Disturbance frameworks must treat all trophic cascades as disturbances

Evidence

In our view, that perspective is required for the development of an orderly theoretical framework that considers disturbances and the heterogeneity they generate in biological systems. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1031

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Well-intentioned ecological interventions can backfire through unforeseen food chains. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 73; Rainfall is the principal extrinsic driver of vertebrate disturbance in most systems. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1110