scholarly journals Secondary succession has surprisingly low impact on arboreal ant communities in tropical montane rainforest

Ecosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondrej Mottl ◽  
Nichola S. Plowman ◽  
Vojtech Novotny ◽  
Bradley Gewa ◽  
Maling Rimandai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Succession ◽  
Ant Communities ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

scholarly journals Changes in Plant Functional Groups during Secondary Succession in a Tropical Montane Rain Forest

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1134
Author(s):  
Kexin Fan ◽  
Jing Tao ◽  
Lipeng Zang ◽  
Jie Yao ◽  
Jihong Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Groups ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Secondary Succession ◽  
Ecophysiological Traits ◽  
Successional Stages ◽  
Diverse Plant Species ◽  
Diverse Plant ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

Aggregating diverse plant species into a few functional groups based on functional traits provides new insights for promoting landscape planning and conserving biodiversity in species-diverse regions. Ecophysiological traits are the basis of the functioning of an ecosystem. However, studies related to the identification of functional groups based on plant ecophysiological traits in tropical forests are still scarce because of the inherent difficulties in measuring them. In this study, we measured five ecophysiological traits: net photosynthetic capacity (Amax), maximum stomatal conductance (gmax), water use efficiency (WUE), transpiration rate (Trmmol), and specific leaf areas (SLA) for 87 plant species dominant in a chronosequence of secondary succession, using four time periods (5 year-primary, 15 year-early, and 40 year-middle successional stages after clear cutting and old growth) in the tropical montane rainforest on Hainan Island, China. These species were grouped using hierarchical cluster analysis and non-metric multidimensional scaling. Finally, the changes in the composition of functional groups and species richness along the chronosequence were analyzed. Results showed that the plant species in the tropical montane rainforest could be classified into eight distinct functional groups. The richness of functional groups was low during the initial early stage and increased as the early and middle stages progressed, and then declined in the late successional stage. The dominant functional groups in the primary stages had the highest Amax, gmax, Trmmol, and SLA, as well as the lowest WUE, while those in the early and middle successional stages had functional traits at a moderate level, and at the late stage they had the lowest Amax, gmax, Trmmol, and SLA, and highest WUE. Our study showed that the diverse plant species in the tropical montane rainforest could be grouped into a few functional groups according to major ecophysiological traits, and the composition and relative abundance of different groups changed with the successional dynamics of the forest ecosystem.

scholarly journals Spatial distribution and stability mechanisms of soil organic carbon in a tropical montane rainforest

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 107965
Author(s):  
Wenjie Liu ◽  
Yamin Jiang ◽  
Qiu Yang ◽  
Huai Yang ◽  
Yide Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

Spatial distribution of insect guilds in a tropical montane rainforest: effects of canopy structure and numerically dominant ants

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giselle M. Lourenço ◽  
Renata B. F. Campos ◽  
Sérvio P. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Canopy Structure ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest ◽  
Insect Guilds

Community structure of endemic woody plants in tropical montane rainforest of Jianfengling, Hainan Island, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 935-947
Author(s):  
Da-Yong SHENG ◽  
Xue-Ying ZHUANG ◽  
Han XU ◽  
Yi-De LI ◽  
Yue-Hua HU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

The 60 hm;sup2 Plot in Situ Multi-Scale Species Dataset in Jianfengling Tropical Montane Rainforest, Hainan Island, China

GCdataPR ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
YanPeng LI ◽  
Han* XU ◽  
Yide LI ◽  
Tushou LUO ◽  
Dexiang CHEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hainan Island ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

The response of tree growth to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in a tropical montane rainforest

2018 ◽  
Vol 618 ◽  
pp. 1064-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lai Jiang ◽  
Di Tian ◽  
Suhui Ma ◽  
Xuli Zhou ◽  
Longchao Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Growth ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

scholarly journals Using UAV Technology to Collect Vertical Temperature and Relative Humidity Profiles over a Tropical Montane Rainforest

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Prior ◽  
James Brumbelow ◽  
Gretchen Miller ◽  
Georgianne Moore
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Vertical Temperature ◽  
Humidity Profiles ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

Seed Dynamics in Relation to Gaps in a Tropical Montane Rainforest of Hainan Island, South China: (I) Seed Rain

2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1565-1572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Run-Guo Zang ◽  
Wei-Yin Zhang ◽  
Yi Ding
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Seed Rain ◽  
Seed Dynamics ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

scholarly journals Density and community structure of soil- and bark-dwelling microarthropods along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical montane rainforest

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Illig ◽  
Roy A. Norton ◽  
Stefan Scheu ◽  
Mark Maraun
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Altitudinal Gradient ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest
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