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Ecological succession as an energy dispersal process
Biosystems, 2010Ecological succession is described by the 2nd law of thermodynamics. According to the universal law of the maximal energy dispersal, an ecosystem evolves toward a stationary state in its surroundings by consuming free energy via diverse mechanisms. Species are the mechanisms that conduct energy down along gradients between repositories of energy which ...
Arto Annila, Peter Würtz
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The Physiological Ecology of Plant Succession
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1979Succession is a process of continuous colonization of and extinction on a site by species populations. The process has long been central in ecological thinking; much theory and many data about succession have accumulated over the years. Since nearly all species in all communities participate in successional interactions, and because physiological ...
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, 2017
(Abstract) Plant litter decomposition is one of the most important processes in terrestrial ecosystems, as it is a key factor in nutrient cycling.
P. Szefer +10 more
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(Abstract) Plant litter decomposition is one of the most important processes in terrestrial ecosystems, as it is a key factor in nutrient cycling.
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Markovian Approaches to Ecological Succession
The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1979SUMMARY (1) Analysis of published studies generally indicates that ecological succession can be considered as a non-random process. (2) Two examples are discussed in detail, termite succession on baitwood blocks in Ghana (Usher 1975) and predator-prey dynamics of mites in a complex universe of oranges (Huffaker 1958), and both indicate that succession ...
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Ecological Succession and Community Dynamics
2012“Ecological Succession” is an ordered progression of structural and compositional changes in communities toward an eventual unchanging condition, the climax community 1 –3. The term “Community” is used in two ways 4. The “Abstract Community” refers to an abstract group of organisms that recurs on the landscape, a definition, which usually carries with ...
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Succession and Ecological Theory
1981Succession has reigned as a basic concept or theory of ecology certainly since Frederick E. Clements (1916) stated as a “universal law” that “all bare places give rise to new communities except those which present the most extreme conditions of water, temperature, light, or soil.” Its significance persists and was described by Eugene Odum (1969, p. 262)
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A note on Simberloff's ?succession of paradigms in ecology?
Synthese, 1980Many biologists, when they turn to philosophical (epistemological or ontological) questions, abandon the standards of accuracy that, at least in the layman’s view, ought to govern their discourse as scientists. Simberloff’s argument forms an unusually flagrant example of this practice. If ecology does in fact rely on incompatible models,1 that fact may
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Ecological succession and biological control in the phyllosphere
Canadian Journal of Botany, 1995Understanding biological control of plant diseases is dependent on an understanding of succession in microbial communities. The colonization of aboveground plant parts by saprophytic microbes is not well understood, but it appears to follow the same model as that in soil communities.
J. J. Marois, P. M. Coleman
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Ecological sanitation a success in Sri Lanka
Waterlines, 2002The dry-compost ecological toilet separates and sanitizes human excreta, producing a useful soil improver and preventing contamination of ground water. It has proved to be particularly popular in water-scarce and in waterlogged areas.
Udani A. Mendis +3 more
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