August 1999
Hurricanes and trees do not mix well. This publication cites recent publications and journal articles which deal with various aspects of hurricane impacts on trees and forests. This not a comprehensive review but selected to provide a broad view of work and workers in this area. This selected bibliography is provided for educational purposes.
Allen, BP. Pauley, EF. & Sharitz, RR. 1997. Hurricane impacts on liana populations in an old, growth southeastern bottomland forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 124:34-42.
Andresen, JW. Bartlett, T. & Burban, LL. 1993. Protect your urban forest from wind damage: Operation Tornado ReLeaf. Arboricultural Journal. 17:277-286.
Asner, GP. & Goldstein, G. 1997. Correlating stem biomechanical properties of Hawaiian canopy trees with hurricane wind damage. Biotropica. 29:145-150.
Basnet, K. 1993. Recovery of a tropical rain forest after hurricane damage. Vegetatio. 109:1-4.
Batista, WB. Platt, WJ. & Macchiavelli, RE. 1998. Demography of a shade, tolerant tree (Fagus grandifolia) in a hurricane-disturbed forest. Ecology. 79:38-53.
Bellingham, PJ. Kapos, V. Varty, N. Healey, JR. Tanner, EVJ. Kelly, DL. Dalling, JW. Burns, LS. Lee, D. & Sidrak, G. 1992. Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: the effects of Hurricane Gilbert on forests in Jamaica. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 8:217-223.
Bellingham, PJ. Tanner, EVJ. & Healy, JR. 1995. Damage and responsiveness of Jamaican montane tree species after disturbance by a hurricane. Ecology. 76:2562-2580.
Bellingham, PJ. 1991. Landforms influence patterns of hurricane damage: evidence from Jamaican montane forests. Biotropica. 23:427-433.
Blood, ER. Anderson, P. Smith, PA. Nybro, C. & Ginsberg, KA. 1991. Effects of Hurricane Hugo on coastal soil solution chemistry in South Carolina. Biotropica. 23:348-355.
Boose, ER. Foster, DR. & Fluet, M. 1994. Hurricane impacts to tropical and temperate forest landscapes. Ecological Monographs. 64:369-400.
Carlton, GC. & Bazzaz, FA. 1998. Regeneration of three sympatric birch species on experimental hurricane blowdown microsites. Ecological Monographs. 68:99-120.
Carlton, GC. & Bazzaz, FA. 1998. Resource congruence and forest regeneration following an experimental hurricane blowdown. Ecology. 79:1305-1319.
Conner, WH. & Laderman, AD. 1998. Impact of hurricanes on forests of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, USA. Coastally Restricted Forests. Pp.271-277. Oxford University Press, New York, USA.
Crane, JH. Dorey, AJ. Ploetz, RC. & Weekley, CW Jr. 1995. Post, hurricane Andrew effects on young carambola trees. 107th Annual meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society (Orlando, FL, USA, 10/30-11/1/94). 107:338-339.
Dallmeier, F. Comiskey, JA. & Scatena, FN. 1998. Five years of forest dynamics following Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico's Luquillo Experimental Forest. Forest biodiversity in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and monitoring. (Edited by Dallmeier, F. & Comiskey, JA.) Pp.231-248. Man and the Biosphere Series Volume 21.
Duryea, ML. Blakeslee, GM. Hubbard, WG. & Vasquez, RA. 1996. Wind and trees: a survey of homeowners after Hurricane Andrew. Journal of Arboriculture. 22:44-50.
Everham, EM. & Brokaw, NVL. 1996. Forest damage and recovery from catastrophic wind. Botanical Review. 62:113-185.
Ennos, AR. 1997. Wind as an ecological factor. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 12:108-111.,
Faust, TD. Fuller, MM. McAlister, RH. & Zarnoch, SJ. 1994. Assessing internal hurricane damage to standing pine poletimber. Wood and Fiber Science. 26:536-545.
Foster, DR. Aber, JD. Melillo, JM. Bowden, RD. & Bazzaz, FA. 1997. Forest response to disturbance and anthropogenic stress. BioScience. 47: 437- 445.
Francis, JK. & Gillespie, AJR. 1993. Relating gust speed to tree damage in Hurricane Hugo, 1989. Journal of Arboriculture. 19:368-373.
Fredericksen, TS. Hedden, RL. & Williams, SA. 1995. Susceptibility of loblolly pine to bark beetle attack following simulated wind stress. Forest Ecology and Management. 76:95-107.
Gasson, P. Cutler, D. & Donaldson, LA. 1996. Windblown trees: A source of scientific information. Recent advances in wood anatomy. Proceedings of the Third Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference (Rotorua, NZ. 11/20-24/94.) Pp. 72-76.
Greenberg, CH. & McNab, WH. 1998. Forest disturbance in hurricane, related downbursts in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. Forest Ecology and Management. 104:179-191.
Gresham, CA. Williams, TM. & Lipscomb, DJ. 1991. Hurricane Hugo wind damage to southeastern U.S. coastal forest tree species. Biotropica. 23:420-426.
Haight, RG. Smith, WD. & Straka, TJ. 1995. Hurricanes and the economics of loblolly pine plantations. Forest Science. 41:675-688.
Harrington, RA. Fownes, JH. Scowcroft, PG. & Vann, CS. 1997. Impact of Hurricane Iniki on native Hawaiian Acacia koa forests: Damage and two-year recovery. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 13:539-558.
Haymond, JL. Hook, DD. & Harms, WR. 1996. Hurricane Hugo: South Carolina forest land research and management related to the storm. USDA-Forest Service, General Technical Report, Southern Research Station, USDA, Forest, Service. SRS-GTR-5. Pp. 540.
Hedden, RL. Fredericksen, TS & Williams, SA. 1995. Modeling the effect of crown shedding and streamlining on the survival of loblolly pine exposed to acute wind. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 25:704-712.
Hull, DL. 1996. Facilitation of hurricane recovery in Miami. Principes. 40:208-211.
Johnson, SR. & Young, DR. 1992. Variation in tree ring width in relation to storm activity for mid-Atlantic barrier island populations of Pinus taeda.. Journal of Coastal Research. 8:99-104.
Lodge, DJ. & McDowell, WH. 1991. Summary of ecosystem-level effects of Caribbean hurricanes. Biotropica. 23:373-378.
Loope, L. Duever, M. Herndon, A. Snyder, J. & Jansen, D. 1994. Hurricane impact on uplands and freshwater swamp forest. BioScience. 44:238-246.
Merrens, EJ. & Peart, DR. 1992. Effects of hurricane damage on individual growth and stand structure in a hardwood forest in New Hampshire, USA. Journal of Ecology 80:787-795.
Millikin, CS. & Bowden, RD. 1996. Soil respiration in pits and mounds following an experimental forest blowdown. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 60:1951-1953.
Myers, RK. & van Lear, DH. 1998. Hurricane, fire interactions in coastal forests of the south: a review and hypothesis. Forest Ecology and Management. 103:265-276.
Oberbauer, SF. von Kleist, K. Whelan, KRT. & Koptur, S. 1996. Effects of hurricane Andrew on epiphyte communities within cypress domes of Everglades National Park. Ecology. 77:964-967.
Palik, BJ. & Pederson, N. 1996. Overstory mortality and canopy disturbances in longleaf pine ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 26:2035-2047.
Parminter, J. & Daigle, P. 1997. Landscape ecology and natural disturbances: relationships to biodiversity. (Part 2 of 7). Extension Note, British Columbia Ministry of Forests. #10. Pp.9.
Peterson, CJ. & Carons, WP. 1996. Generalizing forest regeneration models: the dependence of propagule availability on disturbance history and stand size. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 26:45-52.
Ramsey, EW. Chappell, DK. Jacobs, DM. Sapkota, SK. & Baldwin, DG. 1998. Resource management of forested wetlands: hurricane impact and recovery mapped by combining Landsat TM and NOAA-AVHRR data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 64:733-738.
Ray, GJ. Dallmeier, F. & Comiskey, JA. 1998. The structure of two subtropical dry forest communities on the island of St John, US Virgin Islands. Forest biodiversity in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and monitoring. (Edited by Dallmeier, F. & Comiskey, JA.) Pp.367-384. Man and the Biosphere Series Volume 21.
Reams, GA. & Edwards, MB. 1995. Inferring canopy disturbances from dendroecological data. Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Auburn, Alabama, 11/1-3/94. USDA-Forest Service General Technical Report, Southern Research Station, #SRS-GTR1. Pp.154-160.
Reilly, AE. 1998. Hurricane Hugo: winds of change .. or not? Forest dynamics on St John, US Virgin Islands, 1986-1991. Forest biodiversity in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and monitoring. (Edited by Dallmeier, F. & Comiskey, JA.) Pp 349-365. Man and the Biosphere Series Volume 21.
Rice, MD. Lockaby, BG. Stanturf, JA. & Keeland, BD. 1997. Woody debris decomposition in the Atchafalaya river basin of Louisiana following hurricane disturbance. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 61:1264-1274.
Rogers, CS. & Reilly, AE. 1998. Insights into forest dynamics from long, term monitoring on St John, US Virgin Islands. Forest biodiversity in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and monitoring. (Edited by Dallmeier, F. & Comiskey, JA.) Pp.323-332. Man and the Biosphere Series Volume 21.
Scatena, FN, Moya, S, Estrada, C, & Chinea, JD. 1996. The first five years in the reorganization of aboveground biomass and nutrient use following Hurricane Hugo in the Bisley Experimental Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental forest, Puerto Rico. (Editors: Walker, LR. Silver, WL. Willig, MR. & Zimmerman, JK. Special issue: Long term responses of Caribbean ecosystems to disturbance). Biotropica. 28:424-440,
Smiley, ET. & Fraedrich, BR. 1992. Determining strength loss from decay. Journal of Arboriculture. 18:201-204.
Smith, GF. Nicholas, NS. & Zedaker, SM. 1997. Succession dynamics in a maritime forest following Hurricane Hugo and fuel reduction burns. Forest Ecology and Management. 95:275-283.
Smith, TJ. Robblee, MB. Wanless, HR. & Doyle, TW. 1994. Mangroves, hurricanes, and lightning strikes. BioScience. 44:256-262.
Straka, TJ. Marsinko, AP. Baumann, JL. & Haight, RG. 1995. Site preparation and tree planting costs on hurricane-damaged lands in South Carolina. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 19:131-138.
Tanner, EVJ. Kapos, V. & Healey, JR. 1991. Hurricane effects on forest ecosystems in the Caribbean. Biotropica. 23:513-521.
Turner, MG. Dale, VH. & Everham, EH. 1997. Fires, hurricanes, and volcanoes: comparing large disturbances. BioScience. 47:758-768.
Vandermeer, J. Boucher, D. Perfecto, I. & de-la-Granzow-Cerda, I. 1996. A theory of disturbance and species diversity: evidence from Nicaragua after Hurricane Joan. (Editors: Walker, LR. Silver, WL. Willig, MR. & Zimmerman, JK. Special issue: Long term responses of Caribbean ecosystems to disturbance). Biotropica. 28:600-613.
Vandermeer, J. Mallona, MA. Boucher, D. Yih, K. & Perfecto, I. 1995. Three years of ingrowth following catastrophic hurricane damage on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua: evidence in support of the direct regeneration hypothesis. Journal of Tropical Ecology 11:465-471.
Wade, DD. Forbus, JK. & Saveland, JM. 1993. Photo series for estimating post, hurricane residues and fire behaviour in southern pine. USDA-Forest Service, General Technical Report, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, #SEES- SE-GTR-82. Pp.19.
Walker, LR. Silver, WL. Willig, MR. & Zimmerman, JK (editors). 1996. Special issue: Long-term responses of Caribbean ecosystems to disturbance. Biotropica. 28:413-614.
Walker, LR. Zimmerman, JK. Lodge, DJ. & Guzman-Grajales, S. 1996. An altitudinal comparison of growth and species composition in hurricane, damaged forests in Puerto Rico. Journal of Ecology 84:877-889.
Walker, LR. 1991. Tree damage and recovery from Hurricane Hugo in Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica. 23:379-385.
Walker, LR. 1995. Timing of post, hurricane tree mortality in Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 11:315-320.
Walsh, K. Pittock, AB. & Markham, A. 1998. Potential changes in tropical storms, hurricanes, and extreme rainfall events as a result of climate change. (Special issue: Potential impacts of climate change on tropical forest ecosystems. Papers from an international workshop. San Juan, PR. 4/24-28/95.) Climatic Change. 39:199-213.
Weaver, PL. 1998. The effects of environmental gradients on hurricane impact in Cinnamon Bay watershed, St John, US Virgin Islands. Forest biodiversity in North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and monitoring. (Edited by Dallmeier, F. & Comiskey, JA.) Pp.333-348. Man and the Biosphere Series Volume 21.
Zimmerman, JK. Pulliam, WM. Lodge, DJ. Quinones-Orfila, V. Fetcher, N. Guzman-Grajales, S Parrotta, JA. Asbury, CE. Walker, LR. & Waide, RB. 1995. Nitrogen immobilization by decomposing woody debris and the recovery of tropical wet forest from hurricane damage. Oikos. 72:314-322.