Changes in pioneer community structure in an 0.8-ha central New York field were monitored during a year of cultivation and the 1st 2 years of abandonment. Species composition was unlike that of old ...

Plant succession occurs naturally when plant communities are left to develop by themselves, taking several centuries to go from an early stage like an abandoned farm field to a climax forest community ...

Succession is a relatively predictable process of change that occurs in plant communities and soils. It is an important concept when managing native plant communities for wildlife, livestock grazing, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The ratio of nitrate/ammonium in the soil decreases from a high level in the early stages of old field succession to a low level in the climax ...