 63 million m 3 of timber losses in the coastal forests of the Gulf of Mexico (Stanturf et al 2007). In total, Hurricane Katrina produced timber losses equivalent to between 50 and 140 % of US annual carbon sequestration (Galik and Jackson 2009).…”

Section: Windmentioning

confidence: 99%

Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests

Locatelli

Binet

Kairo

et al. 2014

AMBIO

145

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this review paper, we aim to describe the potential for, and the key challenges to, applying PES projects to mangroves. By adopting a ''carbocentric approach,'' we show that mangrove forests are strong candidates for PES projects. They are particularly well suited to the generation of carbon credits because of their unrivaled potential as carbon sinks, their resistance and resilience to natural hazards, and their extensive provision of Ecosystem Services other than carbon sequestration, primarily nursery areas for fish, water purification and coastal protection, to the benefit of local communities as well as to the global population. The voluntary carbon market provides opportunities for the development of appropriate protocols and good practice case studies for mangroves at a small scale, and these may influence larger compliance schemes in the future. Mangrove habitats are mostly located in developing countries on communally or state-owned land. This means that issues of national and local governance, land ownership and management, and environmental justice are the main challenges that require careful planning at the early stages of mangrove PES projects to ensure successful outcomes and equitable benefit sharing within local communities.

show abstract

“…Natural disturbance events of various size and scale, including fires, hurricanes, tornados, ice storms, drought, and SPB, are natural components of southern pine forests and strongly influence forest structure, composition and dynamics in the southern United States (Stanturf et al 2007). The effects of a disturbances event are variable and complex, depending on the severity of a disturbance event and the timing of its occurrence (Pickett and White 1985).…”

Section: Natural Disturbancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Windstorms, including hurricanes, tornados, downbursts, gales and severe windstorms are damaging agents causing pine mortality of southern pine forests (Stanturf et al 2007). The windstorms strike somewhere in the US South every year, accounting for thousands of hectares of disturbed areas (Platt et al 2000, Peterson 2000.…”

Section: Natural Disturbancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Restoration of Southern Pine Forests After the Southern Pine Beetle

Waldron

Cairns

et al. 2012

A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Disturbance and coastal forests: A strategic approach to forest management in hurricane impact zones

Cited by 163 publications

References 56 publications

Hurricane impacts on a pair of coastal forested watersheds: implications of selective hurricane damage to forest structure and streamflow dynamics

Hurricane impacts on a pair of coastal forested watersheds: implications of selective hurricane damage to forest structure and streamflow dynamics

Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests

Restoration of Southern Pine Forests After the Southern Pine Beetle

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About