Life-history traits and habitat preferences of colonizing plant species in long-term spontaneous succession in abandoned gravel-sand pits

0353146 - BÚ 2011 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Řehounková, Klára - Prach, Karel
Life-history traits and habitat preferences of colonizing plant species in long-term spontaneous succession in abandoned gravel-sand pits.
Basic and applied Ecology. Roč. 11, č. 1 (2010), s. 45-53. ISSN 1439-1791. E-ISSN 1618-0089
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Keywords : life-histories * vegetation * succession
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
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At the beginning of succession, anemochorous played the most important role. A stress tolerant species, possessing light diaspores, they were typical of nitrogen poor and acidic habitats. Later, sciophylous and nitrophilous species of mesic habitats increased in importance. They have heavier diaspores, mostly phanerophytes or geophytes, often with the ability to vegetatively reproduce as well as higher demand for pH. Plant functional traits were recognized as powerful tools to predict the colonization success of plants available in the local species pool. They may help predict vegetation succession in various human-disturbed sites and thus be used in various restoration programmes.
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