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Consideration is given to the examples of suppression of restorative succession by invasive plant species (Solidago canadensis L., Helianthus subcanescens (A. Gray) E. Watson, Impatiens glandulifera Royle) in anthropogenic landscapes of southeastern Belarus. Characteristics of communities blocking the succession process have been revealed: low species richness, dominance of alien species in coverage, high level of synanthropization, and the absence of natural regeneration of trees and shrubs. It is suggested that a delay in succession is caused by the suppressing influence of transformer species on seed germination in apophytic trees.
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Original Russian Text © A.P. Gusev, 2017, published in Ekologiya, 2017, No. 4, pp. 261–266.
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Gusev, A.P. Inhibition of restorative succession by invasive plant species: Examples from southeastern Belarus. Russ J Ecol 48, 321–325 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413617040087
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