Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan-tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area

Autor:	DeWalt, S.J., Schnitzer, S.A., Chave, J., Bongers, F., Cai, Z.Q., Ewango, C.E.N., Parren, M.P.E.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	abundance national-park india dynamics PE&RC Forest Ecology and Forest Management tree neotropical forests floristic composition species-diversity Bosecologie en Bosbeheer community structure dry evergreen forests
Zdroj:	Biotropica 42 (2010) 3 Biotropica, 42(3), 309-317
ISSN:	0006-3606
Popis:	We test the hypotheses proposed by Gentry and Schnitzer that liana density and basal area in tropical forests vary negatively with mean annual precipitation (MAP) and positively with seasonality. Previous studies correlating liana abundance with these climatic variables have produced conflicting results, warranting a new analysis of drivers of liana abundance based on a different dataset. We compiled a pan-tropical dataset containing 28,953 lianas (=2.5 cm diam.) from studies conducted at 13 Neotropical and 11 Paleotropical dry to wet lowland tropical forests. The ranges in MAP and dry season length (DSL) (number of months with mean rainfall
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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