Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics: An Introduction. White, P. S. & Pickett, S. T. A. In The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics, pages 3–13. Elsevier.
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The idea of a 'patch' implies a relatively discrete spatial pattern, incorporating relationships both with other patches and with surrounding non-patch areas. 'Disturbance' and 'perturbation', often used synonymously, are here distinguished, the former involving environmental fluctuations and destructive events, even if these are normal to the system, the latter indicating any change in a parameter that defines a system and viewed in terms of that whole system. Endogenous and exogenous causes of disturbance are noted, and implications for changes in the nature of a patch in space and/or time ("patch dynamics') are summarised. Subsequent contributions to this volume are then introduced.
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  booktitle = {The {{Ecology}} of {{Natural Disturbance}} and {{Patch Dynamics}}},
  author = {White, P. S. and Pickett, S. T. A.},
  date = {1985},
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  publisher = {{Elsevier}},
  doi = {10.1016/b978-0-12-554520-4.50006-x},
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  abstract = {The idea of a 'patch' implies a relatively discrete spatial pattern, incorporating relationships both with other patches and with surrounding non-patch areas. 'Disturbance' and 'perturbation', often used synonymously, are here distinguished, the former involving environmental fluctuations and destructive events, even if these are normal to the system, the latter indicating any change in a parameter that defines a system and viewed in terms of that whole system. Endogenous and exogenous causes of disturbance are noted, and implications for changes in the nature of a patch in space and/or time ("patch dynamics') are summarised. Subsequent contributions to this volume are then introduced.},
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