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Vegetation dynamics in retrospect and prospect introduction to the proceedings of the second Symposium of The Working Group on Succession Research on Permanent Plots

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    These proceedings will appear shortly as a collection of papers published in Vegetatio.

    The author is much indebted to Dr. A.H.L. Huiskes and Dr. K.F. Vaas (Yerseke) and to Dr. E. van der Maarel (Nijmegen) for criticizing and reviewing the text.

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    Beeftink, W.G. Vegetation dynamics in retrospect and prospect introduction to the proceedings of the second Symposium of The Working Group on Succession Research on Permanent Plots. Vegetatio 40, 101–105 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055839

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