Forest Dynamics and Succession
Primary Succession on Dunes
Primary Succession on Moist Rock
Primary Succession on Dry Rock
Clements and Succession
Nudation
migration
growth
competition
reaction
stabilization
Climax and the Super organism
Connell and Slayter
Facilitation
inhibition
tolerance
Succession as a tree-by-tree replacement process (Horn 1981)
|
0.05 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
|
100
|
|
5 |
|
|
0.36 |
0.57 |
0.14 |
0.01 |
|
0
|
|
36 |
|
|
0.5
|
0.25 |
0.55 |
0.03 |
|
0 |
|
50 |
|
|
0.09 |
0.17 |
0.31 |
0.96 |
|
0
|
|
9 |
|
Complex Forest Simulation Models
Trends in Succession (Odum 1981)
|
Biomass |
Increases |
A |
|
GPP/B |
Decreases |
A |
|
Total Organic Matter |
Increases |
A |
|
Species Richness |
Increases |
A |
|
B/ER |
Increases |
A |
|
Species Equitability |
Increases |
R |
|
Nutrient Conservation |
Increases |
R |
Whittaker and Vegetation Gradients in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Pollen Diagram of Jackson Pond, Kentucky
Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics
Details of Paleovegetation Since the Last Glacial Maximum
The independent movement of forest tree species
between 18,000 B.P. (
B) and 500 B.P (A).(Adapted from Colinvaux 1993)
