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- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Copyright
- Copyright 1979 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
- Subject
- Review Articles
- ISSN
- 0066-4162
- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev.es.10.110179.002031
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Abstract
Succession is a process of continuous colonization of and extinction on a site by species populations. The process has long been central in ecological thinking; much theory and many data about succession have accumulated over the years. Since nearly all species in all communities participate in successional interactions, and because physiological ecology encompasses everything that a plant does during its life cycle, a complete review of physiological ecology of all species in all successions is not possible. Thus in this review I discuss the physiological adaptations of species of one successional gradi ent-from open field to broad-leaved deciduous forest. I concentrate on the physiological adaptations of early successional plants to environmental variability and collate the literature on tree physiology to make compari sons with early successional plants. My discussion may not be applicable to seres where there is little difference in physiognomy between early and late successional plants or where the designation of species as early or late successional is unjustified (e.g. for certain desert and tundra habitats). I discuss the nature of successional environments, seed germination, seedling and mature plant development, plant growth, photosynthesis, water use, and the physiological ecology of competition and interference. THE NATURE OF
Journal
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics – Annual Reviews
Published: Nov 1, 1979