Use of the historic disturbance regime approach to maintain biodiversity in forests.
Your paper should clearly describe the historic disturbance regime approach, and should present the foundational concepts related to application of the historic disturbance regime approach to maintain biodiversity in forests. You should consider the strengths and weaknesses of this approach, and the potential implications of application of this approach to forest management. You are welcome, but not required, to discuss specific situations where this approach has been proposed or implemented.
Your paper should cite the following papers and a minimum of 5 others:
Bergeron, Y., A. Leduc, B. D. Harvey, and S. Gauthier. 2002. Natural fire regime: A guide for sustainable management of the Canadian boreal forest Silva Fennica 36:81-95.
Bunnell, F. L. 1995. Forest-dwelling vertebrate faunas and natural fire regimes in British Columbia: Patterns and implications for conservation. Conservation Biology 9:636-644.
Scrimgeour, G. J., W. M. Tonn, C. A. Paskowski, and P. M. K. Aku. 2000. Evaluating the effects of forest harvesting on littoral benthic communities within a natural disturbance-based management model. Forest Ecology and Management 126:77-86.