Progress of Plant Succession on the Paricutin Volcano: 25 Years after Activity Ceased
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 108 (1) , 194-198
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2425309
Abstract
Eruptions of Paricutin Volcano, Michoacan, Mexico, began in 1943 and ceased in 1952. Two species of vascular plants were first observed on the cinder cone in Feb., 1957. Twelve species were reported in 1958, 13 in 1959 and 17 in 1960. No other data have been published since then. In field studies, carried out in Sept. 1977, 39 vascular plant species were recorded. The principal ones were the small shrub Gaultheria parvifolia (Ericaceae) and the grasses Aegopogon cenchroides, Eragrostis ciliaris, E. pectinacea and Muhlenbergia minutissima. Total vascular plant cover was usually up to 20% and never exceeded 40%, the size of the releves being 25 m2. The colonization rate is compared with those of 6 different successional series.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Statistics and Biology of the Species-Area RelationshipThe American Naturalist, 1979
- Plant succession on the Kula Volcano in TurkeyPlant Ecology, 1977