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Population Structure and Processes of Tundra Plants and Vegetation

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The Population Structure of Vegetation

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

Abstract

Selective forces of the physical environment are particularly strong in the tundra: positive plant interactions tend to replace the competition or self-thinning typical in warmer latitudes. Tundra areas are young and evolution is slow because of long life spans, low reproductive rates and a predominance of vegetative proliferation. However, recruitment from seed is important in open habitats such as fell-fields, but early mortality rates are high and recruitment is intermittent. Age class distributions resulting from vegetative reproduction show low recruitment levels but high survival rates due to the physiological interdependence of modules. The dynamic equilibrium of forest tundra plant populations is regulated by interactions between fluctuating populations of animals and plants.

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Callaghan, T.V., Emanuelsson, U. (1985). Population Structure and Processes of Tundra Plants and Vegetation. 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_17

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