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Use of sonic tomography to detect and quantify wood decay in living trees. [PDF]

, 2016
Premise of the studyField methodology and image analysis protocols using acoustic tomography were developed and evaluated as a tool to estimate the amount of internal decay and damage of living trees, with special attention to tropical rainforest trees ...
Ballesteros, Javier O, Barrick, Pablo P, Barrios-Rodriguez, Cesar A, Bonadies, Ernesto F, Burgos, Alana C, Cedeño-Sánchez, Marjorie L, Chester, Kathleen N, Diab, Jonathan H, Faircloth, Brant C, Fossatti-Caballero, Nohely J, Fábrega, Juan Pablo, García-López, Cesar G, Gilbert, Gregory S, Glenn, Travis C, Harrower, Jennifer T, Henn, Laura AW, Hershcovich, Shiran, Holub-Young, Katharine S, Hooton, Douglas A, Hubbell, Stephen P, Johnston, Daniel C, Jordan, Fulvia A, Lumpkin, Raleigh, McWilliams, Hunter A, Pérez-Suñiga, José Moises, Renteria, Sonia A, Romo, Amanda C, Russo, Natalie, Sánchez, Juan David, Thompson, Jennifer B, Trejos-Rodríguez, Mariam M, Wong, E Beatriz   +31 more
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Experimental methods for wind tunnel studies of seed dispersal by wind

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The complexity and variability of natural environments make quantitative studies of seed wind dispersal challenging. Wind tunnel experiments offer a controlled alternative to investigate the mechanisms of seed wind dispersal. This review focuses on wind tunnels and the associated technologies used for studying seed wind dispersal, including ...
Liang Tian, Noelle G. Beckman, Lu Zong, Xuanping Qin, Minghu Liu, Zhimin Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2015
Tropical rainforests are known for their extreme biodiversity, posing a challenging problem in tropical ecology. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the diversity of tree species, yet our understanding of this phenomenon remains incomplete ...
Satoshi Kakishima, Satoru Morita, Katsuhiko Yoshida, Atsushi Ishida, Saki Hayashi, Takahiro Asami, Hiromu Ito, Donald G. Miller, Takashi Uehara, Shigeta Mori, Eisuke Hasegawa, Kenji Matsuura, Eiiti Kasuya, Jin Yoshimura   +13 more
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Disturbance and Clonal Reproduction Determine Liana Distribution and Maintain Liana Diversity in a Tropical Forest [PDF]

, 2014
Negative density dependence (NDD) and habitat specialization have received strong empirical support as mechanisms that explain tree species diversity maintenance and distribution in tropical forests.
Ledo, Alicia, Schnitzer, Stefan A.
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Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics [PDF]

, 2016
Within the tropics, the species richness of tree communities is strongly and positively associated with precipitation. Previous research has suggested that this macroecological pattern is driven by the negative effect of water-stress on the physiological
Ahuite, M., Alexiaides, M., Alonso, A., Araujo Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Aulestia, M., Baker, T.R., Balslev, H., Barroso, J., Boot, R., Brienen, R., Cano, A., Chama Moscoso, V., Comiskey, J.A., Cornejo, F., Coronado, E.N.H., Dallmeier, F., Daly, D.C., Dexter, K.G., Di Fiore, A., Duivenvoorden, J.F., Duque Montoya, A.J., Dávila, N., Erwin, T., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Feldpausch, T.R., Fredericksen, T., Fuentes, A., García-Villacorta, R., Gonzales, T., Guevara Andino, J.E., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Jiménez, R.E.M., Jørgensen, P.M., Killeen, T.J., Lewis, S.L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Malhi, Y., Mendoza, C., Mogollón, H., Monteagudo Mendoza, A., Montero, J.C., Mostacedo, B., Nauray, W., Neill, D., Núñez Vargas, P., Palacios Cuenca, Walter, Palacios, S., Pallqui Camacho, N.C., Peacock, J., Peña‐Claros, M., Peñuela Mora, M.C., Phillips, J.F., Phillips, O.L., Pickavance, G., Pitman, N., Quesada, C.A., Ramirez-Angulo, H., Restrepo, Z., Rodriguez, C.R., Ríos Paredes, M., Sierra, R., Silveira, M., Stevenson, P., Stropp, J., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Tirado, M., Toledo, M., Torres-Lezama, A., Umaña, M.N., Urrego, L.E., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., van der Heijden, G., Vasquez Martinez, R., Vela, C.I.A., Vilanova Torre, E., von Hildebrand, P., Vos, V., Vriesendorp, C., Wang, O., Young, K.R., Zartman, C.E., Álvarez Dávila, E.   +83 more
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Species composition and diversity of tree species along an altitudinal gradient in Sewa catchment of north-western Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Environment Conservation Journal, 2012
Species diversity along altitudinal and latitudinal gradient differs in different tree layers at different scales. Thirteen community groups characterized by different dominants in the tree layer were encountered within an altitudinal range of 580 m asl
Anil K. Raina, Neeraj Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

Animal‐mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract By dispersing seeds, animals provide ecological functions critical for the ecology, evolution, and conservation of plants. We review quantitative and empirical approaches and emerging technologies to quantify processes and patterns of animal‐mediated seed dispersal (zoochory) across its phases: from predispersal to postdispersal.
Noelle G. Beckman, Erin K. Kuprewicz, Binod Borah, James M. Bullock, Amanda S. Gallinat, Juan P. González‐Varo, Abir Jain, Jun Ying Lim, Carina I. Motta, Omer Nevo, Haldre S. Rogers   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coexistence of tropical tree species [PDF]

Nature, 2003
Colleen Kelly, Michael G. Bowler
openaire   +2 more sources

Energy Production and its Characteristics from Four Tropical Trees Species Planted in Short Rotation Woody Systems in Costa Rica

BioResources, 2023
Short-rotation crop (SRC) systems with woody species have been planted in Costa Rica. However, information about different tree species and spacing is limited. The objective of the present study was to examine biomass production and the physical, energy,
Carolina Tenorio, Roger Moya, Olman Murillo, Jonathan Loría   +3 more
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Are Substrate Types Factors Determining Tree Communities in Tropical Montane Cloud Forest?

Forestist
Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF) are tropical vegetation that exhibits a great variety of specialized plant species due to the wide variation of abiotic factors, even along small distances.
Marco Antonio Espinoza-Guzmán, Diego Canales-Suardiaz, Julliana Barretto, Francisco Javier Sahagún-Sánchez   +3 more
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