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An integrative approach to successional dynamics : tempo and mode of vegetation change /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meiners, Scott J., 1970- (Author), Pickett, Steward T., 1950- (Author), Cadenasso, Mary L. (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Vegetation dynamics.
Plant succession.
Plant communities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Goals, concepts and definitions
  • History and context of the Buell-Small succession study
  • Succession theory
  • Conceptual frameworks and integration: drivers and theory
  • Community patterns and dynamics
  • Dynamics of populations through succession
  • Impacts of drought and other disturbances on succession
  • Dynamics of diversity
  • Convergence and community assembly
  • Successional equivalence of native and non-native species
  • Heterogeneity in dynamic systems
  • The functional ecology of community dynamics
  • Succession, habitat management and restoration
  • Where we stand: lessons and opportunities.