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pioneer species — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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pioneer species

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on pioneer species with 66 nodes and 142 connections. Top connected: Ipomopsis, Delphinium, I. aggregata, Ipomopsis aggregata, Atriplex canescens.

Definition

Species best suited for the environment that make up most of the vegetation in early successional stages

Related Terms (1)

pioneer plants

Publications (3)

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

Defensive strategy to nectar robbing in <i></i>Ipomopsis aggregata:<i></i> floral nectar as a tolerance trait

The effects of plant succession and ant nest on soil organic matter and soil moisture

Related Concepts (7)

ecological succession

process4 shared papers

soil organic carbon stabilization

process2 shared papers

interaction turnover

metric1 shared paper

mass wasting

process1 shared paper

chronosequence

framework1 shared paper

vegetation community composition

measurement1 shared paper

species diversity

metric1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Artemisia

Asteraceae3 papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae2 papers

I. aggregata

A. tridentata

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae2 papers

Aphis fabae

Aphididae2 papers

A. fabae

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae2 papers

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 paper

Penstemon strictus

Plantaginaceae1 paper