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The Population Structure of Vegetation pp 225–240Cite as

The Population Biology of Ephemeroids

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Vegetation Science ((HAVS,volume 3))

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The ephemeroid synusia is well represented in a number of plant formations: in broad-leaved forests, Stipa steppes, northern and southern semi-deserts, some meadow and desert communities. The species of this synusia belong to different genera and families and differ in their habit and morphological structure. However their ecological and biological similarities make them phytocoenotically homogeneous (Bykov 1957, Yaroshenko 1961, Shennikov 1964, Rabotnov 1978). Ephemeroid vegetation grows actively in the most favourable (spring) months for moisture and light, when it avoids competition with the dominants and edificators in the upper layers of the phytocoenosis. It is believed (Kleopov 1941, Tolmachev 1960, Fedorov 1952) that in the humid areas of the temperate climatic zones the spring ephemeroid synusia originated in Tertiary deciduous forests and that it appeared much later in steppe and meadow communities, which were established mainly in the Quaternary Period.

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    J. White

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Shorina, N.I., Smirnova, O.V. (1985). The Population Biology of Ephemeroids. In: White, J. (eds) The Population Structure of Vegetation. Handbook of Vegetation Science, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5500-4_10

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