Journal Article
Successional changes in functional composition contrast for dry and wet tropical forest
Madelon Lohbeck; Lourens Poorter; Edwin Lebrija-Trejos; Miguel Martínez-Ramos; Jorge A. Meave; Horacio Paz; Eduardo A. Pérez-García; I. Eunice Romero-Pérez; Alejandra Tauro; Frans Bongers
Ecology · Vol. 94, Issue 6 · pp. 1211-1216 · 2013
Abstract
We tested whether and how functional composition changes with succession in dry deciduous and wet evergreen forests of Mexico. We hypothesized that compositional changes during succession in dry forest were mainly determined by increasing water availability leading to community functional changes from conservative to acquisitive strategies, and in wet forest by decreasing light availability leading to changes from acquisitive to conservative strategies. Research was carried out in 15 dry secondary forest plots (5–63 years after abandonment) and 17 wet secondary forest plots (
Bibliographic Information
| Journal | Ecology |
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| Publisher | Wiley |
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| Publication Date | 2013-06-01 |
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| Publication Year | 2013 |
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| Volume | 94 |
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| Issue | 6 |
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| Pages | 1211-1216 |
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| Document Type | Journal Article |
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| Print ISSN | 0012-9658 |
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| eISSN | 1939-9170 |
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| DOI | 10.1890/12-1850.1 |
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| Subject | Ecology & Organismal Biology |
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