Michiel van Breugel, Frans Bongers, Natalia Norden, Jorge A Meave, Lucy Amissah, Wirong Chanthorn, Robin Chazdon, Dylan Craven, Caroline Farrior, Jefferson S Hall, Bruno Hérault, Catarina Jakovac, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Rodrigo Muñoz, Lourens Poorter, Nadja Rüger, Masha van der Sande, Daisy H Dent
The core principle shared by most theories and models of succession is that, following a major disturbance, plant-environment feedback dynamics drive a directional change in the plant community. The most commonly studied feedback loops are those in which the regrowth of the plant community causes changes to the abiotic (e.g. soil nutrients) or biotic (e.g. dispersers) environment, which differentially affect species availability or performance. This, in turn, leads to shifts in the species composition of the plant community...
January 16, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society