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Providing insights and knowledge about the role
of disturbance in ecosystems....
The La Grande Forestry and Range Sciences Lab houses the Managing
Disturbance Regimes Program. The Program uses a team approach
to study the processes and effects of natural and human-caused disturbance
upon the ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
What's a "disturbance regime?" Examples include
fire, insect, plant disease, and air pollution. All of these
can potentially affect forest health in positive or adverse ways.
Team scientists work to develop management strategies that change
the frequency and intensity of undesirable disturbance.
The goal is to provide scientific knowledge to help manage
disturbance regimes for societal benefits while restoring and maintaining
ecosystem integrity and productivity.
More detailed description
(Program Charter)
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