WhereIdIsEgoWillGo OP t1_iv14gqa wrote
Reply to comment by funkmasta_kazper in Do forests have natural life cycles, or will they go on indefinitely without interference? by WhereIdIsEgoWillGo
Are disturbance factors catered to specific forests?
Like swamps or rainforests, since they don't suffer from hurricanes or fires, are they more stable sans human intervention?
funkmasta_kazper t1_iv1r66l wrote
To an extent. Although there will always be some form of disturbance since trees create structure and no tree is immortal. In the rainforest, a tree may be infested by a fungal pathogen and gradually grow weaker and weaker until the vines on it pull it down. While wind is not the cause, it has the same end effect as the windthrows and gap phase disturbance in temperate forests. Same thing in swamps.
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