Soil infertility shifts tree death mode away from uprooting and blocks pioneers

Evidence

On the infertile soils of Southeast Asian heath (white sands) forest, trees are deep-rooted, snap off rather than uproot, and sucker profusely (P. S. Ashton, 1981). Lack of disturbed soil and space, plus infertility, inhibit pioneer coloniza­ tion. The reverse occurs in nearby forest on fertile soils. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 477

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A tree’s typical mode of death determines the size of gap it creates. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 388; Mature forests harbor long-lived soil seed banks of pioneer species awaiting disturbance — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 440; Tilled agricultural soil lacks the self-organized web of forest soil — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 844

Broader Connections

• Tilled agricultural soil lacks the self-organized web of forest soil #expands (0.78) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 844