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Abstract
Forest disturbances are events that disrupt the structure and composition of forest ecosystems as well as their protective, productive, and social functions (Führer 2000, Holmes et al. 2008). The increasing severity and frequency of environmental and anthropogenic forest disturbances challenge the sustainable management and protection of forests in the United States and the benefits that they provide to individuals and communities. About 1.42 percent (3.6 million ha) of U.S. forest land was disturbed annually between 1985 and 2015 (Masek et al. 2013). Tree mortality stemming from disturbance regimes has been increasing since the 1980s (Williams et al. 2016), resulting in forest cover loss at rates comparable to global deforestation hotspots (Hansen et al. 2013, 2010). The effect of climate change on disturbance agents is predicted to amplify the frequency, intensity, and damage from forest disturbance regimes (Seidl et al. 2017)
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Sánchez, José J.; Srivastava, Lorie; Marcos-Martinez, Raymundo; Bachelet, Dominique. 2021. Economic value of ecosystem service losses resulting from disturbances in western United States forest. In Barrett, Tara M.; Robertson, Guy C., eds. Disturbance and sustainability in forests of the Western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-992. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 191-228. Chapter 9.
