Floristic richness, diversity, dominance and species evenness in old-field successional ecosystems

Symonides, Ewa

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Floristic richness, diversity, dominance and species evenness in old-field successional ecosystems Symonides, Ewa

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Floristic richness, diversity, dominance and species evenness in old-field successional ecosystems

Characteristics of old-field successional ecosystems

Symonides, Ewa

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii

Polish Scientific Publishers

Warszawa

1986

Pages 61-79 : illustrations ; 24 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 78-79) ; Abstract in Polish

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old-field succession ; total diversity ; evenness ; dominance ; species richness ; similarity ; above-ground biomass ; importance values of species

The floristic composition of plant communities, their species richness, total diversity, evenness and dominance were studied in four uneven-aged old-fields (a Peucedano-Pinetum forest habitat) for three successive years. In the course of succession of the phytocoenoses the following were observed: (1) continuous directional changes in specific composition, (2) fluctuations of the values of the quantitative indices of structure, with a tendency towards lower levels of the indices of species richness, total diversity and evenness, a growth of the dominance index, (3) a fall of the rate of changes in the qualitative and quantitative structure characteristics, (4) a growing resistance of the communities to variable weather conditions.

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