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The Silver Lining:
The Benefits of Natural Disasters
Seth R. Reice

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ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENTS:

"Seth Reice melds his own, original work on non-equilibrium ecology with a good basic introduction to community ecology and current, very important issues in conservation ecology/biodiversity. The book is highly accessible, and the chapters on fire and floods are brilliant."--Niles Eldredge, American Museum of Natural History

"The author's point is clear--disturbances create and maintain biodiversity. Further, his examples are good, the facts are presented accurately, and the topic has not been presented in such an accessible book before."--Vincent Resh, University of California, Berkeley

"Seth Reice has managed to find just the right tone (passionate but not strident) in describing his crusade to incorporate disturbance ecology into land-use policy. The descriptions of landscapes he has personally visited are nicely done--almost prose poems. And the topic is important. While disturbance ecology and its role in resource management is mainstream stuff among professional ecologists, explaining this perspective to citizens will help create the social and political environment necessary for regulatory changes."--Mark Oswood, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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