Patch size is set by distance between surviving regenerators, tracking mortality
Evidence
These survivors are often capable of regenerating and reoccupying vacant patches by growing in from the edge. Therefore, the diameter of an open patch is defined by the minimum distance between survivors capable of regenerating. From this defini tion, it follows that the greater the degree of mortality caused by disturbance, the larger the patch size. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 887
Categorization
- DEFINE: Operational definition of marine open patch as bounded by surviving regenerators — links disturbance mortality to patch geometry in a quantifiable way.
- XREF: connects to: A tree’s typical mode of death determines the size of gap it creates. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 388; Disturbance severity determines which regeneration strategy dominates recovery. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 176; Open patches arise from resident death or from newly created substrata — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 838
Broader Connections
- A tree’s typical mode of death determines the size of gap it creates.
#complicates(0.80) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 388 - Open patches arise from resident death or from newly created substrata
#expands(0.78) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 838 - Disturbance severity determines which regeneration strategy dominates recovery.
#expands(0.75) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 176