Viewpoint: Plant Community Thresholds, Multiple Steady States, and Multiple Successional Pathways: Legacy of the Quaternary?

Authors:
  • RTRobin J. Tausch
    Robin J. Tausch
  • PWPeter E. Wigand
    Peter E. Wigand
  • JBJ. Wayne Burkhardt
    J. Wayne Burkhardt

Abstract
The climate cycles of the 2 million years of the Quaternary were a major force in the evolution of plant response to change. Quaternary climate has been primari...