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Successional Stability

Successional Stability is a theoretical construct in ecosystem stability research that characterizes the capacity of an ecological system to maintain or return to a predictable trajectory of community development following disturbance, distinguishing it from alternative stability concepts by emphasizing temporal dynamics and compositional change inherent to ecological succession.

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2017–2026

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Are systems with strong underlying abiotic regimes more likely to exhibit alternative stable states?

Raphaël K. Didham, Corinne Watts, David A. Norton · Oikos · 2005 · 127 citations · Full text

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Stability and Diversity at Three Trophic Levels in Terrestrial Successional Ecosystems

Lawrence E. Hurd, Michael V. Mellinger, Larry L. Wolf et al. · Science · 1971 · 122 citations

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Vegetation Change after 13 Years of Livestock Grazing Exclusion on Sagebrush Semidesert in West Central Utah

Neil E. West, Frederick D. Provenza, Patricia S. Johnson et al. · Journal of Range Management · 1984 · 106 citations · Full text

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An ecological survey of the royal Karnali-Bardia Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Part I: Vegetation, modifying factors, and successional relationships

Eric Dinerstein · Biological Conservation · 1979 · 103 citations

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Nutrient Accumulation during Primary Succession in a Montane Tropical Forest, Puerto Rico

Daniel J. Zarin, Arthur H. Johnson · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1995 · 97 citations

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Authors

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  1. CZ
    Catherine Zimmer

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  2. HE
    Howard E. Aldrich

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  3. AB
    A.-P. Bartleman

    Carleton University, Canada

    1 publications · 50 citations

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  4. JA
    James A. Larsen

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  5. JC
    J. Corliss

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 45 citations

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Institutions

38

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

  2. University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  3. Washington State University Vancouver

    Vancouver, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  4. University of Canterbury

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    381 citations

  5. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  6. Southern Research Station

    Asheville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    69 citations

  7. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    90 citations

  8. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    100 citations

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  1. Social Forces

    SF · 2 publications · 108 citations

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  2. Ecology

    1 publications · 50 citations

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  3. Ecological Modelling

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  4. Journal of Range Management

    1 publications · 106 citations

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  5. Soil Science Society of America Journal

    SSSAJ · 1 publications · 97 citations

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