Forest disturbance regimes differ mainly in timing, spacing, and severity, not rate.

Evidence

The somewhat surprising conclusion is that different mesic forests probably do not show very great differences in their average rates of disturbance. Therefore, important differences among the disturbance regimes of different forests are more likely to occur in the distribution of tree deaths in time and space and in the severity of the disturbance. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 159

Categorization

• XREF: This is the analytical hinge: rate is tame, distribution and severity carry the ecological signal — directly usable for reading landscape disturbance history from patch structure. — connects to: Insects make irregular forest disturbance more regular so ruderal species persist — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1581; Conservation must protect disturbance regimes, not just taxa, to preserve biodiversity — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1120

Broader Connections

• Insects make irregular forest disturbance more regular so ruderal species persist #complicates (0.75) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1581
• Conservation must protect disturbance regimes, not just taxa, to preserve biodiversity #expands (0.72) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1120