01697nas a2200145   4500008004100000245008600041210006900127300001400196490000700210520115900217100002001376700001701396700001501413856012301428       2018                        eng d00aAdvancing theories of ecosystem development through Long-Term Ecological Research0 aAdvancing theories of ecosystem development through LongTerm Eco  a554–5620 v683 a<p>Decades of place-based, long-term ecological research have generated important insights into patterns and processes among ecosystems. Here, we extend a theoretical framework based on Odum&#39;s &ldquo;strategy of ecosystem development&rdquo;&mdash;which predicted distinct attributes of developing and mature ecosystems&mdash;in the context of more recent theoretical advancements that predict how long-term changes in the presses (long-term, gradual changes) and pulses (abrupt changes) of drivers that regulate ecosystem functions (press&ndash;pulse regimes) can influence their trajectories of development. Our modifications to ecosystem development theories (a) illustrate how press&ndash;pulse regimes can cause ecosystems to continue to develop or oscillate around a stable state (pulsed stability) or cause them to decline if the press&ndash;pulse regime changes faster than species and communities can adapt, (b) use examples from long-term ecological research of how attributes interact to affect development, and (c) suggest how revised and new theoretical frameworks can integrate long-term ecological research and observatory networks.</p>1 aKominoski, J.S.1 aGaiser, E.E.1 aBaer, S.G.  uhttps://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/biosci/biy070/5051780?redirectedFrom=fulltext