Tree species regeneration in a mid-elevation, temperate rain forest in Isla de Chilo�, Chile

Vegetatio ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 74 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Armesto ◽  
E. R. Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Temperate Rain Forest

Gap-phase dynamics and coexistence of a long-lived pioneer and shade-tolerant tree species in the canopy of an old-growth coastal temperate rain forest of Chiloé Island, Chile

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 1674-1687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro G. Gutiérrez ◽  
Juan Carlos Aravena ◽  
Natalia V. Carrasco-Farías ◽  
Duncan A. Christie ◽  
Mauricio Fuentes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Phase Dynamics ◽  
Temperate Rain Forest ◽  
Gap Phase

Flood Resistance of Tristaniopsis laurina and Acmena smithii From Riparian Warm Temperate Rain-Forest in Victoria

1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 371 ◽  
Author(s):  
DR Melick
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Ecological Status ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Temperate Rainforest ◽  
Flood Resistance ◽  
Temperate Rain Forest ◽  
Warm Temperate

The responses of seedlings of Tristaniopsis laurina and Acmena smithii, two important tree species in riparian warm temperate rainforest communities in Victoria, are investigated in relation to flood disturbances. Freshly germinated A. smithii seedlings had died within 5 weeks of complete waterlogging in the greenhouse, and although the young T. laurina seedlings survived waterlogging for 14 weeks, their growth rate was curtailed. Nine-month-old seedlings of both species were found to be relatively tolerant to waterlogging, forming aerenchymatous surface roots after 40 days of flooding. Neither species suffered leaf abscission or demonstrated any other signs of water stress commonly associated with flood intolerant species. In experiments to determine the resilience of these species to physical flood damage, both species also demonstrated a capacity to regenerate vegetatively following the removal of above ground parts in young seedlings. The heartwood of T. laurina was found to be more decay resistant than that of other species in the field including that of A. smithii. The significance of these results are discussed in relation to other factors examined in earlier papers adding to the understanding of the ecological status of these species within the riparian rainforest communities.

Diverging drought-tolerance strategies explain tree species distribution along a fog-dependent moisture gradient in a temperate rain forest

Oecologia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 173 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Salgado Negret ◽  
Fernanda Pérez ◽  
Lars Markesteijn ◽  
Mylthon Jiménez Castillo ◽  
Juan J. Armesto
Keyword(s):  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Moisture Gradient ◽  
Temperate Rain Forest

The importance of wood density in determining the phenology of tree species in a coastal rain forest

Biotropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Gomes Galvão ◽  
André Luiz Alves de Lima ◽  
Clemir Candeia de Oliveira ◽  
Valdemir Fernando Silva ◽  
Maria Jesus Nogueira Rodal
Keyword(s):  
Wood Density ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest

Ecological processes maintaining differential tree species distributions in an Australian subtropical rain forest: implications for models of species coexistence

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Debski ◽  
David F. R. P. Burslem ◽  
David Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Size Class ◽  
Differential Mortality ◽  
Mixed Composition ◽  
Large Scale Disturbance

All stems ≥ 1 cm dbh were measured, tagged, mapped and identified on a 1-ha plot of rain forest at Gambubal State Forest, south-east Queensland, Australia. The spatial patterns and size class distributions of 11 common tree species on the plot were assessed to search for mechanisms determining their distribution and abundance. The forest was species-poor in comparison to many lowland tropical forests and the common species are therefore present at relatively high densities. Despite this, only limited evidence was found for the operation of density-dependent processes at Gambubal. Daphnandra micrantha saplings were clumped towards randomly spaced adults, indicating a shift of distribution over time caused by differential mortality of saplings in these adult associated clumps. Ordination of the species composition in 25-m × 25-m subplots revealed vegetation gradients at that scale, which corresponded to slope across the plot. Adult basal area was dominated by a few large individuals of Sloanea woollsii but the comparative size class distributions and replacement probabilities of the 11 common species suggest that the forest will undergo a transition to a more mixed composition if current conditions persist. The current cohort of large S. woollsii individuals probably established after a large-scale disturbance event and the forest has not attained an equilibrium species composition.

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