Successional shifts in tree demographic strategies in wet and dry Neotropical forests

Rüger Nadja, Schorn Markus E., Kambach Stephan, Chazdon Robin L., Farrior Caroline E., Meave Jorge A., Muñoz Rodrigo, Van Breugel Michiel, Amissah Lucy, Bongers Frans, Craven Dylan, Herault Bruno, Jakovac Catarina C., Norden Natalia, Poorter Lourens, van der Sande Masha T., Wirth Christian, Delgado Diego, Dent Daisy H., DeWalt Saara J., Dupuy Juan Manuel, Finegan Bryan, Hall Jefferson, Hernández-Stefanoni José Luis, Lopez Omar R.. 2023. Successional shifts in tree demographic strategies in wet and dry Neotropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32 (6) : 1002-1014.

Url - jeu de données - Entrepôt autre : https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2280gb5x4 / Url - jeu de données - Entrepôt autre : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7614822

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Géographie-Aménagement-Urbanisme-Architecture

Résumé : Aim: Tropical forest succession and associated changes in community composition are driven by species demographic rates, but how demographic strategies shift during succession remains unclear. Our goal was to identify generalities in demographic trade-offs and successional shifts in demographic strategies across Neotropical forests that cover a large rainfall gradient and to test whether the current conceptual model of tropical forest succession applies to wet and dry forests. Location: Mexico and Central America. Time period: 1985–2018. Major taxa studied: Trees. Methods: We used repeated forest inventory data from two wet and two dry forests to quantify demographic rates of 781 tree species. For each forest, we explored the main demographic trade-offs and assigned tree species to five demographic groups by performing a weighted principal components analysis to account for differences in sample size. We aggregated the basal area and abundance across demographic groups to identify successional shifts in demographic strategies over the entire successional gradient from very young (<5 years) to old-growth forests. Results: Across all forests, we found two demographic trade-offs, namely the growth–survival trade-off and the stature–recruitment trade-off, enabling the data-driven assignment of species to five demographic strategies. Fast species dominated early in succession and were then replaced by long-lived pioneers in three forests. Intermediate and slow species increased in basal area over succession in all forests, but, in contrast to the current conceptual model, long-lived pioneers continued to dominate until the old-growth stage in all forests. The basal area of short-lived breeders was low across all successional stages. Main conclusions: The current conceptual model of Neotropical forest succession should be revised to incorporate the dominance of long-lived pioneers in late-successional and old-growth forests. Moreover, the definition of consistent demographic strategies that show clear dominance shifts across succession substantially improves the mechanistic understanding and predictability of Neotropical forest succession.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : forêt tropicale, inventaire forestier, arbre forestier, forêt, dynamique des populations, forêt tropicale humide, couvert forestier

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Costa Rica, Mexique, France

Mots-clés libres : Demographic strategies, Growth-mortality tradeoff, Life-history strategies, Long-lived pioneer, Principal components analysis, Stature-recruitment tradeoff, Species classification

Classification Agris : K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales
F40 - Écologie végétale

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 1 (2019-) - Biodiversité

Auteurs et affiliations

• Rüger Nadja, University of Leipzig (DEU) - auteur correspondant
• Schorn Markus E., University of Leipzig (DEU)
• Kambach Stephan, Martin Luther University (DEU)
• Chazdon Robin L., University of Connecticut (USA)
• Farrior Caroline E., University of Texas (USA)
• Meave Jorge A., UNAM (MEX)
• Muñoz Rodrigo, UNAM (MEX)
• Van Breugel Michiel, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (PAN)
• Amissah Lucy, FORIG (GHA)
• Bongers Frans, Wageningen University and Research Centre (NLD)
• Craven Dylan, Universidad Mayor (CHL)
• Herault Bruno, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-6950-7286
• Jakovac Catarina C., UFSC (BRA)
• Norden Natalia, Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt (COL)
• Poorter Lourens, Wageningen University (NLD)
• van der Sande Masha T., Wageningen University (NLD)
• Wirth Christian, University of Leipzig (DEU)
• Delgado Diego, CATIE (CRI)
• Dent Daisy H., Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (PAN)
• DeWalt Saara J., Clemson University (USA)
• Dupuy Juan Manuel, CICY (MEX)
• Finegan Bryan, CATIE (CRI)
• Hall Jefferson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (PAN)
• Hernández-Stefanoni José Luis, CICY (MEX)
• Lopez Omar R., Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (PAN)

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