Forest succession. Concepts and application: Advanced Texts in Life Sciences. Darrell C. West, Herman H. Shugart and Daniel B. Botkin (Editors), Springer-Verlag, New York/Heidelberg/Berlin, 1981, 517 pp., 112 figures, DM 87 (cloth), approx. U.S. $40.50, ISBN 3-540-90597-9