Ecological succession in a changing world

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 107; no. 2; pp. 503 - 509
• Main Authors: Chang, Cynthia C., Turner, Benjamin L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.03.2019; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; Anthropogenic factors; community assembly; Contingency; Developmental stages; Dispersal; dispersal limitation; Dispersion; disturbance; disturbance severity; Ecological effects; Ecological monitoring; Ecological succession; ecosystem development; Ecosystem disturbance; Ecosystems; Frameworks; functional traits; global change; habitats; Human influences; Interactions; Microbial activity; microbial communities; Microorganisms; Plant communities; Special Feature: EDITORIAL

1. Ecological succession - how biological communities re-assemble and change over time following natural or anthropogenic disturbance - has been studied since the birth of ecology, and the resulting theoretical framework underpins many aspects of the discipline. Recently, the mechanistic basis of cl...