ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION. 



I. STHKAM IVm.- AND mi: MI.THDD OF Pnv-n M.RAI-HIC 



ANALYSIS. 



VKTOR E. SHKI.FI >RD. 



I. Intr-i'liii ti"ii 9 



II. Miit'-ri.iU .iii-l !. ii'Iy . i } 



III. I'n---nt;iti'>n "I th'- I). i 1 .. i . 19 



IV. I.M-. ii--i-.ii "l tin- I 23 



I. I Ji-triliiitiii!. _ ; 



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':r-;iii "t iimuniti- V .i.iti"ii .. 24 



I >[-. \K!H~ aii'l 1 :i th- A- i. -in of 



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 29 



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V. Siiiiiiii.il \ "! tin- K- 

 \' I . A- kii' 'U Icdgments and B , i 



[.INI noN. 



The \\iilci' i- intric-ii -d |irim.iril\' in c\pi tiiiniu.il \\<>rk. In 

 (iiiu-ciiiiii \\iili . \pri iinciii- mi ilic iini(|ilic.uinn nl" t.iMiiKunii- 

 characters \ tin- ti^cr ln-rtl-- .ind tin- lilV-lii~i<>t\ umk \\hich 

 QCCessarily . < "inp.uiicd it ^lu-ll'ord, '08), certain -trikini; rt-l.i- 

 ti'Hi^ "I tlic~i- lu't-tlc- in environmental -niii|tli-\i-- \\cic 

 in i<)<>5. MM - tvl.itii'ii- -|'"iidrd ( l"-rl\ ti the 



ntfiii.il rcl.itiitiis .UK! -iir.(-~i<ni <>t" pi. int-. ,md illu-t r.itrd tin- 

 .-.inn- pi-incipK-..i. the pl.int^ tlu-niM-l\-- Shrlt'nrd. 'i 

 ilil,- ini|)i.n.iiit ln-.iriii^- "t tin- I'.ict^ di-fd\ 

 \\oik, .in<l the mod,- <!' att.ickin:; tlu- pmliU-nis of evolu- 

 lioii, tlu- \\riter undi-rtook to t'.imili.iri/e hini-elf with the prin- 

 ciples of ph\Mo-iMphv, .ind \\ith the principle- <>l ]il.mt ecology 

 <-t forth 1>\ \\'. inning. ("o\\le-. Schiniper. ("lenient-, Whitford, 

 Li\in^-ton, TiMn-e-ui, 1'l.ihault, Schn'iti-r. Mo>s, Schant/, 

 1 >.ickno\v>ki and in. my other-. The \\<>rk of Ad.un> and of 

 otlu-r /( n'lli i^i-t - h.i- been followed in detail al-o. 



