The products of the catalytic cycle are either two molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate (carboxylase activity) or one molecule each of 3-phosphoglycerate and 2-phosphoglycolate (oxygenase activity).

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Facilitation may be important in early seral stages and inhibition important in later ones or vice versa.

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Morphological differences and the probability of invasion success

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Plant species richness with field age

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Characteristics of early and late seral stages

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Character                     early-stage     late stage 

Root to shoot ratio                    high               low

Number of seed                          many             few

Seed size                                      small             large

Biotic potential                           high              low

Productivity per biomass           high              low

NPP                                              high              low

P/R ratio                                       >1                =1

Nutrient cycling                          open             closed

Importance of detrivores           less                more

Stratification                               No                Yes 

Regeneration ability                   more             less

Resistance ability                        less               more

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Restoration ecology is the full or partial repair or replacement of biological habitats and/or their populations that have been degraded or destroyed.