Title: Effects of modern volcanic eruptions on vegetation
Abstract: In any one year, approximately 60 volcanoes erupt on the Earth. Even though about 80% of these eruptions occur under the oceans, the terrestrial volcanic events are common enough to have major impacts on nearby vegetation, often over large areas (e.g., Bilderback, 1987). Volcanic activity both destroys or modifies existing vegetation and creates new geological substrates upon which vegetation can re-establish. The types of plants surviving and recovering after volcanic activity largely depend upon the type of activity that takes place, the nutrient content of material ejected or moved by the volcano, the distance from the volcanic activity, and the types of vegetation propagules that survive in place or are transported from adjacent areas. The resulting changes in the vegetation abundance and patterning can have dramatic effects on the social and economic conditions of the humans in the areas surrounding volcanoes.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-10-06
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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