Small-scale spatiotemporal dynamics of plant cover during the initial phase of primary succession in an abandoned ore-washery sedimentation basin

Abstract

The analysis used autocorrelation and cross-correlation (Moran´s I) over lags in space and time. Short-lived and long-lived (clonal) plants exhibit complementary small.scale dynamics characterized by clumping in space.

Keywords

• primary succession
• ore-washery sedimentation basin
• fine-scale-monitoring
• colonization dynamics
• tree seedlings
• clonal plants
• annuals
• herbs
• spatial/temporal autocorrelations
• spatial/temporal cross-correlations