Conspecific density plays a pivotal role in shaping sapling community in highly fragmented subtropical forests
Conspecific density plays a pivotal role in shaping sapling community in highly fragmented subtropical forests
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同种密度在塑造高度分散的亚热带森林中的树苗群落中起着关键作用
DOI:
10.1111/aec.13249
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发表时间:
2022
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影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Da Silva D
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作者:
Da Silva D
Tropical and subtropical regions shelter high levels of biodiversity. A combination of biological, environmental and anthropogenic factors influences tree community diversity and composition. Here, we use data from the IFFSC project to test the effect of conspecific and heterospecific density dependence, canopy cover and distance to edge on saplings populations of 229 woody species in 159 plots distributed across three forest types in Southern Brazil. All plots were measured twice with a standardized time interval of 5 years. We fitted one ordinary least square regression model to each species to test the strength of each predictor on the species' population growth rate, and one global mixed effect model including forest type, ecological group and the interaction between distance to edge and conspecific density to test their impact in the overall trend of the species. Our analysis provided circumstantial evidence that conspecific density dependence is shaping diversity of forest fragments. This mechanism was present for 75.5% of the species, while heterospecific density affected 10% of the species. Canopy cover affected the population dynamics of 9.2% of the species and distance to edge affected 7.4% of the species. Forest type had a significant effect in the global model, suggesting that population dynamics differ between different forest formations. Ecological group was not significant in the global model suggesting that the mechanism affects species similarly despite their ecological group. The interaction between distance to edge and conspecific density was significant in the global model, suggesting that this mechanism differs between interior and edge of fragments. This work represents one of the few large‐scale analyses of conspecific density dependence in fragmented secondary forests. Our results show that, once the forest is stablished, conspecific density dependence is crucial in sapling population dynamics, despite high levels of fragmentation.
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影响因子:
3.9
作者:
Brown JH
通讯作者:
Brown JH
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1800353115
发表时间:
2018-10-30
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Kellner JR;Hubbell SP
通讯作者:
Hubbell SP
影响因子:
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作者:
Alexandre Siminski;A. C. Fantini
通讯作者:
A. C. Fantini
DOI:
10.7556/jaoa.1993.93.7.750
发表时间:
1993
期刊:
Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
影响因子:
--
作者:
N. J. Andrews
通讯作者:
N. J. Andrews
影响因子:
13.5
作者:
A. Vibrans;R. McRoberts;Paolo Moser;Adilson Luiz Nicoletti
通讯作者:
Adilson Luiz Nicoletti