Spatial patterns of tree species distribution in New Guinea primary and secondary lowland rain forest

0458019 - BC 2017 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Fibich, P. - Lepš, Jan - Novotný, Vojtěch - Klimeš, Petr - Těšitel, J. - Molem, K. - Damas, K. - Weiblen, G. D.
Spatial patterns of tree species distribution in New Guinea primary and secondary lowland rain forest.
Journal of Vegetation Science. Roč. 27, č. 2 (2016), s. 328-339. ISSN 1100-9233. E-ISSN 1654-1103
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA14-04258S
Grant - others:European Social Fund(CZ) CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0064
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : ISAR * null model * Papua New Guinea
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 2.924, year: 2016
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12363/abstract

We examined following questions, using data on all trees over 5 cm DBH that were surveyed in two non-replicated 1-ha plots in primary and secondary forest: How do spatial patterns of tree distribution and species co-occurrence differ between primary and secondary tropical rain forests? What signatures of ecological processes might be discerned by comparing the spatial patterns of trees between primary and secondary forest plots? The spatial distribution of common species, and all stems collectively, was aggregated in the secondary forest plot but not different from random in the primary forest plot. Diameter and height were also strongly spatially auto-correlated in the secondary forest plot but not in the primary forest plot. Conspecific aggregations were more common in the secondary forest plot. The secondary forest plot was characterized by the presence of diversity-repelling species and lower diversity than the primary forest plot. The higher local diversity of the primary forest can be explained by the reduction of species aggregation through increased mortality of conspecifics.

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