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Examines the relationship among forest landscape dynamics, environmental factors and disturbance history in the Bull Run Basin, Oregon. Analysis of environmental factors and windthrow patterns; Disturbance type and forest composition and structure; Climate and landform controls; Use of biotic controls; Climate-disturbance and forest management interactions.

Examines forest response to catastrophic wind in the United States. Relationship of tree damage patterns with mortality and regeneration, vegetation recovery and ecosystem processes; Importance of pre-disturbance forest structure in determining severity of impact; Role of tree resilience and understory vegetation in ecosystem processes.