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Biological Diversity and Disturbance Regimes in Island Ecosystems

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 115))

Abstract

The role of disturbance in natural communities and ecosystems has received a great deal of attention in the literature. For recent reviews see Cairns (1980); Burgess and Sharpe (1981); West et al. (1981); Pickett and White (1985); Remmert (1991); and Goldammer (1992). The concept of succession is based on disturbance as the initiating cause of a chronosequence in community and vegetation development. The successional changes following a disturbance are often measured by changes in biological diversity.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

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  2. National Biological Survey, Haleakala National Park, 96768, Makawao, Maui, HI, 96768, USA

    Lloyd L. Loope

  3. Department of Plant Ecology, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2D, DK 1353, Copenhagen K, Denmark

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Mueller-Dombois, D. (1995). Biological Diversity and Disturbance Regimes in Island Ecosystems. In: Vitousek, P.M., Loope, L.L., Adsersen, H. (eds) Islands. Ecological Studies, vol 115. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78963-2_13

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