Dynamic and static views of succession: Testing the descriptive power of the chronosequence approach

Plant Ecology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Foster, Bryan L ^a   Tilman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Chronosequence re sampling; Old field succession; Permanent plots; Species richness; Succession rate

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0034060450     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009895103017     Document Type: Article

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