Forest Disturbance and Succession Across a Naturally Fragmented Landscape
This research examines
the spatial and temporal dynamics of disturbance between isolated forest
habitat islands (kipuka) surrounded by mid-Holocene age lava flows,
and areas of surrounding contiguous forest in central Oregon. Keith
Hadley and Karen
Arabas (Willamette University) head this research in collaboration
of Kelly Pohl (climate reconstruction and
dendroecological methods), Evan
Larson (fire; Willamette University), Sharon
Stanton (mistletoe), and Kate
Hrinkevich (edge dynamics). Our goal is to document and model the
spread of disturbance across a naturally fragmented landscape and to
determine how the propagation of disturbance influences post-disturbance
forest succession at the landscape scale.
