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Title:	Disturbance, Scale, and Boundary in Wilderness Management
Author(s):	White, Peter S.; Harrod, Jonathan; Walker, Joan L.; Jentsch, Anke
Date:	2000
Source:	USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-15VOL-2.
Description:	Natural disturbances are critical to wilderness management. This paper reviews recent research on natural disturbance and addresses the problem of managing for disturbances in a world of human-imposed scales and boundaries. The dominant scale issue in disturbance management is the question of patch dynamic equilibrium. The dominant boundary issue in disturbance management is the effect. of boundary conditions on disturbance frequency and magnitude. Human property and attitudes outside wilderness areas influence management decisions on disturbances within natural areas.
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