Effects of Mowing and Prescribed Fire on Plant Community Structure and Function in Rare Coastal Sandplains, Nantucket Island, MA, USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Mills Poulos ◽  
Rachael S. Freeman ◽  
Jennifer M. Karberg ◽  
Karen C. Beattie ◽  
Danielle I. O’Dell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Plant Community Structure ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals Plant community structure and function in a swamp forest within the Atlantic rain forest complex: a synthesis

Rodriguésia ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 491-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Rubio Scarano
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Specific Interaction ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Plant Community Structure ◽  
Swamp Forest ◽  
Plant Ecophysiology ◽  
And Function

ABSTRACT This paper synthesises a decade of research on a swamp forest within the Atlantic forest complex in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I propose that this swamp is a fragile ecosystem, since its diversity and functioning are highly dependent on a specific interaction between two functional groups: shade-providers (locally rare trees) and providers of safe germination sites (terrestrial bromeliads). This conclusion is based on a broad set of data regarding plant ecophysiology, population and community ecology and phytogeography, which I review here. I discuss the implications of these findings for conservation and restoration of swamps at the Atlantic forest complex.

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