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Vegetation Forest Island Edges: A Preliminary Report, Marc C. Bruner, James B. Levenson
Vegetation Forest Island Edges: A Preliminary Report, Marc C. Bruner, James B. Levenson
Field Station Bulletins
As the original native forest has been dissected by roads and replaced by farms or towns, the amount of forest edge relative to the area of forest interior has greatly increased. Today forest edge communities are widespread in many man-modified landscapes. However, the role the edge community plays in the regional landscape, and the extent of and variation in the edge community are relatively undefined. The purpose of this study is to determine the nature of forest edge communities. The specific objectives of the study are to: (1) quantitatively survey and assess the forest edge community; (2) determine how forest …
Island Biogeography In Southeastern Wisconsin: A Progress Report., James Levenson, Paul Matthiae
Island Biogeography In Southeastern Wisconsin: A Progress Report., James Levenson, Paul Matthiae
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Ecosystems develop as a result of interactions between the biotic and abiotic components in the environment. Natural systems are diverse and stable when interactions between the community and the supersystem are in balance. Change or perturbation in the supersystem will effect a commensurate change in the natural subsystems. Urbanization results in the remaining natural systems becoming isolated within the urban system-a supersystem quite unlike that which gave rise to the natural system. As a result, the natural subsystem must change in the way in which it interacts with its new supersystem to reach equilibrium. A mechanism for such change in …