DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.11.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84949035808
论文题名: Life history traits predict the response to increased light among 33 tropical rainforest tree species
作者: Gustafsson M. ; Gustafsson L. ; Alloysius D. ; Falck J. ; Yap S. ; Karlsson A. ; Ilstedt U.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 362 起始页码: 20
结束页码: 28
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Canopy openness
; Dipterocarpaceae
; Gap dynamics
; Tree seedling
; Tropical forest
Scopus关键词: Conservation
; Economic and social effects
; Forecasting
; Hardwoods
; Canopy openness
; Dipterocarpaceae
; Gap dynamics
; Tree seedlings
; Tropical forest
; Forestry
; angiosperm
; forest canopy
; gap dynamics
; growth response
; life history trait
; light effect
; prediction
; rainforest
; restoration ecology
; secondary forest
; sustainable development
; tropical environment
; tropical forest
; Borneo
; Dipterocarpaceae
英文摘要: Rainforest restoration is an important application in today's multipurpose management of secondary forest. However, our knowledge of tree species' traits and responses to treatment is insufficient for foresters to make good decisions for sustainable management. The aim of our study was to see whether it is possible to predict tree species' responses to increased light based on species' traits, and to relate these responses to a possible pioneer-climax continuum of life history traits, also among species with presumed climax properties. We examined 33 taxa (including 19 from the dipterocarp family) replicated 20 times and randomly planted in lines over a 3. ha area in the interior of Sabah, Borneo. Four years after establishment we performed a canopy reduction treatment to increase the light conditions up to levels present in tree gaps in the forest. We created a PLS (Partial Least Square Regressions) model with the two predicted variables HGR (height growth response) and Q3 HGR (the 75 percentile of a species' HGR, interpreted as the potential HGR). The model captured 47% of the variation for the predicted variables. We found significant tree species' responses in height growth to the increased light. High specific leaf area, strong early height growth, high foliar N content, high leaved stem length and large crown were linked to fast growth, while high wood density and high foliar K content were associated with slow growth. We also found a trade-off between growth response and survival among the species. We conclude that climax tree species have specific life history adaptations along a pioneer-climax continuum, which can be predicted from species' traits. The importance of easily observed or extracted traits such as initial growth rate, specific leaf area and wood density for predicting growth suggests the possibility of fast screening of species with unknown characteristics, which could be of great value in practical forest management. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65102
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作者单位: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Umeå, Sweden; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Department of Ecology, Uppsala, Sweden; Conservation and Environmental Management Division, Yayasan Sabah Group, P.O. Box 11623, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Recommended Citation:
Gustafsson M.,Gustafsson L.,Alloysius D.,et al. Life history traits predict the response to increased light among 33 tropical rainforest tree species[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,362