Managing ecosystem damage from extreme events

Abstract

Large disturbances to ecosystems can severely impact the stability of a region’s natural resources, habitats, and outdoor recreation. Because extreme events can be large and relatively infrequent, they test institutional capacity to support recovery and restoration. When hurricanes and other large-scale disturbances like wildfires occur, much of the impacted landscape receives little to no active management. Ecosystems are often allowed to either recover or transition without much direct intervention, and successional dynamics are sometimes altered by novel invasive species, management history, or other environmental changes.

Citation

Dale, Virginia H; Norman, Steven P; Efroymson, Rebecca A. 2025. Managing ecosystem damage from extreme events. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2855.