Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
S7: histograms of demographic parameters for trees
D. Burslem, Timothy Whitmore, G. Brown (2000)
Short‐term effects of cyclone impact and long‐term recovery of tropical rain forest on Kolombangara, Solomon IslandsJournal of Ecology, 88
Dr. Holsman (2023)
Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
D. Zuleta, G. Arellano, H. Muller‐Landau, S. McMahon, Salomón Aguilar, S. Bunyavejchewin, Dairón Cárdenas, Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang, Á. Duque, D. Mitre, M. Nasardin, Rolando Pẽrez, I. Sun, T. Yao, S. Davies (2021)
Individual tree damage dominates mortality risk factors across six tropical forests.The New phytologist
I. Pérez-Ramos, I. Urbieta, M. Zavala, T. Marañón (2012)
Ontogenetic conflicts and rank reversals in two Mediterranean oak species: implications for coexistenceJournal of Ecology, 100
M. Uriarte, J. Clark, J. Zimmerman, L. Comita, Jimena Forero‐Montaña, Jill Thompson (2012)
Multidimensional trade-offs in species responses to disturbance: implications for diversity in a subtropical forest.Ecology, 93 1
Teresita Lomascolo, T. Aide, Laboratorio Investigaciones (2001)
Seed and Seedling Bank Dynamics in Secondary Forests Following Hurricane Georges in Puerto Rico
Yuxin Chen, M. Umaña, M. Uriarte, Shixiao Yu (2018)
Abundance-dependent effects of neighbourhood dissimilarity and growth rank reversal in a neotropical forestProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285
E. Tanner, F. Rodríguez‐Sánchez, J. Healey, R. Holdaway, P. Bellingham (2014)
Long-term hurricane damage effects on tropical forest tree growth and mortalityEcology, 95
B. Finegan (1996)
Pattern and process in neotropical secondary rain forests: the first 100 years of succession.Trends in ecology & evolution, 11 3
P. Bellingham, E. Tanner, J. Healey (1994)
Sprouting of trees in Jamaican montane forests after a hurricaneJournal of Ecology, 82
C. Baraloto, D. Goldberg, D. Bonal (2005)
PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFFS AMONG TROPICAL TREE SEEDLINGS IN CONTRASTING MICROHABITATSEcology, 86
J. Hogan, J. Zimmerman, Jill Thompson, M. Uriarte, N. Swenson, R. Condit, S. Hubbell, Daniel Johnson, I. Sun, Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang, S. Su, P. Ong, L. Rodriguez, Carla Monoy, Sandra Yap, S. Davies (2018)
The Frequency of Cyclonic Wind Storms Shapes Tropical Forest Dynamism and Functional Trait DispersionForests
C. Loehle (2000)
Strategy Space and the Disturbance Spectrum: A Life‐History Model for Tree Species CoexistenceThe American Naturalist, 156
(1998)
Prestoea montana (R. Graham) Nichols Sierra palm . Palmaceae. Palm family. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico: US Department of Agriculture
Daniel Johnson, Jessica Needham, Chonggang Xu, Elias Massoud, Stuart Davies, K. Anderson‐Teixeira, S. Bunyavejchewin, Jeffery Chambers, Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang, Jyh-Min Chiang, G. Chuyong, R. Condit, S. Cordell, C. Fletcher, C. Giardina, T. Giambelluca, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, C. Hsieh, S. Hubbell, Faith Inman-Narahari, A. Kassim, M. Katabuchi, D. Kenfack, C. Litton, S. Lum, M. Mohamad, M. Nasardin, Perry Ong, R. Ostertag, L. Sack, N. Swenson, I. Sun, Sylvester Tan, D. Thomas, Jill Thompson, M. Umaña, M. Uriarte, R. Valencia, Sandra Yap, J. Zimmerman, Nate McDowell, S. McMahon (2018)
Climate sensitive size-dependent survival in tropical treesNature Ecology & Evolution, 2
M. Uriarte, C. Canham, Jill Thompson, J. Zimmerman (2004)
A NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS OF TREE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL IN A HURRICANE‐DRIVEN TROPICAL FORESTEcological Monographs, 74
R. Chazdon (2003)
Tropical forest recovery: legacies of human impact and natural disturbancesPerspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 6
L. Comita, M. Uriarte, Jill Thompson, I. Jonckheere, C. Canham, J. Zimmerman (2009)
Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane‐impacted tropical forestJournal of Ecology, 97
L. Walker (1991)
Tree damage and recovery from Hurricane Hugo in Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto RicoBiotropica, 23
M. Bradford, H. Murphy, A. Ford, Dominic Hogan, D. Metcalfe (2014)
Long‐term stem inventory data from tropical rain forest plots in AustraliaEcology, 95
Jessica Needham, Daniel Johnson, K. Anderson‐Teixeira, Norman Bourg, S. Bunyavejchewin, N. Butt, M. Cao, Dairón Cárdenas, Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang, Yu‐Yun Chen, G. Chuyong, H. Dattaraja, S. Davies, Á. Duque, C. Ewango, E. Fernando, R. Fisher, C. Fletcher, R. Foster, Zhanqing Hao, Terese Hart, C. Hsieh, S. Hubbell, A. Itoh, D. Kenfack, C. Koven, A. Larson, J. Lutz, W. McShea, J. Makana, Y. Malhi, T. Marthews, Mohizah Mohamad, M. Morecroft, Natalia Norden, G. Parker, Ankur Shringi, R. Sukumar, H. Suresh, I. Sun, Sylvester Tan, D. Thomas, Jill Thompson, M. Uriarte, R. Valencia, T. Yao, Sandra Yap, Zuoqiang Yuan, Yuehua Hu, J. Zimmerman, D. Zuleta, S. McMahon (2022)
Demographic composition, not demographic diversity, predicts biomass and turnover across temperate and tropical forestsGlobal Change Biology, 28
B. McGill, B. Enquist, E. Weiher, M. Westoby (2006)
Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits.Trends in ecology & evolution, 21 4
Jessica Needham, C. Merow, Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang, H. Caswell, S. McMahon (2018)
Inferring forest fate from demographic data: from vital rates to population dynamic modelsProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285
S. Lewis, P. Brando, O. Phillips, G. Heijden, D. Nepstad (2011)
The 2010 Amazon DroughtScience, 331
N. Swenson, J. Stegen, S. Davies, David Erickson, Jimena Forero‐Montaña, A. Hurlbert, W. Kress, Jill Thompson, M. Uriarte, S. Wright, J. Zimmerman (2012)
Temporal turnover in the composition of tropical tree communities: functional determinism and phylogenetic stochasticity.Ecology, 93 3
P. Tredici (2001)
Sprouting in temperate trees: A morphological and ecological reviewThe Botanical Review, 67
D. Lodge, F. Scatena, C. Asbury, M. Sánchez (1991)
Fine litterfall and related nutrient inputs resulting from Hurricane Hugo in subtropical wet and lower montane rain forests of Puerto RicoBiotropica, 23
N. Stephenson, A. Das, R. Condit, S. Russo, P. Baker, Noelle Beckman, Noelle Beckman, D. Coomes, E. Lines, W. Morris, N. Rüger, N. Rüger, N. Rüger, Eric Álvarez, C. Blundo, S. Bunyavejchewin, G. Chuyong, S. Davies, Á. Duque, C. Ewango, O. Flores, J. Franklin, H. Grau, Zhanqing Hao, M. Harmon, S. Hubbell, S. Hubbell, D. Kenfack, YiChing Lin, J. Makana, A. Malizia, L. Malizia, Robert Pabst, N. Pongpattananurak, S. Su, I. Sun, Sylvester Tan, D. Thomas, P. Mantgem, Xugao Wang, S. Wiser, M. Zavala (2014)
Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree sizeNature, 507
H. Steege, N. Pitman, D. Sabatier, C. Baraloto, R. Salomão, J. Guevara, O. Phillips, C. Castilho, W. Magnusson, J. Molino, A. Monteagudo, Percy Vargas, J. Montero, T. Feldpausch, E. Coronado, T. Killeen, B. Mostacedo, R. Vasquez, R. Assis, J. Terborgh, F. Wittmann, A. Andrade, W. Laurance, S. Laurance, B. Marimon, B. Marimon, I. Vieira, I. Amaral, R. Brienen, H. Castellanos, Dairon López, J. Duivenvoorden, H. Mogollón, F. Matos, N. Dávila, R. García‐Villacorta, P. Diaz, F. Costa, T. Emílio, C. Levis, J. Schietti, P. Souza, A. Alonso, F. Dallmeier, Á. Montoya, Maria Piedade, A. Araujo-Murakami, L. Arroyo, R. Gribel, P. Fine, C. Peres, M. Toledo, G. C., T. Baker, C. Cerón, J. Engel, T. Henkel, P. Maas, P. Pétronelli, J. Stropp, C. Zartman, D. Daly, D. Neill, M. Silveira, M. Paredes, J. Chave, Diogenes Filho, P. Jørgensen, A. Fuentes, J. Schöngart, Fernando Valverde, A. Fiore, E. Jimenez, M. Mora, J. Phillips, G. Rivas, T. Andel, P. Hildebrand, B. Hoffman, E. Zent, Y. Malhi, A. Prieto, A. Rudas, A. Ruschell, N. Silva, V. Vos, S. Zent, A. Oliveira, A. Schutz, T. Gonzales, Marcelo Nascimento, H. Ramírez-Angulo, R. Sierra, M. Tirado, María Medina, G. Heijden, C. Vela, Emilio Torre, Corine Vriesendorp, O. Wang, K. Young, C. Baider, H. Balslev, C. Ferreira, I. Mesones, A. Torres‐Lezama, Ligia Giraldo, R. Zagt, M. Alexiades, Lionel Hernandez, I. Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, W. Milliken, Walter Cuenca, D. Pauletto, Elvis Sandoval, Luis Gamarra, K. Dexter, K. Feeley, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, M. Silman (2013)
Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree FloraScience, 342
M. Umaña, Jimena Forero‐Montaña, Robert Muscarella, C. Nytch, Jill Thompson, M. Uriarte, J. Zimmerman, N. Swenson (2016)
Interspecific Functional Convergence and Divergence and Intraspecific Negative Density Dependence Underlie the Seed-to-Seedling Transition in Tropical TreesThe American Naturalist, 187
Jill Thompson, N. Brokaw, J. Zimmerman, R. Waide, E. Everham, D. Lodge, Charlotte Taylor, D. García‐Montiel, M. Fluet (2002)
Land use history, environment, and tree composition in a tropical forestEcological Applications, 12
N. Rüger, L. Comita, L. Comita, Richard Condit, Richard Condit, D. Purves, B. Rosenbaum, M. Visser, S. Wright, Christian Wirth, Christian Wirth (2018)
Beyond the fast-slow continuum: demographic dimensions structuring a tropical tree community.Ecology letters, 21 7
S. Hubbell, R. Foster, Sean O'Brien, K. Harms, R. Condit, Bert Wechsler, Stephen Wright, S. Lao (1999)
Light-Gap disturbances, recruitment limitation, and tree diversity in a neotropical forestScience, 283 5401
M. Uriarte, Jill Thompson, J. Zimmerman (2019)
Hurricane María tripled stem breaks and doubled tree mortality relative to other major stormsNature Communications, 10
(1973)
The ecological life zones of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
K. Beard, K. Vogt, D. Vogt, F. Scatena, A. Covich, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, T. Siccama, T. Crowl (2005)
Structural and Functional Responses of a Subtropical Forest to 10 Years of Hurricanes and DroughtsEcological Monographs, 75
W. Batista, W. Platt (2003)
Tree population responses to hurricane disturbance: syndromes in a south-eastern USA old-growth forestJournal of Ecology, 91
A. Shiels, J. Zimmerman, D. García‐Montiel, I. Jonckheere, J. Holm, D. Horton, N. Brokaw (2010)
Plant responses to simulated hurricane impacts in a subtropical wet forest, Puerto RicoJournal of Ecology, 98
N. Brokaw (1998)
Cecropia schreberiana in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto RicoThe Botanical Review, 64
J. Kossin, K. Knapp, Timothy Olander, C. Velden (2020)
Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decadesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117
I. Wright, P. Reich, M. Westoby, D. Ackerly, Z. Baruch, F. Bongers, J. Cavender-Bares, T. Chapin, J. Cornelissen, M. Diemer, J. Flexas, E. Garnier, P. Groom, J. Gulías, K. Hikosaka, B. Lamont, Tali Lee, William Lee, C. Lusk, J. Midgley, M. Navas, Ü. Niinemets, J. Oleksyn, N. Osada, Hendrik Poorter, P. Poot, L. Prior, V. Pyankov, C. Roumet, S. Thomas, M. Tjoelker, E. Veneklaas, R. Villar (2004)
The worldwide leaf economics spectrumNature, 428
D. Whigham, I. Olmsted, E. Cano, M. Harmon (1991)
The impact of Hurricane Gilbert on trees, litterfall, and woody debris in a dry tropical forest in the northeastern Yucatan PeninsulaBiotropica, 23
A. Mårell, J. Hamard, T. Pérot, S. Perret, N. Korboulewsky (2018)
The effect of deer browsing and understory light availability on stump mortality and sprout growth capacity in sessile oakForest Ecology and Management
P. Bellingham, E. Tanner, J. Healey (1995)
Damage and Responsiveness of Jamaican Montane Tree Species after Disturbance by a HurricaneEcology, 76
S. Subedi, M. Ross, J. Sah, J. Redwine, C. Baraloto (2019)
Trait‐based community assembly pattern along a forest succession gradient in a seasonally dry tropical forestEcosphere
J. Vandermeer, I. Cerda, Douglas Boucher, I. Perfecto, J. Ruiz (2000)
Hurricane disturbance and tropical tree species diversity.Science, 290 5492
M. Visser, M. Bruijning, S. Wright, H. Muller‐Landau, E. Jongejans, L. Comita, H. Kroon (2016)
Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical treesFunctional Ecology, 30
A. Bazzaz, S. Pickett (1980)
PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF TROPICAL SUCCESSION: A Comparative ReviewAnnual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 11
N. Swenson, B. Enquist (2008)
The relationship between stem and branch wood specific gravity and the ability of each measure to predict leaf area.American journal of botany, 95 4
L. Walker (1995)
Timing of post-hurricane tree mortality in Puerto RicoJournal of Tropical Ecology, 11
Sandra Díaz, J. Kattge, J. Cornelissen, I. Wright, S. Lavorel, S. Dray, B. Reu, M. Kleyer, C. Wirth, I. Prentice, E. Garnier, G. Bönisch, M. Westoby, Hendrik Poorter, P. Reich, A. Moles, J. Dickie, A. Gillison, A. Zanne, J. Chave, S. Wright, S. Sheremet’ev, H. Jactel, C. Baraloto, B. Cerabolini, S. Pierce, B. Shipley, D. Kirkup, F. Casanoves, Julia Joswig, Angela Günther, V. Falczuk, N. Rüger, M. Mahecha, L. Gorné (2015)
The global spectrum of plant form and functionNature, 529
D. Foster, M. Fluet, E. Boose (1999)
HUMAN OR NATURAL DISTURBANCE: LANDSCAPE‐SCALE DYNAMICS OF THE TROPICAL FORESTS OF PUERTO RICOEcological Applications, 9
S. Hubbell, R. Foster (1992)
Short-term dynamics of a neotropical forest: why ecological research matters to tropical conservation and managementOikos, 63
(2017)
R Development Core Team
P. Bellingham, A. Sparrow (2000)
Resprouting as a life history strategy in woody plant communitiesOikos, 89
W. Bond, J. Midgley (2001)
Ecology of sprouting in woody plants: the persistence niche.Trends in ecology & evolution, 16 1
S. Kambach, R. Condit, Salomón Aguilar, H. Bruelheide, S. Bunyavejchewin, Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang, Yu‐Yun Chen, G. Chuyong, S. Davies, S. Ediriweera, C. Ewango, E. Fernando, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, S. Hubbell, A. Itoh, D. Kenfack, S. Kiratiprayoon, YiChing Lin, J. Makana, M. Mohamad, N. Pongpattananurak, Rolando Pẽrez, Lillian Rodriguez, I. Sun, Sylvester Tan, D. Thomas, Jill Thompson, M. Uriarte, R. Valencia, C. Wirth, Stephen Wright, Shu‐Hui Wu, T. Yamakura, T. Yao, J. Zimmerman, N. Rüger (2022)
Consistency of demographic trade‐offs across 13 (sub)tropical forestsJournal of Ecology, 110
J. Cornelissen, S. Lavorel, E. Garnier, S. Díaz, N. Buchmann, D. Gurvich, P. Reich, H. Steege, H. Morgan, M. Heijden, J. Pausas, H. Poorter (2003)
A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwideAustralian Journal of Botany, 51
K. Balaguru, G. Foltz, L. Leung (2018)
Increasing Magnitude of Hurricane Rapid Intensification in the Central and Eastern Tropical AtlanticGeophysical Research Letters, 45
M. Uriarte, Robert Muscarella, J. Zimmerman (2018)
Environmental heterogeneity and biotic interactions mediate climate impacts on tropical forest regenerationGlobal Change Biology, 24
O. Phillips, L. Aragão, S. Lewis, J. Fisher, J. Lloyd, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, Y. Malhi, A. Monteagudo, J. Peacock, C. Quesada, G. Heijden, S. Almeida, I. Amaral, L. Arroyo, G. Aymard, T. Baker, O. Bánki, L. Blanc, D. Bonal, P. Brando, J. Chave, A. Oliveira, N. Cardozo, C. Czimczik, T. Feldpausch, M. Freitas, E. Gloor, N. Higuchi, E. Jimenez, G. Lloyd, P. Meir, C. Mendoza, A. Morel, D. Neill, D. Nepstad, S. Patiño, M. Peñuela, A. Prieto, F. Ramírez, M. Schwarz, Javier Silva, M. Silveira, Anne Thomas, H. Steege, J. Stropp, R. Vasquez, P. Zelazowski, E. Dávila, S. Andelman, A. Andrade, Kuo‐Jung Chao, T. Erwin, A. Fiore, Eurídice C., Helen Keeling, T. Killeen, W. Laurance, A. Cruz, N. Pitman, P. Vargas, H. Ramírez-Angulo, A. Rudas, Rafael Salamão, N. Silva, J. Terborgh, A. Torres‐Lezama (2009)
Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon RainforestScience, 323
J. Powers, German Vargas-G, T. Brodribb, N. Schwartz, Daniel Pérez‐Aviles, Chris Smith‐Martin, J. Becknell, F. Aureli, R. Blanco, Erick Calderón-Morales, J. Calvo-Alvarado, A. Calvo-Obando, María Chavarría, Dorian Carvajal-Vanegas, César Jiménez-Rodríguez, Evin Chacon, C. Schaffner, Leland Werden, Xiangtao Xu, D. Medvigy (2020)
A catastrophic tropical drought kills hydraulically vulnerable tree speciesGlobal Change Biology, 26
H. Paz, Flor Vega‐Ramos, F. Arreola-Villa (2018)
Understanding hurricane resistance and resilience in tropical dry forest trees: A functional traits approachForest Ecology and Management
Sandra Yap, S. Davies, R. Condit (2016)
Dynamic response of a Philippine dipterocarp forest to typhoon disturbanceJournal of Vegetation Science, 27
(1998)
Long - term effects of forest regrowth and selective logging on the seed bank of tropical forests in NE Costa Rica
Claire Fortunel, C. Stahl, P. Heuret, E. Nicolini, C. Baraloto (2019)
Disentangling the effects of environment and ontogeny on tree functional dimensions for congeneric species in tropical forests.The New phytologist
J. Altman, O. Ukhvatkina, A. Omelko, M. Macek, Tomáš Plener, Vít Pejcha, T. Černý, P. Petřík, M. Šrůtek, Jong‐Suk Song, A. Zhmerenetsky, Anna Vozmishcheva, P. Krestov, T. Petrenko, K. Treydte, J. Doležal (2018)
Poleward migration of the destructive effects of tropical cyclones during the 20th centuryProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115
(2004)
Leaf area and growth of juvenile evergreens temperate shade tolerance change low light : species of contrasting rank during ontogeny
B. Gilbert, S. Wright, H. Muller‐Landau, K. Kitajima, Andrés Hernández (2006)
Life history trade-offs in tropical trees and lianas.Ecology, 87 5
P. Grubb (1977)
THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES‐RICHNESS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGENERATION NICHEBiological Reviews, 52
D. Lodge, William McDowell, C. McSwiney (1994)
The importance of nutrient pulses in tropical forests.Trends in ecology & evolution, 9 10
A. Shiels, G. González (2014)
Understanding the key mechanisms of tropical forest responses to canopy loss and biomass deposition from experimental hurricane effectsForest Ecology and Management, 332
M. Umaña, Jimena Forero‐Montaña, C. Nytch, Jill Thompson, M. Uriarte, J. Zimmerman, N. Swenson (2019)
Dry conditions and disturbance promote liana seedling survival and abundance.Ecology, 100 1
Robert Muscarella, M. Uriarte, Jimena Forero‐Montaña, L. Comita, N. Swenson, Jill Thompson, C. Nytch, I. Jonckheere, J. Zimmerman (2013)
Life‐history trade‐offs during the seed‐to‐seedling transition in a subtropical wet forest communityJournal of Ecology, 101
J. Zimmerman, E. Everham, R. Waide, D. Lodge, Charlotte Taylor, N. Brokaw, N. Brokaw (1994)
Responses of Tree Species to Hurricane Winds in Subtropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico: Implications for Tropical Tree Life HistoriesJournal of Ecology, 82
N. Brokaw (1987)
Gap-Phase Regeneration of Three Pioneer Tree Species in a Tropical ForestJournal of Ecology, 75
R. Team (2014)
R: A language and environment for statistical computing.MSOR connections, 1
J. Lasky, B. Bachelot, Robert Muscarella, N. Schwartz, Jimena Forero‐Montaña, C. Nytch, N. Swenson, Jill Thompson, J. Zimmerman, M. Uriarte (2015)
Ontogenetic shifts in trait-mediated mechanisms of plant community assembly.Ecology, 96 8
S. Wright, K. Kitajima, Nathan Kraft, P. Reich, I. Wright, D. Bunker, R. Condit, J. Dalling, S. Davies, S. Díaz, Bettina Engelbrecht, K. Harms, S. Hubbell, Christian Marks, María Ruiz-Jaen, Cristina Salvador, A. Zanne (2010)
Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees.Ecology, 91 12
(1998)
US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
S. Russo, S. McMahon, M. Detto, G. Ledder, S. Wright, R. Condit, S. Davies, P. Ashton, S. Bunyavejchewin, Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang, S. Ediriweera, C. Ewango, C. Fletcher, R. Foster, C. Gunatilleke, I. Gunatilleke, Terese Hart, C. Hsieh, S. Hubbell, A. Itoh, A. Kassim, Yao Leong, Yi, Ching Lin, J. Makana, M. Mohamad, P. Ong, A. Sugiyama, I. Sun, Sylvester Tan, Jill Thompson, T. Yamakura, Sandra Yap, J. Zimmerman (2020)
The interspecific growth–mortality trade-off is not a general framework for tropical forest community structureNature Ecology & Evolution, 5
M. Umaña, G. Arellano (2021)
Legacy effects of drought on tree growth responses to hurricanesEcography
P. Vesk, M. Westoby (2004)
Sprouting ability across diverse disturbances and vegetation types worldwideJournal of Ecology, 92
K. Yih, Douglas Boucher, J. Vandermeer, N. Zamora (1991)
Recovery of the rain forest of southeastern Nicaragua after destruction by hurricane JoanBiotropica, 23
R. Salguero‐Gómez, O. Jones, E. Jongejans, S. Blomberg, D. Hodgson, Cyril Mbeau‐Ache, P. Zuidema, H. Kroon, Y. Buckley (2015)
Fast–slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwideProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113
Background and AimsUnderstanding shifts in the demographic and functional composition of forests after major natural disturbances has become increasingly relevant given the accelerating rates of climate change and elevated frequency of natural disturbances. Although plant demographic strategies are often described across a slow–fast continuum, severe and frequent disturbance events influencing demographic processes may alter the demographic trade-offs and the functional composition of forests. We examined demographic trade-offs and the shifts in functional traits in a hurricane-disturbed forest using long-term data from the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot (LFPD) in Puerto Rico.MethodsWe analysed information on growth, survival, seed rain and seedling recruitment for 30 woody species in the LFDP. In addition, we compiled data on leaf, seed and wood functional traits that capture the main ecological strategies for plants. We used this information to identify the main axes of demographic variation for this forest community and evaluate shifts in community-weighted means for traits from 2000 to 2016.Key ResultsThe previously identified growth–survival trade-off was not observed. Instead, we identified a fecundity–growth trade-off and an axis representing seedling-to-adult survival. Both axes formed dimensions independent of resprouting ability. Also, changes in tree species composition during the post-hurricane period reflected a directional shift from seedling and tree communities dominated by acquisitive towards conservative leaf economics traits and large seed mass. Wood specific gravity, however, did not show significant directional changes over time.ConclusionsOur study demonstrates that tree demographic strategies coping with frequent storms and hurricane disturbances deviate from strategies typically observed in undisturbed forests, yet the shifts in functional composition still conform to the expected changes from acquisitive to conservative resource-uptake strategies expected over succession. In the face of increased rates of natural and anthropogenic disturbance in tropical regions, our results anticipate shifts in species demographic trade-offs and different functional dimensions.
Annals of Botany – Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 25, 2023
Keywords: Functional traits; LFDP Puerto Rico; seedling recruitment; seed rain; tree growth; tree survival
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.