Shifts and Trade-Offs of Ecological Strategy Associated With Species Diversity and Functional Traits During Vegetation Succession Progress in Karst Ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: The CSR framework reflects the ecological strategies of competition (C), stress tolerance (S), and ruderal (R) that plants employ to adapt to disturbances. This framework provides a robust foundation for exploring community assembly and successional dynamics within degraded ecosystems such as karst. However, the influence of functional traits and species diversity on ecological strategic trade-offs during vegetation succession remains unclear. The space-for-time substitution method was employed to examine the influence of functional traits and species diversity on ecological strategic trade-offs during vegetation succession. Five successional stages were identified in the karst community: herb, herb-shrub transition, shrubbery, shrub-tree transition, and Tree forest. For each stage, five 1

SUBMITTER: Lei M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12724010 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature