Succession has been a focus of extensive ecological study for well over a century. Despite
this sustained interest, succession remains a central theme in ecological research and is …

Succession and community assembly research overlap in many respects, such as through
their focus on how ecological processes like dispersal, environmental filters, and biotic …

Studies of succession have a long history in ecology, but rigorous tests of general, unifying
principles are rare. One barrier to these tests of theory is the paucity of longitudinal studies …

Volcanic eruptions modify environments physically and chemically with serious
consequences for the biota. In this review, we analysed 80 papers reporting the effects of …

Questions What is the influence of time and environmental factors such as climate and
topography on soil chemical properties and composition of vascular plants during primary …

Questions What are the mechanisms operating behind the plant community structure
changes over time after lahars activity of Popocatépetl volcano? We hypothesize that …

Primary plant succession provides an excellent natural experiment to test ecological
questions about community assembly following major disturbances. Temporal phylogenetic …

This book synthesizes understanding of ecological change in the complex and changing
environment around the Mount St. Helens volcano, which is unique in the study of volcanic …

Primary succession is limited by both ecosystem development and plant dispersal, but the
extent to which dispersal constrains succession over the long-term is unknown. We …

We explored vegetation recovery on primary surfaces after the 1980 eruption including
whether different communities might exist under similar conditions. Data were from repeat …