Vegetation Dynamics

1. Productivity and Chemical Changes in Successional Stages

   1. Biomass Accumulation in Successions

      • J. Major

      Pages 195-203

   2. Nitrogen Accumulation in Successions

      • J. Major

      Pages 205-213

   3. Accumulation of Ash Elements and pH Changes

      • J. Major

      Pages 215-218

   4. Vegetational Changes on Aging Landforms in the Tropics and Subtropics

      • J. S. Beard

      Pages 219-224

2. Examples of Fluctuations

   1. Fluctuations in Coniferous Taiga Communities

      • A. A. Korchagin, V. G. Karpov

      Pages 225-231

   2. Fluctuations in North American Grassland Vegetation

      • R. T. Coupland

      Pages 233-241

   3. Fluctuations in the Semidesert and Desert Vegetation of the Turanian Plain

      • B. A. Bykov

      Pages 243-251

3. Synchronological Vegetation Dynamics

   1. Synchronologie Während Der Einzelnen Geologischen Zeiträume in Europa

      • R. Tüxen

      Pages 253-263

   2. Synchronologie Einzelner Vegetationseinheiten in Europa

      • R. Tüxen

      Pages 265-292

4. Back Matter

   Pages 293-364

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During the International Botanical Congress in Edinburgh, 1964, Mrs. 1. M. WEISBACH-J UNK of The Hague discussed a plan for preparation by her publishing company (Dr. W. Junk b.v.) of an international Handbook of Vegetation Science. She proposed a series that should give a comprehensive survey of the varied directions within this science, and their achievements to date as well as their objectives for the future. The challenge of such an enterprise, and its evident value for the further development of vegetation research, induced the undersigned after some consideration to accept the offer of the honorable but also burdensome task of General Editor. The decision was encouraged by a well formulated and detailed outline for the Handbook worked out by the Dutch phytosociolo­ gists J. J. BARKMAN and V. WESTHOFF. A circle of scholars from numerous countries was invited by the Dr. Junk Publishing Com­ pany to The Hague in January 1966 to draw up a list of editors and contributors for the parts of the Handbook. The outline and list have served since for the organization of the Handbook, with no need for major change. The different burdens of editors and authors have compelled quite different timings for completion of the individual sections.

• Mitteleuropa
• Vegetationskunde
• classification
• nitrogen
• vegetation

• Botanisches Institut der Universität, Giessen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

  R. Knapp

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