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DISTURBANCE, torts. A wrong done to an incorporeal hereditament, by hindering or disquieting the owner in the enjoyment of it. Finch. L. 187; 3 Bl. Com. 235; 1 Swift's Dig. 522; Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a disturbance, Pleader, 3 I 6; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 298. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The relative effects of anthropogenic disturbance must be distinguished from the ranges of variation in natural disturbance regimes, but because of the large size and variability of coastal ecosystems, manipulative experiments to untangle the complexities of the varying disturbance regimes are difficult except on a relatively small scale. Quality Northwest federal forests are being conserved through preservation, restrictive environmental regulations, sound science and evolving forest management that uses natural disturbance regimes, diverse rotations and, above all, a veneration for all forest values. In the East, the major factor in local disturbance regimes," to use the elegant ecological term, was windthrow. |
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