authority: geo-bon
slug: disturbance-regime
name: Disturbance regime
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: ecosystem-function
authority_id: geo-bon:disturbance-regime
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms: []
canonical_units: varies (events year^-1, ha, return-interval years)
description: |
  Frequency, intensity, extent, and return interval of natural and
  anthropogenic disturbances — fire, windthrow, flood, insect outbreak, drought,
  logging. Sources include MTBS, NIFC ICS-209, GFED, Copernicus EFFIS, the
  Canadian CFFDRS, and Global Forest Watch alerts. Overlaps EUDR fire-
  deforestation analysis and insurance loss attribution.
theme: biodiversity
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/ecosystem-function/
  - Pereira et al. 2013, Science 339, 277-278 (doi:10.1126/science.1229931)