Successional Categorization of European Hemi-boreal Forest Tree Species.

ABSTRACT: Developing forest harvesting regimes that mimic natural forest dynamics requires knowledge on typical species behaviors and how they respond to environmental conditions. Species regeneration and survival after disturbance depends on a species' life history traits. Therefore, forest succession determines the extent to which forest communities are able to cope with environmental change. The aim of this review was to (i) review the life history dynamics of hemi-boreal tree species in the context of ecological succession, and (ii) categorize each of these tree species into one of four successional development groups (gap colonizers, gap competitors, forest colonizers, or forest competitors). To do this we embraced the super-organism approach to plant communities using their life history dynami

SUBMITTER: Petrokas R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7603053 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature