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Ecosystem Succession

Ecosystem Succession is a ecological process whereby a series of predictable and directional changes in species composition and community structure occur over time within a disturbed or newly formed habitat, ultimately leading to the establishment of a stable climax community.

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537

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174

The Strategy of Ecosystem Development

Eugene P. Odum · Science · 1969 · 5.4K citations

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Mechanisms of Succession in Natural Communities and Their Role in Community Stability and Organization

Joseph H. Connell, Ralph O. Slatyer · The American Naturalist · 1977 · 4.4K citations

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Disentangling mechanisms that mediate the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes in microbial succession

Francisco Dini‐Andreote, James Stegen, Jan Dirk van Elsas et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development

Lawrence R. Walker, David A. Wardle, Richard D. Bardgett et al. · Journal of Ecology · 2010 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Species-diversity and pattern-diversity in the study of ecological succession

E. C. Pielou · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1966 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

537

  1. LR
    Lawrence R. Walker

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

    5 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. PM
    Peter M. Vitousek

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 1.7K citations

    5

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  3. DA
    David A. Wardle

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    4 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. BL
    Benjamin L. Turner

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    4 publications · 847 citations

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  5. RD
    Richard D. Bardgett

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 1.7K citations

    3

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1–5 of 537

Institutions

313

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    31 publications

    11.1K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    252 citations

  3. University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Czech Academy of Sciences

    Prague, Czechia

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    783 citations

  5. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    861 citations

  6. Sewanee: The University of the South

    Sewanee, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    647 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    640 citations

  8. University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    735 citations

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  1. Ecology

    7 publications · 328 citations

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  2. Science

    6 publications · 6.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Ecology

    6 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. The American Naturalist

    AN · 5 publications · 5.9K citations

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  5. Ecological Modelling

    5 publications · 141 citations

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