Testing Chronosequences through Dynamic Approaches: Time and Site Effects on Tropical Dry Forest Succession

Biotropica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Mora ◽  
Miguel Martínez-Ramos ◽  
Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez ◽  
Alfredo Pérez-Jiménez ◽  
Jenny Trilleras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Effects ◽  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest

scholarly journals Myiarchus flycatchers are the primary seed dispersers of Bursera longipes in a Mexican dry forest: An overlooked coevolutionary process?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez ◽  
Luis E. Eguiarte ◽  
María del Coro Arizmendi ◽  
Pablo Corcuera
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Geographic Mosaic ◽  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
Nurse Plants ◽  
Adaptive Processes ◽  
Mutualistic Relationship ◽  
Seed Dispersers ◽  
Study Sites

We evaluated the seed dispersal of Bursera longipes by birds along a successional gradient of tropical dry forest (TDF) in southwestern Mexico. B. longipes is an endemic tree to the TDF in the Balsas basin. The relative abundance of frugivorous birds, their frequency of visits to B. longipes and the number of removed fruits were recorded at three study sites with different stages of forest succession (early, intermediate and mature) characterized by distinct floristic and structural elements. Flycatchers of the Myiarchus and Tyrannus genera removed the majority of fruits at each site. Overall, visits to B. longipes were less frequent at the early successional site. Birds that function as legitimate dispersers by consuming whole seeds and regurgitating or defecating intact seeds in the process also remove the pseudoaril from seeds, thereby facilitating the germination process. The highest germination percentages were recorded for seeds that passed through the digestive tract of two migratory flycatchers: M. cinerascens and M. nutingii. Perch plants, mainly composed of legumes (e.g., Eysenhardtia polystachya, Acacia cochliacantha, Calliandra eryophylla, Mimosa polyantha), serve also as nurse plants since the number of young individuals recruited from B. longipes was higher under these than expected by chance. This study shows that Myiarchus flycatchers are the most efficient seed dispersers of B. longipes across all successional stages. This suggests a close mutualistic relationship derived from adaptive processes and local specializations throughout the distribution of both taxa, as supported by the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution.

scholarly journals Myiarchusflycatchers are the primary seed dispersers ofBursera longipesin a Mexican dry forest

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2126 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez ◽  
Luis E. Eguiarte ◽  
María del Coro Arizmendi ◽  
Pablo Corcuera
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Geographic Mosaic ◽  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
Nurse Plants ◽  
Adaptive Processes ◽  
Mutualistic Relationship ◽  
Seed Dispersers ◽  
Study Sites

We evaluated the seed dispersal ofBursera longipesby birds along a successional gradient of tropical dry forest (TDF) in southwestern Mexico.B. longipesis an endemic tree to the TDF in the Balsas basin. The relative abundance of frugivorous birds, their frequency of visits toB. longipesand the number of removed fruits were recorded at three study sites with different stages of forest succession (early, intermediate and mature) characterized by distinct floristic and structural elements. Flycatchers of theMyiarchusandTyrannusgenera removed the majority of fruits at each site. Overall, visits toB. longipeswere less frequent at the early successional site. Birds that function as legitimate dispersers by consuming whole seeds and regurgitating or defecating intact seeds in the process also remove the pseudoaril from seeds, thereby facilitating the germination process. The highest germination percentages were recorded for seeds that passed through the digestive system of two migratory flycatchers:M. cinerascensandM. nutingii. Perch plants, mainly composed of legumes (e.g.,Eysenhardtia polystachya, Acacia cochliacantha, Calliandra eryophylla, Mimosa polyantha), serve also as nurse plants since the number of young individuals recruited fromB. longipeswas higher under these than expected by chance. This study shows thatMyiarchusflycatchers are the most efficient seed dispersers ofB. longipesacross all successional stages. This suggests a close mutualistic relationship derived from adaptive processes and local specializations throughout the distribution of both taxa, as supported by the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution.

Mapping tropical dry forest succession using multiple criteria spectral mixture analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sen Cao ◽  
Qiuyan Yu ◽  
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa ◽  
Jilu Feng ◽  
Benoit Rivard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Spectral Mixture Analysis ◽  
Mixture Analysis ◽  
Spectral Mixture

Temporal variation in the influence of forest succession on caterpillar communities: A long‐term study in a tropical dry forest 

Biotropica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Boege ◽  
Edith Villa‐Galaviz ◽  
Antonio López‐Carretero ◽  
Rubén Pérez‐Ishiwara ◽  
Alejandro Zaldivar‐Riverón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Long Term Study

scholarly journals Tropical dry forest succession and the contribution of lianas to wood area index (WAI)

2009 ◽  
Vol 258 (6) ◽  
pp. 941-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa ◽  
Margaret Kalácska ◽  
Mario Marcos do Espírito-Santo ◽  
G. Wilson Fernandes ◽  
Stefan Schnitzer
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Area Index

Removal of cattle accelerates tropical dry forest succession in Northwestern Mexico

Biotropica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-469
Author(s):  
Abdieel Quisehuatl‐Medina ◽  
Joshua P. Averett ◽  
Bryan A. Endress ◽  
Leonel Lopez‐Toledo
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Northwestern Mexico

Quantifying tropical dry forest succession in the Americas using CHRIS/PROBA

2014 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 120-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.E. García Millán ◽  
A. Sánchez-Azofeifa ◽  
G.C. Málvarez García ◽  
B. Rivard
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest

Pathways, mechanisms and predictability of vegetation change during tropical dry forest succession

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Lebrija-Trejos ◽  
Jorge A. Meave ◽  
Lourens Poorter ◽  
Eduardo A. Pérez-García ◽  
Frans Bongers
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Change ◽  
Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest
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