PLANT SUCCESSION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETATION

By ISABELLA RODRIGUEZ

CONTENTS GOALS, CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS PART 1 THE CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCCESSION HISTORY AND CONTEXT OF THE BUELL–SMALL SUCCESSION STUDY SUCCESSION THEORY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND INTEGRATION: DRIVERS AND THEORY PART 2 SUCCESSIONAL PATTERNS IN THE BSS DATA COMMUNITY PATTERNS AND DYNAMICS DYNAMICS OF POPULATIONS THROUGH SUCCESSION IMPACTS OF DROUGHT AND OTHER DISTURBANCES ON SUCCESSION DYNAMICS OF DIVERSITY PART 3 INTEGRATIVE THEMES CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY SUCCESSIONAL EQUIVALENCE OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE SPECIES HETEROGENEITY IN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF COMMUNITY DYNAMICS PART 4 SYNTHESIS SUCCESSION, HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION WHERE WE STAND: LESSONS AND OPPORTUNITIES