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.