Chronosequences and associated space‐for‐time substitutions are an important and often
necessary tool for studying temporal dynamics of plant communities and soil development …

Chronosequence and permanent plot studies are the two most common methods for
evaluating successional dynamics in plant communities. We combined these two …

Many introductory ecology textbooks illustrate succession, at least in part, by using certain
classic studies (eg sand dunes, ponds/bogs, glacial till, and old fields) that substituted space …

This paper presents a survey of vegetation studies on permanent plots, with an emphasis on
the long‐term character of these studies. It makes remarks on the external and internal …

The rapid expansion of human activities is causing unprecedented changes in the structure,
dynamics, and diversity of the earth's ecosystems (eg, Ehrlich and Ehrlich 1981; Wilson …

Chronosequences and associated space-for-time substitutions are an important and fruitful
means for investigating the rates and directions of soil and ecosystem evolution across …

Appreciating the spectrum of spatial and temporal variation in the vegetation is an important
prerequisite to understanding vegetational dynamics. Toward this end, it is imperative to …

Biologists discussing change in ecosystems or communities generally subdivide their
discussion based on the time interval over which change takes place. Short-term changes …

There are four principal kinds of chronosequences of soils that differ in age. These
sequences have different combinations of isochrony and/or time‐transgression of incipience …

We evaluated changes in temperature and precipitation associated with climate change,
subsidence, and erosion on a chronosequence of sites across Hawaii. The sites range in …