Disturbance is an act of renewal when its frequency is balanced

Evidence

I like to think of the satisfying coherence in that pattern. Mosses, mussels, forests, and prairies all seem to be governed by the same principle. The apparent destruction of a disturbance is in fact an act of renewal, provided the balance is right. The Kickapoo mosses had a piece in telling that story. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 305

Categorization

• XREF: Reframes destruction as renewal — resonates with the larger disturbance-history thread and Kimmerer’s framing across the polyad. — connects to: Unrelated sessile communities obey the same disturbance-diversity rule — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 300; Fire suppression created monocultural forests that mid-frequency burning heals — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 303; The same disturbance-diversity dynamics governing forest trees also structure moss communities on logs — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 371 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Violent disturbance occurred in about one year out of four over two millennia #exemplifies (0.82) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4311