The Strategy of Ecosystem Development
An understanding of ecological succession provides a basis for resolving man's conflict with nature.
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23317545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene P Odum (University of Georgia, Athens, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 164 |
| Issue | 3877 |
| Pages | 262-270 |
| Publication date | 1969-04-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-8075 • E-ISSN: 0193-4511 |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.164.3877.262 |
| PMID | 5776636 |
| OpenAlex | W2087641521 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 212 |
| References cited | 28 |
The principles of ecological succession bear importantly on the relationships between man and nature. The framework of successional theory needs to be examined as a basis for resolving man’s present environmental crisis. Most ideas pertaining to the development of ecological systems are based on descriptive data obtained by observing changes in biotic communities over long periods, or on highly theoretical assumptions; very few of the generally accepted hypotheses have been tested experimentally. Some of the confusion, vagueness, and lack of experimental work in this area stems from the tendency of ecologists to regard “succession” as a single straightforward idea; in actual fact, it entails an interacting complex of processes, some of which counteract one another.
Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution · Ecosystem dynamics and resilience · Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
Amazon Ecology and Adaptation
Fire-Dependent Forests in the Northern Rocky Mountains
Engineering Within Ecological Constraints
Dispersal of Insect at Honitetu Forest in West Seram District
Forest cover restoration analysis using remote sensing and machine learning in central Malawi
Konflik Penggunaan Lahan Di Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak Kabupaten Lebak -- Land Use Conflict in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park Lebak District
The Eco-Techno Spectrum
Loss in CO2 assimilation by forest stands relative to its emissions generated by the economic sector as an indicator of ecological consequences of a windstorm in the municipality of Brusy, NW Poland
Regional Farm Diversity Can Reduce Vulnerability of Food Production to Climate Change
The Myths of Restoration Ecology
Fisheries restoration potential for a large lake ecosystem
Applying the system viability framework for cross-scalar governance of nested social-ecological systems in the Guiana Shield, South America
Local Actions, Global Effects? Understanding the Circumstances in which Locally Beneficial Environmental Actions Cumulate to Have Global Effects
Relações entre agricultura orgânica e agroecologia
Interdisciplinarity, Ecology and Scientific Theory
Steps to industrial ecology
Lucis Land Use Model Based on Land Cover Conflict Areas
Infodynamics, a Developmental Framework for Ecology/Economics
Society's Metabolism
Ecological network analysis to assess the restoration success of disturbed mine soil in Zoucheng, China
Current Normative Concepts in Conservation
Transformative governance of innovation ecosystems
From Balance of Nature to Hierarchical Patch Dynamics
Toward a concept of strategic resource planning
Ecology, Natural Resources, and Economic Growth
Coevolutionary Agricultural Development
Disturbance-Mediated Variation in Stand Structure between Varieties of Pinus clausa (Sand Pine)
Fire and Climax Spruce Forests in Central Yukon
Arctic Plants, Ecosystems and Strategies
Disturbance in Biogeography
Interaction of Nature and Society in Ecology
Leaky Ecosystems
Landscape Disturbance and Ecosystem Function of Pacific Patagonia Rivers
Trophic Interactions and Biogeochemical Cycles in River Ecosystem
Redefinition and elaboration of river ecosystem health
Water and values
E Nergy and M Aterial F Low T Hrough the U Rban E Cosystem
Evolution and Measurement of Species Diversity
Toward a Metabolic Theory of Ecology
Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming
Self-Organization, Transformity, and Information
Landscape history as a planning tool
Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks
Putting people in the map
Bruno Latour and the Ontological Dissolution of Nature in the Social Sciences
Persistence and potential of soil organic carbon in nature‐based climate solutions
Transcending the Adaptation/Mitigation Climate Change Science Policy Debate
Environmental education through language
Understanding International Organizations’ Headquarters as Ecosystems
Structure and functioning of Coriaria nepalensis dominated shrublands in degraded hills of Kumaun Himalaya. I. Dry matter dynamics
Assembly processes, driving factors, and shifts in soil microbial communities across secondary forest succession
Expanding vegetated areas by human activities and strengthening vegetation growth concurrently explain the greening of Seoul
On the Naturalized Explanations of the Teleology of Ecosystem Development from the Framework of Thermodynamics
The possibility of deep naturalism
Environmental Change and Technological Convergence in Southern Germany
Geography and History
Living with Nature
China's future forest carbon sequestration potential under different management scenarios
Variation of tree diversity, structure and composition in the different forest types of Eastern Himalaya, India
Expanding the Resist–Accept–Direct framework for developing nature‐based solutions and societal adaptations to biological invasions
From thermodynamics to creativity
Three project ideas to fill research gaps in Aldo-Leopold scholarship
Proactive ecology for the Anthropocene
Economic growth, public welfare and sustainability
Policy support for rural economic development based on Holling’s ecological concept of panarchy
The energy transition in international economic systems
Adaptive forest conservation in southwest China’s biodiversity hotspot
Economic scale, energy and sustainability
The Energetic Metabolism of Societies Part I
Industrial Ecology and Ecological Engineering
Ecological network analysis of urban–industrial ecosystems
Reinterpreting Industrial Ecology
The Structure, Function, and Evolution of a Regional Industrial Ecosystem
Industrial Ecosystems and Food Webs
Cycling and reciprocity in weighted food webs and economic networks
Nestedness of eco‐industrial networks
Reconsidering Industrial Metabolism
Community Ecology Perspectives on the Structural and Functional Evolution of Consumer Electronics
The Human Dimensions of Geomorphological Work in Britain
GrENA
Industrial Ecosystems as Food Webs
Promoting Industrial Symbiosis
Research on the Knowledge System Framework of Eco-industrial Engineering
An ecological succession model applied to environmental management
Temporal heterogeneity and ecological community structure
Application of laboratory‐derived criteria to an outdoor stream ecosystem
Holistic study of an aquatic microcosm
Environmental degradation in Nigeria
Eutrophication
Succession theory, eutrophication, and water quality management
Intensification through diversified resource use
Ecological succession in new and old swiddens of montane Papua New Guinea
Ecological stability and community diversity during mormon colonization of the Little Colorado River Basin
Behavioral and Other Human Ecologies
The Conceptual Utility of Models in Human Ecology
From Organicist to Relational Human Ecology
Objetividad, Ecología y Problemática Ambiental
L'économie et l'écologie entre science et idéologie
Toward a fundamental understanding of ecosystem metabolism responses to global warming
Ecosystem coupling
| Unique citing works | 212 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,72 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2026 (58) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 183 |