Natural succession in urban forests
Abstract
Are second-growth plant communities on brownfield sites distinguishable from second-growth forest arising in rural areas after abandonment from agriculture? To examine the process of community assembly in urban areas, I am using a metacommunity model that compares the relative importance of dispersal and colonization, environmental filtering, disturbance history, and stochastic effects in post-industrial and post-agricultural sites.
Status
Graduate
Department
Environmental & Plant Biology
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Campus
Athens
Faculty Mentor
Glenn Matlack
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Natural succession in urban forests
Are second-growth plant communities on brownfield sites distinguishable from second-growth forest arising in rural areas after abandonment from agriculture? To examine the process of community assembly in urban areas, I am using a metacommunity model that compares the relative importance of dispersal and colonization, environmental filtering, disturbance history, and stochastic effects in post-industrial and post-agricultural sites.