Leaves of pioneer and later-successional trees have similar lifetime carbon gain in tropical secondary forest

Ecology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 1102-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Galia Selaya ◽  
Niels P. R. Anten
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Carbon Gain ◽  
Tropical Secondary Forest

Spatial structure of light and dipterocarp seedling growth in a tropical secondary forest

2002 ◽  
Vol 157 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Bebber ◽  
Nick Brown ◽  
Martin Speight ◽  
Pedro Moura-Costa ◽  
Yap Sau Wai
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Seedling Growth ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Tropical Secondary Forest

scholarly journals Nitrogen fixer abundance has no effect on biomass recovery during tropical secondary forest succession

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 1415-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Ran Lai ◽  
Jefferson S. Hall ◽  
Sarah A. Batterman ◽  
Benjamin L. Turner ◽  
Michiel van Breugel
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Nitrogen Fixer ◽  
Secondary Forest Succession ◽  
Tropical Secondary Forest ◽  
Biomass Recovery

Vascular plant species richness and composition in two types of post-cultivation tropical secondary forest

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 692-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Neo ◽  
Alex T.K. Yee ◽  
Kwek Yan Chong ◽  
Carmen Y. Kee ◽  
Hugh T.W. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Tropical Secondary Forest

NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION OF BIOMASS GROWTH IN A TROPICAL SECONDARY FOREST

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (sp4) ◽  
pp. 150-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric A. Davidson ◽  
Cláudio J. Reis de Carvalho ◽  
Ima C. G. Vieira ◽  
Ricardo de O. Figueiredo ◽  
Paulo Moutinho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Phosphorus Limitation ◽  
Biomass Growth ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Tropical Secondary Forest

scholarly journals Determinism and stochasticity in seed dispersal-successional feedbacks

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nohemi Huanca Nuñez ◽  
Robin L. Chazdon ◽  
Sabrina E. Russo
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Seed Rain ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Mature Forest ◽  
Site Variation ◽  
Tropical Secondary Forest ◽  
Successional Age

AbstractRegeneration of tropical secondary forests depends critically on seed input, and yet successional dynamics of seed dispersal remain poorly understood. We investigated the role of stochastic vs. deterministic processes in structuring seed rain in successional forests using four years of seed rain data collected at two time periods in four tropical secondary forest fragments representing a chronosequence and in mature forest. Determinism in successional trajectories is defined as predictable, directional, and orderly changes in community structure through time, resulting in convergence toward a climax community. We found that with increasing successional age, the community assembly of the seed rain in secondary forests became more deterministic, and community structure converged to that in the mature forest, both in terms of taxonomic and functional composition. Taxonomic similarity of the seed rain in successional forest to that of the mature forest increased with successional age, as did species co-occurrence and the percentage of shared species between the seed rain of successional and mature forests. The proportions of large, shade-tolerant species in the seed rain increased with successional age, although the proportion of animal-dispersed species increased only modestly. Analyses of the spatial variation in community structure in the seed rain among sites within each secondary forest showed evidence that assembly processes transitioned from being deterministic and convergent early on, to purely stochastic, and then to deterministic and divergent later in succession. Moreover, with increasing successional age, the composition of the seed rain became more similar to that of the mature woody stems in the forest, which could be an important deterministic driver of successional change, that, along with among site variation in landscape context and environment, could also generate idiosyncratic successional patterns among secondary forest fragments Our results suggest that the dominant processes influencing seed dispersal and assembly of the seed rain change during succession and point to successional feedbacks influencing the seed rain that are likely to shape regeneration trajectories.

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