scholarly journals Incongruent range dynamics between co-occurring Asian temperate tree species facilitated by life history traits

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 2346-2358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Peng Zhao ◽  
Xiao-Ling Yan ◽  
Graham Muir ◽  
Qiong-Yan Dai ◽  
Marcus A. Koch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Range Dynamics

Genetic Variability in Two Tree Species, Acer platanoides L. and Betula pendula Roth, With Contrasting Life-history Traits

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gösta Eriksson ◽  
Sanna Black-samuelsson ◽  
Martin Jensen ◽  
Tor Myking ◽  
Mari Rusanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Betula Pendula ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Acer Platanoides ◽  
Betula Pendula Roth

scholarly journals Successional Categorization of European Hemi-boreal Forest Tree Species

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1381
Author(s):  
Raimundas Petrokas ◽  
Virgilijus Baliuckas ◽  
Michael Manton
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Forest Succession ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Forest Harvesting ◽  
Core Component ◽  
Successional Development

Developing forest harvesting regimes that mimic natural forest dynamics requires knowledge on typical species behaviors and how they respond to environmental conditions. Species regeneration and survival after disturbance depends on a species’ life history traits. Therefore, forest succession determines the extent to which forest communities are able to cope with environmental change. The aim of this review was to (i) review the life history dynamics of hemi-boreal tree species in the context of ecological succession, and (ii) categorize each of these tree species into one of four successional development groups (gap colonizers, gap competitors, forest colonizers, or forest competitors). To do this we embraced the super-organism approach to plant communities using their life history dynamics and traits. Our review touches on the importance and vulnerability of these four types of successional groups, their absence and presence in the community, and how they can be used as a core component to evaluate if the development of the community is progressing towards the restoration of the climatic climax. Applying a theoretical framework to generate ideas, we suggest that forests should be managed to maintain environmental conditions that support the natural variety and sequence of tree species’ life histories by promoting genetic invariance and to help secure ecosystem resilience for the future. This could be achieved by employing harvesting methods that emulate natural disturbances and regeneration programs that contribute to maintenance of the four successional groups.

scholarly journals Water storage dynamics in the main stem of subtropical tree species differing in wood density, growth rate and life history traits

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Oliva Carrasco ◽  
S. J. Bucci ◽  
D. Di Francescantonio ◽  
O. A. Lezcano ◽  
P. I. Campanello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Life History ◽  
Wood Density ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Main Stem ◽  
Density Growth

Life history traits predict the response to increased light among 33 tropical rainforest tree species

2016 ◽  
Vol 362 ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Gustafsson ◽  
Lena Gustafsson ◽  
David Alloysius ◽  
Jan Falck ◽  
Sauwai Yap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Tropical Rainforest

Impact of life-history traits on response of seedlings of five tree species of tropical dry forest to shade

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 653-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Khurana ◽  
J. S. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Life History ◽  
Relative Growth Rate ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Pioneer Species ◽  
Relative Growth

Seedling growth under three shade levels was studied at Varanasi, India, for five tree species of tropical dry forest, which differed in life-history traits. Three of these were small-seeded pioneer (Albizia procera, Acacia nilotica and Phyllanthus emblica) and the other two were large-seeded non-pioneer (Terminalia arjuna and Terminalia chebula) species. Seedlings of all the species were subjected to three light levels (80–100%, 20–30% and 3–7% of full sunlight) comparable to sunlit gaps and shaded microsites in the dry forest. After 4 mo of shade treatment, height, basal area, biomass and other growth traits, viz. RGR (relative growth rate), NAR (net assimilation rate), and SLA (specific leaf area) were determined. Etiolation and plasticity indices were calculated. Reduction in seedling height, biomass and relative growth rates and enhancement in SLA due to shade was greater for small-seeded pioneer species. Seedlings from large-seeded non-pioneer species exhibited a stronger etiolation response to shade than seedlings from small-seeded species. Phenotypic plasticity indices for basal area, plant biomass and relative growth rate were greater for the three small-seeded early successional species (A. procera, A. nilotica and P. emblica), indicating their specialization in a more favourable light environment such as large gaps and forest peripheries. The non-pioneer and pioneer species differed only in the degree of shade tolerance, and we suggest that dry forest species cannot be strictly categorized into two distinct groups (shade tolerant vs. intolerant), rather shade preference and gap preference would be the more expressive terms. Marked environmental heterogeneity in terms of irradiance and the phenology of dry tropical trees permits coexistence of species of varying ecological traits, contributing to the maintenance of diversity in the dry forest.

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