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ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 91-98Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING ASIA
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00536.x
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microsites; plant invasion; primary succession; volcanoes
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On Mount Koma's volcanically devastated summit six common plant species colonized 12 microsite types differentially. Flat sites covered 65%, rills and gullies 16% and biotic sites 13% of the study area. Most species preferred sites near rocks and avoided flat and biotic microsites. Polygonum and Salix preferred gully bottoms and edges. Polygonum and Salix seedlings avoided flat areas and Polygonum seedlings strongly colonized gullies. Carex oxyandra seedlings preferred Salix patches. The distributions of seedlings and adult plants were correlated. Biotic microsites supported the largest Carex individuals, rills supported the largest Agrostis individuals and the largest Salix individuals were in gully bottoms and flats.
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