Fig 10.8 Graphs showing changes in biomass and diversity with succession.
Fig 10.9 (a) Hypothesized changes in soil nitrogen during the course of soil development. (b) Change in total soil phosphorus over time with soil development. (Source : P. M. Vitousek and P. S. White, 1981, “Process Studies in Forest Succession,” in D. C. West, H. H. Shugart, and D. B. Botkin, eds. Forest Succession: Concepts and Applications [New York: Springer-Verlag, 1981], Figure 17.1, p. 269.)
Fig 10.7 Diagram of bog succession. Open water (a) is transformed through formation of a floating mat of sedge and deposition of sediments (b) into wetland forest (c).