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

Title
An integrative approach to successional dynamics : tempo and mode of vegetation change / Scott J. Meiners, Eastern Illinois University, USA, Steward T.A. Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, NY, USA, Mary L. Cadenasso, University of California, Davis, USA.
Author
Meiners, Scott J., 1970-
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Pickett, Steward T., 1950-
  • Cadenasso, Mary L.
Description
1 online resource (303 pages)
Subject
  • Vegetation dynamics
  • Plant succession
  • Plant communities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781316317945
  • 1316317943
  • 9780511844218
  • 0511844212
LCCN
10.1017/CBO9780511844218
OCLC
905650037
Author
Meiners, Scott J., 1970- author.
Title
An integrative approach to successional dynamics : tempo and mode of vegetation change / Scott J. Meiners, Eastern Illinois University, USA, Steward T.A. Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, NY, USA, Mary L. Cadenasso, University of California, Davis, USA.
Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
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Cambridge Books Online
Added Author
Pickett, Steward T., 1950- author.
Cadenasso, Mary L., author.
Other Form:
Meiners, Scott J., 1970- Integrative approach to successional dynamics. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9780521116428 (DLC) 2014035278 (OCoLC)891185699
Other Standard Identifier
10.1017/CBO9780511844218 doi
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