caa a22 4500 475751124 CHVBK 20180406123524.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1009895103017 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1009895103017 Dynamic and static views of succession: Testing the descriptive power of the chronosequence approach [Elektronische Daten] [Bryan Foster, David Tilman] Chronosequence and permanent plot studies are the two most common methods for evaluating successional dynamics in plant communities. We combined these two approaches by re-sampling an old-field chronosequence at Cedar Creek Natural History Area (Minnesota, USA) to: (1)measure rates of secondary succession; and (2)to test the ability of the chronosequence approach to predict actual successional dynamics over a 14-year survey interval. For each of 19chronosequence fields we calculated four complimentary indices of succession rate for community changes that actually occurred within each of these fields between 1983 and 1997. We found that measures of compositional dissimilarity, species turnover, and the change rates of perennial and native species cover over this 14-year period were all negatively correlated with field age, indicating that the rate of successional change in these old-fields generally declines over time. We also found that data collected from the initial static chronosequence survey (1983) accurately predicted many of the observed changes in species abundance that occurred between 1983 and 1997, but was a poor predictor of changes in species richness. In general, chronosequence re-sampling confirmed the validity of using the chronosequence approach to infer basic patterns of successional change. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Chronosequence nationallicence Chronosequence re-sampling nationallicence Old-field succession nationallicence Permanent plots nationallicence Species richness nationallicence Succession rate nationallicence Foster Bryan Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA aut Tilman David Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA aut Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 146/1(2000-01-01), 1-10 1385-0237 146:1<1 2000 146 11258 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009895103017 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009895103017 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foster Bryan Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tilman David Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 146/1(2000-01-01), 1-10 1385-0237 146:1<1 2000 146 11258 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer