scholarly journals Decay of similarity across tropical forest communities: integrating spatial distance with soil nutrients

Ecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guille Peguero ◽  
Miquel Ferrín ◽  
Jordi Sardans ◽  
Erik Verbruggen ◽  
Irene Ramírez‐Rojas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Soil Nutrients ◽  
Spatial Distance ◽  
Forest Communities

scholarly journals Resource Theft in Tropical Forest Communities: Implications for Non-timber Management, Livelihoods, and Conservation

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Duchelle ◽  
Peter Cronkleton ◽  
Karen A. Kainer ◽  
Gladys Guanacoma ◽  
Salvador Gezan
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Timber Management

scholarly journals Phylogenetic turnover along local environmental gradients in tropical forest communities

Oecologia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 182 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Baldeck ◽  
S. W. Kembel ◽  
K. E. Harms ◽  
J. B. Yavitt ◽  
R. John ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Forest Communities

Tropical forest dynamics in unstable terrain: a case study from New Guinea

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Vincent ◽  
Benjamin L. Turner ◽  
Clant Alok ◽  
Vojtech Novotny ◽  
George D. Weiblen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Soil Nutrients ◽  
Forest Dynamics ◽  
Subduction Zones ◽  
Tree Mortality ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Natural Disturbance ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Tropical Forest Dynamics

Abstract:Long-term forest dynamics plots in the tropics tend to be situated on stable terrain. This study investigated forest dynamics on the north coast of New Guinea where active subduction zones are uplifting lowland basins and exposing relatively young sediments to rapid weathering. We examined forest dynamics in relation to disturbance history, topography and soil nutrients based on partial re-census of the 50-ha Wanang Forest Dynamics Plot in Papua New Guinea. The plot is relatively high in cations and phosphorus but low in nitrogen. Soil nutrients and topography accounted for 29% of variation in species composition but only 4% of variation in basal area. There were few areas of high biomass and most of the forest was comprised of small-diameter stems. Approximately 18% of the forest was less than 30 y old and the annual tree mortality rate of nearly 4% was higher than in other tropical forests in South-East Asia and the neotropics. These results support the reputation of New Guinea's forests as highly dynamic, with frequent natural disturbance. Empirical documentation of this hypothesis expands our understanding of tropical forest dynamics and suggests that geomorphology might be incorporated in models of global carbon storage especially in regions of unstable terrain.

Digging deeper: the value of deep soil carbon for potential REDD+ projects in tropical forest communities in Amazonia

Erdkunde ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Strey ◽  
Jens Boy ◽  
Robert Strey ◽  
Anna Welpelo ◽  
Regine Schönenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Deep Soil

THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL AND SIZE SCALE ON PHYLOGENETIC RELATEDNESS IN TROPICAL FOREST COMMUNITIES

Ecology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 1770-1780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan G. Swenson ◽  
Brian J. Enquist ◽  
Jill Thompson ◽  
Jess K. Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Phylogenetic Relatedness ◽  
Size Scale

scholarly journals Stronger together: comparing and integrating camera trap, visual, and dung survey data in tropical forest communities

Ecosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chase L. Nuñez ◽  
Graden Froese ◽  
Amelia C. Meier ◽  
Chris Beirne ◽  
Johanna Depenthal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Forest Communities

scholarly journals Argyreia nervosa (elephant creeper).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanine Vélez-Gavilán
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Native Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Argyreia Nervosa ◽  
Environmental Weed ◽  
The Tropics

Abstract A. nervosa is a liana from the tropics and sub-tropics, reported as invasive in Reunion, Hawaii (USA), Cuba, Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga, but with little information about the invasiveness of the species or its effects on habitats and native species in these countries (Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012; PIER, 2016). In Cuba it is reported as a transformer and invasive species (Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012). In Queensland, Australia it is reported as thriving around Townsville and rampaging around Cooktown. It is also reported as an environmental weed in Australia (PIER, 2016), where it is an aggressive invader of rainforest and other tropical forest communities in northern Queensland (Weeds of Australia, 2016).

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