Do Differential Responses to Desiccation, Herbivory and Light Determine the Habitat Specializations of Rainforest Trees Along a Rainfall Gradient?

对干燥、食草和光照的不同反应是否决定了雨林树木沿降雨梯度的栖息地特殊化?

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    0444590
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    --
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
    Continuing Grant
  • 财政年份:
    2005
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2005-04-01 至 2010-03-31
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

Ecosystems provide many services to humankind. Throughout history, forests have fulfilled many human needs. Forests provide water stores for urban areas. Wood, from temperate and tropical forests, also plays a vital role in the US and world economies. Moreover, forests also harbor astonishing biodiversity. These observations apply especially to tropical forests that, despite their evident importance, are converted at an unsustainable rate. While it is widely appreciated that tropical forests display high diversity, it also is true that sites separated by only kilometers differ considerably in tree (and animal) species. In order to protect and manage such forests, we must understand the factors that determine the distributions and abundances of trees. Although the very complex patterns of distribution of tropical trees have long been recognized, the factors that determine distribution are not understood. Many argue that rainfall and drought are important factors, but scientific demonstrations are lacking. In lowland tropical forests, the principal determinants of tree distributions probably are drought (rainfall), light availability in the dim understory and plant enemies (herbivores). In this project, investigators will evaluate experimentally the relative importance of these three factors in determining tree distributions across the Isthmus of Panama. Panama provides an excellent laboratory since the tree species on the wet, Caribbean side are largely absent on the dry, Pacific side (and vice versa) and the processes that cause this pattern are unknown. Quantifying the impact of rainfall, light and herbivores on tree distributions has broad applications for the protection and management of tropical forests worldwide.
生态系统为人类提供了许多服务。 纵观历史,森林满足了人类的许多需求。 森林为城市地区提供水源。 来自温带和热带森林的木材在美国和世界经济中也起着至关重要的作用。 此外,森林还拥有惊人的生物多样性。 这些意见特别适用于热带森林,尽管它们显然很重要,但它们的转化速度是不可持续的。 虽然人们普遍认为热带森林表现出高度的多样性,但相隔仅几公里的地点在树木(和动物)物种上也有很大差异。 为了保护和管理这样的森林,我们必须了解决定树木分布和丰富度的因素。 虽然人们早就认识到热带树木的分布格局非常复杂,但决定其分布的因素却不为人所知。 许多人认为降雨和干旱是重要因素,但缺乏科学论证。 在低地热带森林中,树木分布的主要决定因素可能是干旱(降雨)、昏暗林下的光照和植物天敌(食草动物)。 在这个项目中,研究人员将实验评估这三个因素在确定树木分布在巴拿马地峡的相对重要性。 巴拿马提供了一个很好的实验室,因为在潮湿的加勒比一侧的树种在干燥的太平洋一侧基本上不存在(反之亦然),造成这种模式的过程是未知的。 量化降雨、光照和食草动物对树木分布的影响,对于全球热带森林的保护和管理具有广泛的应用。

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{{ truncateString('Thomas Kursar', 18)}}的其他基金

Dimensions: Coexistence, Herbivore Host Choice, and Plant-Herbivore Evolution in the Recently Radiated and Speciose Neotropical Tree Genus, Inga
维度:最近辐射和特异的新热带树属 Inga 中的共存、草食动物宿主选择和植物-草食动物进化
  • 批准号:
    1135733
  • 财政年份:
    2011
  • 资助金额:
    --
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Consequences of the Interaction Between Flooding and Drought for Tree Physiology and Diversity in Seasonally Flooded Forests
论文研究:洪水和干旱相互作用对季节性洪水森林中树木生理和多样性的影响
  • 批准号:
    9902211
  • 财政年份:
    1999
  • 资助金额:
    --
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant

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