scholarly journals Variant responses of tree seedling to seasonal drought stress along an elevational transect in tropical montane forests

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Song ◽  
Jieqiong Li ◽  
Wenfu Zhang ◽  
Yong Tang ◽  
Zhenhua Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Tree Seedling ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Seasonal Drought ◽  
Tropical Montane Forests ◽  
Elevational Transect

Strategies for restoring tree seedling recruitment in high conservation value tropical montane forests underplanted with cardamom

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balram Dhakal ◽  
Michelle A. Pinard ◽  
I.A.U. Nimal Gunatilleke ◽  
C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke ◽  
David F.R.P. Burslem
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Recruitment ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Tree Seedling ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Tropical Montane Forests ◽  
High Conservation

scholarly journals Height-diameter allometry and above ground biomass in tropical montane forests: Insights from the Albertine Rift in Africa

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. e0179653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gérard Imani ◽  
Faustin Boyemba ◽  
Simon Lewis ◽  
Nsharwasi Léon Nabahungu ◽  
Kim Calders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Above Ground Biomass ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
Ground Biomass ◽  
Tropical Montane Forests

scholarly journals Quercitol and osmotic adaptation of field-grown Eucalyptus under seasonal drought stress

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 915-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFAN K. ARNDT ◽  
STEPHEN J. LIVESLEY ◽  
ANDREW MERCHANT ◽  
TIMOTHY M. BLEBY ◽  
PAULINE F. GRIERSON
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Osmotic Adaptation ◽  
Seasonal Drought

scholarly journals Seasonal Drought Induces Hydraulic Dysfunction, Not Carbohydrate Depletion, for Robinia Pseudoacacia in a Semi-humid Forest

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyin Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxu Jia ◽  
Mingan Shao
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Forest Decline ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Drought Period ◽  
Humid Forest ◽  
Seasonal Drought ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Hydraulic Failure

Abstract BackgroundShifts in rainfall patterns that are associated with climate change are likely to cause widespread forest decline in regions where droughts are predicted to increase in duration and severity. However, causes of forest decline and their physiological mechanisms remain unclear, particularly the roles of carbon metabolism and xylem function. To explore the response of hydraulic architecture and non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) traits under seasonal drought, we conducted a manipulation experiment in a Robinia pseudoacacia plantation in 2015 and 2016 in Loess Plateau of China. Sap-flow, leaf area index, water potential, non-structural carbohydrate concentrations, and hydraulics in different organs were measured. ResultsThe mean pre-dawn and midday leaf water potential after two growing seasons of drought stress was significantly lower (-2.2 MPa and -2.7 MPa, respectively) than those of control trees (-1.5 MPa and -2.0 MPa, respectively). Drought stress accelerated the loss of conductivity, and promoted the formation of narrow hydraulic safety margins, which indicated that hydraulic failure could be a good predictor of “physiological drought” in trees when subjected to two growing seasons of drought. Both sugar and starch concentrations in stems and roots were similar in all trees throughout the drought period, which indicated that trees maintained good coordination between carbon supply and demand when confronted with two growing seasons of drought.ConclusionsOur results emphasized that hydraulic failure plays the predominant role in causing tree death during highly intense drought, while whether "carbon starvation" occurs during tree mortality remains to be tested in longer (multi-year) but less intense drought.

Use of airborne lidar for estimating canopy gap fraction and leaf area index of tropical montane forests

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2569-2583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne Heiskanen ◽  
Lauri Korhonen ◽  
Jesse Hietanen ◽  
Petri K.E. Pellikka
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area Index ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Canopy Gap ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Tropical Montane Forests ◽  
Gap Fraction

scholarly journals Linking Patterns and Processes of Tree Community Assembly Across Spatial Scales in Tropical Montane Forests

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Bañares‐de‐Dios ◽  
Manuel J. Macía ◽  
Íñigo Granzow‐de la Cerda ◽  
Itziar Arnelas ◽  
Gabriel Martins Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Assembly ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Tropical Montane Forests ◽  
Tree Community ◽  
Patterns And Processes

scholarly journals New insights on above ground biomass and forest attributes in tropical montane forests

2017 ◽  
Vol 399 ◽  
pp. 235-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Cuni-Sanchez ◽  
Marion Pfeifer ◽  
Rob Marchant ◽  
Kim Calders ◽  
Cathrine L. Sørensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Above Ground Biomass ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Ground Biomass ◽  
Tropical Montane Forests ◽  
Forest Attributes
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