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2 - Humans and Succession

from Part I - Plant Succession and Biomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2020

Karel Prach  and
Lawrence R. Walker
Karel Prach
Affiliation:
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Lawrence R. Walker
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Succession is a natural process of ecosystem development following a disturbance. In this chapter, we review basic theoretical concepts concerning succession and examine how humans have interacted with it. We document how human approaches to environmental change gradually became more formalized as a study of succession, a study that is now a dynamic tenet of ecology. We end the chapter with a discussion of how succession is currently studied.

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Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World , pp. 7 - 19
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Humans and Succession
  • Karel Prach, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Book: Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World
  • Online publication: 08 May 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108561167.004
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  • Humans and Succession
  • Karel Prach, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Book: Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World
  • Online publication: 08 May 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108561167.004
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  • Humans and Succession
  • Karel Prach, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Book: Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World
  • Online publication: 08 May 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108561167.004
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