Ecological succession: out of the ash

Tiffany M Knight; Jonathan M Chase

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.056

Ecological succession: out of the ash

Curr Biol. 2005 Nov 22;15(22):R926-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.056.

Authors

Tiffany M Knight¹, Jonathan M Chase

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

PMID: 16303551
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.056

Abstract

A new study of plants recolonising the land devasted when Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 is providing important new insights into the interactions with herbivores that determine the pattern and outcome of ecological succession.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ecology / methods
Ecosystem*
Food Chain*
Models, Biological*
Plant Development*
Population Dynamics
Species Specificity
Volcanic Eruptions*