Strategy Space and the Disturbance Spectrum: A Life-History Model for Tree Species Coexistence

2000 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Loehle
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Strategy Space

Strategy Space and the Disturbance Spectrum: A Life‐History Model for Tree Species Coexistence

2000 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Loehle
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Strategy Space

LIFE HISTORY DIFFERENCES AND TREE SPECIES COEXISTENCE IN AN OLD-GROWTH NEW ZEALAND RAIN FOREST

Ecology ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 795-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher H. Lusk ◽  
Benjamin Smith
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Old Growth

Ecological processes maintaining differential tree species distributions in an Australian subtropical rain forest: implications for models of species coexistence

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Debski ◽  
David F. R. P. Burslem ◽  
David Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Size Class ◽  
Differential Mortality ◽  
Mixed Composition ◽  
Large Scale Disturbance

All stems ≥ 1 cm dbh were measured, tagged, mapped and identified on a 1-ha plot of rain forest at Gambubal State Forest, south-east Queensland, Australia. The spatial patterns and size class distributions of 11 common tree species on the plot were assessed to search for mechanisms determining their distribution and abundance. The forest was species-poor in comparison to many lowland tropical forests and the common species are therefore present at relatively high densities. Despite this, only limited evidence was found for the operation of density-dependent processes at Gambubal. Daphnandra micrantha saplings were clumped towards randomly spaced adults, indicating a shift of distribution over time caused by differential mortality of saplings in these adult associated clumps. Ordination of the species composition in 25-m × 25-m subplots revealed vegetation gradients at that scale, which corresponded to slope across the plot. Adult basal area was dominated by a few large individuals of Sloanea woollsii but the comparative size class distributions and replacement probabilities of the 11 common species suggest that the forest will undergo a transition to a more mixed composition if current conditions persist. The current cohort of large S. woollsii individuals probably established after a large-scale disturbance event and the forest has not attained an equilibrium species composition.

Genetic Variability in Two Tree Species, Acer platanoides L. and Betula pendula Roth, With Contrasting Life-history Traits

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gösta Eriksson ◽  
Sanna Black-samuelsson ◽  
Martin Jensen ◽  
Tor Myking ◽  
Mari Rusanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Betula Pendula ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Acer Platanoides ◽  
Betula Pendula Roth

To compete or defend: linking functional trait variation with life-history tradeoffs in a foundation tree species

Oecologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 192 (4) ◽  
pp. 893-907
Author(s):  
Eric L. Kruger ◽  
Ken Keefover-Ring ◽  
Liza M. Holeski ◽  
Richard L. Lindroth
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Functional Trait ◽  
Trait Variation ◽  
Life History Tradeoffs

Dynamics of seedling populations and tree species coexistence in a forest: a simulation study

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akio Takenaka
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Species Coexistence

Demographic response and life history of traditional forest resource tree species in a tropical mosaic landscape in Papua New Guinea

2011 ◽  
Vol 262 (5) ◽  
pp. 750-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alana L. Burley ◽  
Neal J. Enright ◽  
Margaret M. Mayfield
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Mosaic Landscape ◽  
Demographic Response ◽  
History Of

Natural disturbance and tree species coexistence in an old-growth beech - dwarf bamboo forest, southwestern Japan

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 875-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-Ichi Yamamoto ◽  
Naoyuki Nishimura ◽  
Kiyoshi Matsui
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Natural Disturbance ◽  
Dwarf Bamboo ◽  
Bamboo Forest ◽  
Old Growth

scholarly journals Pulling on multiple threads of evidence to reveal tree species coexistence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon G McNickle ◽  
Morgan V Ritzi ◽  
Kliffi M.S. Blackstone ◽  
John J Couture ◽  
Taylor Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Hardwood Species ◽  
Niche Differences ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Multiple Threads ◽  
Occurrence Patterns

Understanding drivers of species coexistence is a central challenge in ecology. Coexistence cannot be observed directly, and while species co-occurrence in time and space is necessary for coexistence, it is not sufficient to prove coexistence. Species exclusion from a region is potentially observable, but can take decades to occur, and still might occur stochastically. Thus, ecologists generally use theory to identify indirect observations that are indicative of mechanisms driving coexistence or exclusion. Various methods have been developed to indirectly infer coexistence, each of which requires different data, and none of which are usually conclusive on their own. Here, we demonstrate agreement using three different approaches examining coexistence of multiple hardwood species. First, in an experimental planting of three mature tree species we found no relationship between productivity and species diversity, which could be due to a lack of niche differences among species. Second, we used modern coexistence theory to calculate niche and fitness differences for each pair of species, which confirmed the lack of niche differences among species, and showed high fitness differences that could create a neutral distribution of species in nature. Third, we used the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Inventory and Analysis data to examine co-occurrence patterns of our species across thousands of natural forest stands and found that indeed, these three species were distributed randomly throughout the USA. Given that these independent methods agree, we take this as strong evidence about a lack of coexistence.

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