label |
name |
description |
c |
competitors |
Trees, shrubs and forbs with high competitive power due to their morphological and/or physiological characters and life history traits.
|
cr |
competitors/ruderals |
Intermediate type between competitors and ruderals.
|
cs |
competitors/stress-tolerators |
Intermediate type between competitors and stress-tolerators.
|
csr |
competitors/stress-tolerators/ruderals |
Intermediate type, usually rosette plants or small, perennial species which can utilize spatio-temporal niches very well and have an intermediate life span.
|
r |
ruderals |
Usually annual, weedy plant species which produce many seeds and can easily colonize pioneer habitats.
|
s |
stress-tolerators |
Species with only little growth and morphological and/or physiological adaptations to conditions that may in either very rare or overabundant (e.g. minerals, protons, water or drought).
|
sr |
stress-tolerators/ruderals |
Intermediate type between stress-tolerators and ruderals.
|