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...Annu rev ecol syst landscape ecology the effect of pattern on rocess monica goigel turner environmental sciences division oak ridge national laboratory tn introduction a historical perspective and natural history have long tradition interest in spatial patterning geographic distribution organisms latitudinal altitudinal vegetative zones was described by von humboldt whose work provided major impetus to studies plants animals throughout nineteenth century botanists zoologists distributions various taxa particularly as they related macroclimatic factors such temperature precipitation e g emerging view that strong interdependencies among climate biota soil lead term stability absence climatic changes early biogeog raphical also influenced clements theory successional dynamics which stable endpoint climax vegetation determined mac roclimate over broad region stressed temporal but did not emphasize ing gleason argued spatially heterogeneous patterns were im portant should be interpreted ind...