Cramer_et_al_2008

Cramer V, Hobbs R, Standish R (2008) What’s new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 23:104–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2007.10.005

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Keywords: land abandonment, legacy effects, fields

There are a series of thresholds that continued/intensified cultivation cross in the ecosystem and those thresholds determine how the landscape will recover post-abandonment. Invasive species can intensify the legacy of cultivation and delay or completely stall recovery. Legacy effects are complex and depend on a variety of factors.