Nonlinear tree growth dynamics predict resilience to disturbance
Nonlinear tree growth dynamics predict resilience to disturbance
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非线性树木生长动力学预测对干扰的恢复能力
DOI:
10.1890/es15-00176.1
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
F. Stephen
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作者:
S. Billings;S. Glaser;A. Boone;F. Stephen
Following a disturbance, why does one tree survive while another dies? Physiological mechanisms may explain varying responses to disturbance between different tree species, but fewer studies have investigated conspecific variation in resilience to forest disturbance. We propose that a dynamic signal found in trees may provide clues to their post-disturbance fate. Specifically, linear versus nonlinear growth dynamics of a tree may be an indicator of its likelihood to survive a disturbance. Here, we investigate stands of red oak (Quercus rubra L.) that experienced disturbances in the form of drought and insect attack. Earlier work indicated that oaks dying during these disturbances had faster growth rates in their first years of life, but there was no obvious difference in canopy status, size, age, or microsite habitat between trees that survived and those that died. To investigate potential differences in growth dynamics between these trees, we quantified radial growth of individual trees and used two fore...
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0505734102
发表时间:
2005-10-18
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Breshears, DD;Cobb, NS;Meyer, CW
通讯作者:
Meyer, CW