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Ecosystem processes constantly adjust to temporal variation in environment over all time scales. This chapter describes the major patterns and controls over the temporal dynamics of ecosystems.

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Chapin, F.S., Matson, P.A., Vitousek, P.M. (2011). Temporal Dynamics. In: Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9504-9_12

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