Colonization, succession and stability : the 26th Symposium of the British Ecological Society held jointly with the Linnean Society of London

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Colonization, succession and stability : the 26th Symposium of the British Ecological Society held jointly with the Linnean Society of London

edited by A.J. Gray, M.J. Crawley, P.J. Edwards

Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1987

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This volume contains selected papers from the 26th Symposium of the British Ecological Society, which was held jointly with the Linnaen Society of London. The book reviews current understanding of the processes associated with succession in natural communities. Recent advances in fields ranging from community theory, modelling and population dynamics to physiology and quaternary studies are brought to bear on a central problem in ecology. A particular feature is the emphasis given to genetical processes. Topics include the attributes of colonizing and early successional plants and animals, the link between colonization and speciation, the dynamics of disturbance, and mechanisms of succession. Ideas relating to the niche, colonizing ability, community assembly rules, and the concept of stability are all re-examined.

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  • Vegetation succession: past and present perceptions
  • Modelling successional processes in ecosystems
  • Contributions of plant population dynamics to understanding early succession
  • Some generalizing ideas about colonization and succession in green plants and fungi
  • Seed characteristics in relation to succession
  • Mating systems and colonizing success in plants
  • Features of colonizing animals: phenotypes and genotypes
  • Colonization of ephemeral habitats
  • Colonization and speciation
  • Colonization, succession and resource availability: ecosystem-level interactions
  • Are there assembly rules for successional communities?
  • Experimental studies on the evolution of niche in successional plant populations: a synthesis
  • Genetic change during succession in plants
  • Herbivores and plant succession
  • Secondary succession: patterns and strategies
  • Change and persistence in some marine communities
  • Are communities ever stable?
  • Invasions of forest communities during the Holocene: beech and hemlock in the Great Lakes region
  • The spatial context of regeneration in a neotropical forest
  • Dominant and subordinate components of plant communities - implications for succession, stability and diversity
  • What makes a community vulnerable to invasion?

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