The increasing relevance and importance of the subject of landscape ecology to bio
geography are introduced. Research into landscape and plant community boundaries …

To detennine man's role in changing natural landscapes, one must first develop methods for
measuring landscape attributes, patterns, and rates of change. Classically, a large body of …

Species formation during adaptive radiation often occurs in the context of a changing
environment. The establishment and arrangement of populations, in space and time, sets up …

Natural disturbances have been traditionally defined in terms of major catastrophic events
originating in the physical environment and, hence, have been regarded as exogenous …

I assessed the differential effects of water availability on aboveground net primary
production (ANPP) and decomposition along a natural rainfall gradient ranging from 500 to …

Two general models of plant community structure, the community-unit and the continuum,
have dominated the thinking of American community ecologists. Hypotheses derived from …

The inventory, assessment, and conservation of biological diversity (biodiversity) have
become pre-eminent topics of discussion and research among ecologists and renewable …

1. The wetlands of the Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana are characterized by a warm climate,
highly fertile sediments, and an absence of moisture limitations. Consequently, vegetation …