Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests.

Autor: Gei M; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA., Rozendaal DMA; Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.; Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.; Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Poorter L; Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Bongers F; Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Sprent JI; Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., Garner MD; College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA., Aide TM; Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico., Andrade JL; Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico., Balvanera P; Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico., Becknell JM; Environmental Studies Program, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA., Brancalion PHS; Department of Forest Sciences, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil., Cabral GAL; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil., César RG; Department of Forest Sciences, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil., Chazdon RL; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.; International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia., Cole RJ; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA., Colletta GD; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil., de Jong B; Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Campeche, Mexico., Denslow JS; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA., Dent DH; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, Republic of Panama.; Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK., DeWalt SJ; Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA., Dupuy JM; Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico., Durán SM; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., do Espírito Santo MM; Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil., Fernandes GW; Ecologia Evolutiva and Biodiversidade/DBG, ICB/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Nunes YRF; Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil., Finegan B; Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica., Moser VG; Graduate School, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica., Hall JS; ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, Republic of Panama., Hernández-Stefanoni JL; Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico., Junqueira AB; International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.; Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.; Centre for Conservation and Sustainability Science (CSRio), Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Kennard D; Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO, USA., Lebrija-Trejos E; Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon, Israel., Letcher SG; Department of Plant Biology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, USA., Lohbeck M; Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.; World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya., Marín-Spiotta E; Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA., Martínez-Ramos M; Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico., Meave JA; Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Menge DNL; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Mora F; Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico., Muñoz R; Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Muscarella R; Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark., Ochoa-Gaona S; Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Campeche, Mexico., Orihuela-Belmonte E; National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Delegación Coyoacán, Mexico., Ostertag R; Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, USA., Peña-Claros M; Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Pérez-García EA; Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Piotto D; Centro de Formação em Ciências Agroflorestais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Itabuna, Brazil., Reich PB; Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia., Reyes-García C; Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico., Rodríguez-Velázquez J; Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico., Romero-Pérez IE; Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Sanaphre-Villanueva L; Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.; Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico., Sanchez-Azofeifa A; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., Schwartz NB; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., de Almeida AS; Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil., Almeida-Cortez JS; Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil., Silver W; Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA., de Souza Moreno V; Department of Forest Sciences, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil., Sullivan BW; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA., Swenson NG; Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Uriarte M; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., van Breugel M; ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, Republic of Panama.; Yale-NUS College, Singapore and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore., van der Wal H; Grupo Académico de Agroecología, Departamento de Agricultura, Sociedad y Ambiente, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Tabasco, Mexico., Veloso MDDM; Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil., Vester HFM; Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Vieira ICG; Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil., Zimmerman JK; Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico., Powers JS; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA. powers@umn.edu.; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, Republic of Panama. powers@umn.edu.; Department of Plant Biology and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA. powers@umn.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature ecology & evolution [Nat Ecol Evol] 2018 Jul; Vol. 2 (7), pp. 1104-1111. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 28.
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0559-6
Abstrakt: The nutrient demands of regrowing tropical forests are partly satisfied by nitrogen-fixing legume trees, but our understanding of the abundance of those species is biased towards wet tropical regions. Here we show how the abundance of Leguminosae is affected by both recovery from disturbance and large-scale rainfall gradients through a synthesis of forest inventory plots from a network of 42 Neotropical forest chronosequences. During the first three decades of natural forest regeneration, legume basal area is twice as high in dry compared with wet secondary forests. The tremendous ecological success of legumes in recently disturbed, water-limited forests is likely to be related to both their reduced leaflet size and ability to fix N 2 , which together enhance legume drought tolerance and water-use efficiency. Earth system models should incorporate these large-scale successional and climatic patterns of legume dominance to provide more accurate estimates of the maximum potential for natural nitrogen fixation across tropical forests.
Databáze: MEDLINE