Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Dynamics

Front Matter....Pages 1-5
Vegetation dynamics: patterns in time and space....Pages 7-19
On the ecology and evolution of annual plants in disturbed environments....Pages 21-31
Background processes at the population level during succession in grasslands on sand....Pages 33-41
Influence of climate and community composition on the population demography of pasture species in semi-arid Australia....Pages 43-49
Linear trend in multi-species time series....Pages 51-56
Gaps in the canopy: the missing dimension in vegetation dynamics....Pages 57-60
A reappraisal of cyclical processes in Calluna heath....Pages 61-64
Forest decline: endogenous dynamics, tree defenses, and the elimination of spurious correlation....Pages 65-78
Factors in Pinus ponderosa and Calocedrus decurrens mortality in Yosemite Valley, USA....Pages 79-85
Stand-level dieback and regeneration of forests in the Galápagos Islands....Pages 87-93
Mechanisms of succession on fallow lands....Pages 95-101
An experimental study of old-field succession in relation to different environmental factors....Pages 103-114
Succession, regeneration and fluctuation in the Białowieża Forest (NE Poland)....Pages 115-128
Plant population dynamics and species turnover on small islands near Karpathos (South Aegean, Greece)....Pages 129-137
Vascular plant colonization and vegetation development on sea-born volcanic islands in the Aegean (Greece)....Pages 139-147
Vegetation development on the outer islands of the Bothnian Bay....Pages 149-158
Primary succession over sixty years on hundred-year old islets in Lake Hjälmaren, Sweden....Pages 159-168
The dynamics of the dune vegetation on the Polish Baltic coast....Pages 169-175
Vegetation dynamics of the savannization process on Cuba....Pages 177-183
Successional pathways of Mediterranean evergreen vegetation on Sicily....Pages 185-191
Species diversity of mainland- and island forests in the Pacific area....Pages 193-200