DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.05.034
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85020376882
论文题名: Wind effects and regeneration in broadleaf and pine stands after hurricane Felix (2007) in Northern Nicaragua
作者: Rossi E. ; Granzow-de la Cerda I. ; Oliver C.D. ; Kulakowski D.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 400 起始页码: 199
结束页码: 207
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Forest management
; Región autónoma del Caribe Norte – RACN
; Stand dynamics
; Tropical forestry
; Wind disturbances
Scopus关键词: Dynamics
; Forestry
; Hurricanes
; Reforestation
; Tropics
; Wind effects
; Diameter-at-breast heights
; Height-to-diameter ratio
; Life-history traits
; Management efforts
; Spatial and temporal scale
; Stand composition
; Stand dynamics
; Wind disturbance
; Hurricane effects
; broad-leaved forest
; canopy
; coniferous forest
; environmental disturbance
; hurricane event
; life history trait
; regeneration
; resprouting
; spatiotemporal analysis
; stand dynamics
; tropical forest
; wind
; Nicaragua
英文摘要: Large-scale wind disturbances shape forest structure and composition and leave long lasting legacies. Adequate understanding of the role of disturbances in tropical stand dynamics is necessary to guide management efforts. In this study, we used field data to characterize the effects of a major hurricane in broadleaf and pine stands in Northern Nicaragua. First, we described tree and stand attributes associated with observed structural effects: branch loss, snapping and uprooting. Secondly, to assess the potential influence of hurricane Felix on stand composition, we characterized two key life-history traits: regeneration through resprouting and shade tolerance. Findings indicated that tree attributes such as diameter at breast height (dbh) and height to diameter ratio (hdr), were strongly associated with the type and magnitude of wind effects. All trees >70 cm dbh exhibited visible effects and trees taller than 14 m were more likely to be uprooted (7.3% vs. 0.8% of total). Results confirmed that Felix caused significant structural effects in broadleaf stands and mild effects in pine stands. Abundant post-hurricane resprouting was observed in both shade-tolerant and shade-intolerant species but was absent in pines. Among canopy trees we found eleven shade-intolerant species that exhibited abundant resprouting. These species could become dominant in the next decade. Our findings illustrate the role of wind disturbances on tropical stand dynamics at different spatial and temporal scales. © 2017 Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64202
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作者单位: Instituto de Bioética, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, United States; CREAF and Univ. Autónoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés 08193, Spain; Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, United States; WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Recommended Citation:
Rossi E.,Granzow-de la Cerda I.,Oliver C.D.,et al. Wind effects and regeneration in broadleaf and pine stands after hurricane Felix (2007) in Northern Nicaragua[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,400