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The Mosaic-Cycle Concept of Ecosystems

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Editors:
  1. Hermann Remmert

    1. Fachbereich Biologie, der Universität Lahnberge, Marburg/Lahn, Germany

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 85)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Mosaic-Cycle Concept of Ecosystems — An Overview

    • H. Remmert
    Pages 1-21

  3. A Model for the Mosaic-Cycle Concept

    • Ch. Wissel
    Pages 22-45

  4. The Mosaic Theory and the Spatial Dynamics of Natural Dieback and Regeneration in Pacific Forests

    • D. Mueller-Dombois
    Pages 46-60

  5. Mosaic Cycles in the Marine Benthos

    • K. Reise
    Pages 61-82

  6. Mosaic Distribution Patterns of Neotropical Forest Birds and Underlying Cyclic Disturbance Processes

    • J. Haffer
    Pages 83-105

  7. Small Mammals and the Mosaic-Cycle Concept of Ecosystems

    • H. Korn
    Pages 106-131

  8. Phytoplankton: Directional Succession and Forced Cycles

    • U. Sommer
    Pages 132-146

  9. Mosaic-Like Events in Arid and Semi-Arid Namibia

    • H. H. Berry, W. R. Siegfried
    Pages 147-160

  10. Conclusions

    • H. Remmert
    Pages 161-162

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 163-168
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The first international congress for ecology took place in 1974 in The Hague, its central theme being "Unifying Concepts in Ecology". In the forefront of discussion at that time were questions of constancy, stability and resilience. Such questions have gone slightly out of fashion and the exceptionally precise and well thought-out concepts of that era are seldom applied nowadays. The present book introduces another unifying concept, the concept of the ecological cycle, or, more precisely, the mosaic-cycle concept of ecology. The following chapters have their origin in lectures which were held and discussed at a symposium of the Werner Reimers Stiftung in Bad Homburg. The purpose of the symposium was the preparation of this book. Our warmest thanks go to the Reimers Stiftung for their assistance and hospitality. We should also like to express our gratitude to all participants, to those who contributed to the discussion, and above all to those colleagues whose lectures provided, from a variety of aspects, a critical approach to the mosaic-cycle concept. Marburg, Winter 1990/91 HERMANN REMMERT Contents H. REMMERT The Mosaic-Cycle Concept of Ecosystems - An Overview ......... .

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  • Fachbereich Biologie, der Universität Lahnberge, Marburg/Lahn, Germany

    Hermann Remmert

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