Good afternoon,
I am writing with an inquiry about the seminal plant ecology
papers by Clements (Nature and Structure of the Climax) and Gleason (The
Individualistic Concept of the Plant Association). Are you aware of a
publication that summarizes these two articles and their importance to
subsequent thinking and research on plant ecology and succession?
I am coordinating for forest land managers a short course on
silviculture and ecological classification
(http://www.cnr.umn.edu/sfec/materials_mod5.html ), for which we have
assigned readings for one of the modules. The readings include these two
papers. Our trainees struggled with reading and digesting the writing,
and asked if I could locate a summary for them.
This isn't typical reading for foresters, and my resources only
contain the actual papers. After working on this request a bit, it
occurred to me that a group such as Ecological Society of America
members, and others, would likely know immediately if such a summary
existed.
If I should be in contact with someone other than yourselves,
please let me know who that is. I appreciate your help.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Louise Levy
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Louise Levy, Coordinator
Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative
Cloquet Forestry Center
175 University Road
Cloquet, MN 55720
tel: 218-726-6404
fax: 218-879-0855
www.cnr.umn.edu/sfec/
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we reap in the harvest of action.
Meister Eckhart
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