Biogeographic synthesis of secondary succession rates in eastern North America

Agriculture & Biology

• secondary succession 100%
• edaphic factors 60%
• deciduous forests 59%
• climate 41%
• synthesis 38%
• soil fertility 32%
• ecological succession 23%
• mechanistic models 22%
• cation exchange capacity 21%
• land use change 21%
• climatic factors 20%
• geographical variation 18%
• heat sums 18%
• temperature 14%
• corn 10%
• soil 8%
• methodology 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• secondary succession 95%
• old field 78%
• North America 54%
• deciduous forest 45%
• soil fertility 29%
• rate 22%
• species pool 18%
• geographical variation 16%
• climatic factor 15%
• climate 15%
• cation exchange capacity 14%
• land use change 12%
• maize 12%
• global climate 12%
• temperature 10%
• trend 6%
• soil 5%
• effect 3%
• method 3%