Mechanisms of vegetation succession: a review of concepts and perspectives

Andel, J. van; Bakker, Jan P.; Grootjans, Albert

doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1993.tb00718.x

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“…A comparison between data from 80 permanent plots and repeated vegetation mapping revealed that permanent plots did not render the information on the relationship between pattern and succession derived from mapping. The minimum number of permanent plots of 4 m 2 needed for estimation of the probability of the most frequently occurring transitions would have been 248; hence, for the purpose of quantitative estimation of vegetation changes in a dynamic habitat an annual mapping according to a 'rough' typology seems preferable (van den Berg et al 1985).…”

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“…Before continuing on the community level (at which succession is mostly described) it should be stressed that it is often not worthwhile to distinguish between allogenic causes and autogenic mechanisms at the level of the vegetation, because the continuous interaction (feedback mechanism) between vegetation and soil renders the two processes indistinguishable. This is particularly the case in wetlands, where vegetation succession is incorporated into eco-system succession to such an extent that it is advisable to make a choice for the 'ecosystem' as the entity of study (van Andel et al 1993). This implies the sequential measurement of at least part of the aforementioned list of parameters in chronosequences together with a description of vegetation in permanent plots.…”

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Why do we need permanent plots in the study of long‐term vegetation dynamics?

Bakker

Olff²,

Willems

et al. 1996

J Vegetation Science

300

191

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. This paper presents a survey of vegetation studies on permanent plots, with an emphasis on the long‐term character of these studies. It makes remarks on the external and internal causes of succession, pays attention to the pathways of succession, links up permanent plots studies and chronosequences, discusses internal causes and mechanisms of succession, and finally mentions the significance of long‐term vegetation dynamics for nature conservation.

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Why do we need permanent plots in the study of long‐term vegetation dynamics?

Bakker

Olff²,

Willems

et al. 1996

J Vegetation Science

300

191

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“…The mechanism of vegetation succession is a part of the most important theoretical foundations for wetland restoration and conservation, and has become a central issue of wetland science [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Although several factors (such as soil nutrients and moisture, as well as the predation, competition, and promotion among wetland plants) influence the succession of wetland vegetation, hydrological conditions are the most significant and complicated elements [8,9].…”

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Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Flood Regimes and Their Relation to Wetland Landscape Patterns in Dongting Lake from MODIS Time-Series Imagery

Huang

et al. 2015

Remote Sensing

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Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in China, is well known for its rapid seasonal fluctuations in inundation extents in the middle reach of the Yangtze River, and it is also the lake most affected by the Three Gorges Project. Significant inter-annual and seasonal variations in flood inundations were observed from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) time-series imagery between 2000 and 2012 in the Dongting Lake. Results demonstrated that temporal changes in inundation extents derived from MODIS data were accordant with variations in annual and monthly precipitation and runoff data. Spatial and temporal dynamics of some related parameters of flood regime were analyzed as well, which included flood inundation probability, duration and start/end date of the annual largest flood. Large areas with high flood inundation probability were identified in 2000 and 2002, but relatively small regions with great flood inundation probability occurred in

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“…Because of their ability to symbiotically fix nitrogen, legumes can grow in low quality soils (Van Andel et al, 1993) and have been used for re-vegetation of abandoned, altered or drought affected fields. Tagasaste might also be a suitable candidate for such purposes.…”

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Physiological responses of tagasaste to a progressive drought in its native environment on the Canary Islands

González‐Rodríguez

Martín-Olivera

Morales

et al. 2005

Environmental and Experimental Botany

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Diurnal courses of gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, shoot water potential (Ψ ) and leaf relative water content (RWC leaf ) were recorded in Chamaecytisus proliferus (L. fil.) Link ssp. proliferus var. palmensis (Christ) (tagasaste) growing in natural conditions in the North-West slope of Tenerife, Canary Islands. During the studied period (April-July 2000), the soil relative water content (RWC soil ) progressively decreased, while the air vapour pressure deficit increased. As a consequence a decrease in Ψ and RWC leaf took place as well as a decrease in stomatal conductance (g s ) and CO 2 assimilation rate (A). These characteristics, typical of an anisohydric plant, allowed this species to endure a mild drought.Photochemical efficiency of PSII (φ PSII ) followed the inverse pattern to that observed for the photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), decreasing at midday and recovering during the late afternoon. This recovering at the end of each day, and the constant values of the maximum quantum yield of PSII photochemistry (F v /F m ) during the studied period, indicate that there was no permanent damage to the photosynthetic apparatus due to mild water stress.

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Mechanisms of vegetation succession: a review of concepts and perspectives

Cited by 113 publications

References 147 publications

Why do we need permanent plots in the study of long‐term vegetation dynamics?

Why do we need permanent plots in the study of long‐term vegetation dynamics?

Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Flood Regimes and Their Relation to Wetland Landscape Patterns in Dongting Lake from MODIS Time-Series Imagery

Physiological responses of tagasaste to a progressive drought in its native environment on the Canary Islands

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