Equilibrium succession models give way to a kinetic view accepting site instability

Evidence

Drury and Nisbet (1971) have proposed that equilibrium models of succession be abandoned in favor of what they have termed a “kinetic” view of vegetation change. Such a view accepts the fundamental instability of the physical site, empha­ sizes continuous change, and does not require the existence of stable endpoints. The major objective of a kinetic theory of vegetation change would be to predict the physical and biological disturbances that are so important in determining changes in forest composition. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 367

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘kinetic view’ of vegetation change as a rival framework to equilibrium succession models.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s soundscape/disturbance breakpoint framing and the course’s foundational vocabulary on disturbance. — connects to: Ecology abandoned stability theories for models of complex change. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 986; Large-scale disturbances can prevent landscapes from reaching equilibrium — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 2272; Fragmented-landscape populations rarely reach equilibrium, defeating deterministic management — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1233 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Large-scale disturbances can prevent landscapes from reaching equilibrium #corroborates (0.90) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 2272
• Landscapes can reach steady state when patch birth and death rates balance #contradicts (0.85) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 2270
• Fragmented-landscape populations rarely reach equilibrium, defeating deterministic management #corroborates (0.80) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1233
• Disturbance is an act of renewal when its frequency is balanced #qualifies (0.80) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 305
• Extinction-colonization dynamics create linkage disequilibrium in patchily distributed fish. #expands (0.75) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1726
• Symmetrical competition makes disturbance-diversity peaks unpredictable #complicates (0.75) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1006
• Patch turnover rate governs mutant fate when extinction outpaces migration #expands (0.72) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1823
• Few-element continuous-time landscapes warrant detailed, not aggregate, simulation models. #complicates (0.72) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 2111