Succession‐induced trait shifts across a wide range of NW European ecosystems are driven by light and modulated by initial abiotic conditions - Douma, Jacob C; de Haan, Martin W. A; Aerts, Rien; Witte, Jan‐Philip M; van Bodegom, Peter M (The Journal of ecology, 2012)
Keywords: Abiotic factors; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; canopy; chronosequences; Community ecology; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Ecological succession; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental impact; Flowers & plants; functional ecosystem characteristics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Human ecology; initial abiotic conditions; leaf area; Leaves; Life span; Light; longevity; meta‐analysis; nitrogen content; Plant communities; plant strategy axes; Plant succession; Plants; Soil ecology; Soil moisture; soil water; Species; succession trajectories; Synecology; Trajectories; trajectory partitioning; Vegetation; Europe; Community structure; chronosequences; Initial condition; Plant community; Diversity; meta-analysis; functional ecosystem characteristics; Metaanalysis; plant strategy axes; Chronosequence; trajectory partitioning; Ecosystem; Light; Strategy; succession trajectories; determinants of plant community diversity and structure; initial abiotic conditions