Seppo Kellomäki , Pertti Hari, Pekka Kauppi, Eero Väisänen

Production of structural matter by a plant community in successional environment.

Kellomäki S., Hari P., Kauppi P., Väisänen E. (1977). Production of structural matter by a plant community in successional environment. Silva Fennica vol. 11 no. 4 article id 4981. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a14835

Abstract

The structural matter production of selected plant species of a ground cover community was determined in relation to light available for photosynthesis. The resulting functions were applied in a situation where the light reaching the ground cover was controlled by the dynamics of the tree crown strata, and the occurrence of different plant species at different stages of succession was determined on the basis of their production of structural matter in actual light conditions. The possible strategies involved in adaptation to a successional environment have been discussed.

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Keywords
succession; light; ground vegetation; ground cover; plant communities; structural matter production

Published in 1977

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