title: Tectonic ecology.
abstract: Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions affect ecosystems on a variety of scales. Trees are particularly susceptible to land movements associated with major fault activity and dendrological studies offer ways of dating past earthquakes, thereby assisting in the prediction of future events. Major eruptions and the largest earthquakes can cause damage that affects patterns of ecological diversity across wide areas, offering a possible measure of earthquake frequency from community composition.
authors.affiliation: R. Muir Wood is a consultant working on earthquakes, 20 Emery Street, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muir Wood