Community assembly during vegetation succession after metal mining is driven by multiple processes with temporal variation.

ABSTRACT: The mechanisms governing community assembly is fundamental to ecological restoration and clarification of the assembly processes associated with severe disturbances (characterized by no biological legacy and serious environmental problems) is essential. However, a systematic understanding of community assembly in the context of severe anthropogenic disturbance remains lacking. Here, we explored community assembly processes after metal mining, which is considered to be a highly destructive activity to provide insight into the assembly rules associated with severe anthropogenic disturbance. Using a chronosequence approach, we selected vegetation patches representing different successional stages and collected data on eight plant functional traits from each stage. The traits were classified a

SUBMITTER: Li T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9055294 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature