The Rise and Fall of Forests. Birks, H. H. & Birks, H. J. B. Science, 305(5683):484–485, July, 2004.
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After a catastrophic disturbance to an ecosystem, there is an initial period of ecosystem buildup, eventually followed (in the absence of another major disturbance) by a decline phase during which ecosystem productivity and plant biomass decrease. In their Perspective, Birks and Birks discuss a recent chronosequence analysis of six types of forest ecosystem that demonstrates how changes in soil composition contribute to ecosystem decline during interglacial periods ( Wardle et al.).
@article{birksRiseFallForests2004,
  title = {The {{Rise}} and {{Fall}} of {{Forests}}},
  author = {Birks, Hilary H. and Birks, H. J. B.},
  year = {2004},
  month = jul,
  volume = {305},
  pages = {484--485},
  issn = {1095-9203},
  doi = {10.1126/science.1101357},
  abstract = {After a catastrophic disturbance to an ecosystem, there is an initial period of ecosystem buildup, eventually followed (in the absence of another major disturbance) by a decline phase during which ecosystem productivity and plant biomass decrease. In their Perspective, Birks and Birks discuss a recent chronosequence analysis of six types of forest ecosystem that demonstrates how changes in soil composition contribute to ecosystem decline during interglacial periods ( Wardle et al.).},
  journal = {Science},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-8064329,ecosystem,forest-resources,paleoecology},
  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-8064329},
  number = {5683}
}

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