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    'Changes in light availability following Hurricane Hugo in a subtropical montane forest in Puerto Rico ' () 23 Biotropica : 393 -399 .

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    'Plant competition, abiotic, and long- and short-term effects of large herbivores on demography of opportunistic species in a semiarid grassland ' () 92 Oecologia : 520 -531 .

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  • Myster, R.W. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1988. Individualistic patterns of annuals and biennials in early successional old fields. Vegetatio 78:53-60.

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    'Initial conditions, history and successional pathways in ten contrasting old fields ' () 124 Amer. Mid. Nat. : 125 -133 .

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  • Myster, R.W. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1992. Dynamics of associations between plants in ten old fields during 31 years of succession. J. Ecol. 80:291-302.

    'Dynamics of associations between plants in ten old fields during 31 years of succession ' () 80 J. Ecol. : 291 -302 .

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    'A comparison of rate of succession over 18 yr in 10 contrasting old fields ' () 75 Ecology : 387 -392 .

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