Succession Publications

OVERVIEW

This list of publications includes entries on succession that are independent of my other studies. It also includes a number of papers that are also listed in conjunction with other projects, particularly Succession as Model.

Ewel, J.J. 1999. Natural systems as models for the design of sustainable systems of land use. Agroforestry Systems 45:1-21. (PDF)

Ewel, J. J., M. J. Mazzarino, & C. W. Berish. 1991. Tropical soil fertility changes under monocultures and successional communities of different structure. Ecological Applications 1: 289-302. (PDF)

Babbar, L. I. & J. J. Ewel. 1989. Descomposición del follaje en diversos ecosistemas sucesionales tropicales. Biotropica 21: 20-29. (PDF)

Berish, C. W. & J. J. Ewel. 1988. Root development in simple and complex tropical successional ecosystems. Plant and Soil 106: 73-84. (PDF)

Mazzarino, M. J., J. Ewel, C. Berish, & B. Brown. 1988. Efectos de una sucesión de cultivos en la  fertilidad de suelos volcánicos respecto a la sucesión natural. Turrialba 38: 345-351. (PDF)

Young, K. R., J. J. Ewel, & B. J. Brown. 1987. Seed dynamics during forest succession in Costa Rica. Vegetatio 71: 157-173. (PDF)

Brown, B. & J. Ewel. 1987. Herbivory in simple and complex tropical successional ecosystems. Ecology 68: 108-116. (PDF)

Ewel, J. 1986. Designing agricultural ecosystems for the humid tropics. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 17: 245-271. (PDF)

Blanton, C. & J. Ewel. 1985. Leaf-cutting ant herbivory in successional and agricultural tropical ecosystems. Ecology 66: 861-869. (PDF)

Ewel, J., P. Chai, & M. T. Lim. 1983. Biomass and floristics of three young second-growth forests in Sarawak. Malaysian Forester 46: 348-364. (PDF)

Ewel, J. 1983. Succession. Chapter 13, pp. 217-223 in F. B. Golley (ed.) Ecosystems of the World. Vol. 14A. Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems:  Structure and Function of Tropical Forests. Elsevier, Amsterdam. (PDF)

Ewel, J. 1980. Tropical succession:  manifold routes to maturity. Biotropica 12: 2-7. (Also, editor and author of Introduction to this special supplement on tropical succession.) (PDF)

Ewel, J. 1977. Differences between wet and dry successional tropical ecosystems. Geo-Eco-Trop 1: 103-117. (PDF)

Ewel, J. 1976. Litter fall and leaf decomposition in tropical forest succession in eastern Guatemala. Journal of Ecology 64: 293-308. (PDF)

Golley, F., J. Ewel & G. Child. 1976. Vegetation biomass of five ecosystems in northwestern Colombia. Tropical Ecology 17: 16-22. (PDF)

Duever, M. & J. Ewel. 1975. A structural description of second- growth vegetation in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. pp. 143-150 in F. B. Golley et al. (eds.) Mineral Cycling in a Tropical Moist Forest Ecosystem. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. (PDF)

Ewel, J. 1971. Biomass changes in early tropical forest succession. Turrialba 21: 110-112. (PDF)

Ewel, J., D. Ojima, D. Karl, & W. DeBusk. 1982. Schinus in successional ecosystems of Everglades National Park. South Florida Research Center Report T-676. 141 pp. (PDF)

Ewel, J. 1981. Secondary forests:  the tropical wood resource of the future. pp. 53-60 in M. Chavarria (ed.) Simposio Internacional sobre las Ciencias Forestales y su Contribución al Desarrollo de la América Latina. San José, Costa Rica.