Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan-tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area
dc.contributor.author | Dewalt, Saara J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schnitzer, Stefan A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chave, Jérôme | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bongers, Frans | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Burnham, Robyn J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cai, Zhiquan | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chuyong, Georges | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Clark, David B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ewango, Corneille E. N. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gerwing, Jeffrey J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gortaire, Esteban | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hart, Terese | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ickes, Kalan | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kenfack, David | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Macía, Manuel J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Makana, Jean-Remy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Martínez-Ramos, Miguel | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mascaro, Joseph | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Moses, Sainge | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Muller-Landau, Helene C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Parren, Marc P. E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pérez-Salicrup, Diego R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Putz, Francis E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Romero-Saltos, Hugo | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, Duncan | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-13T19:36:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-13T19:36:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-05 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Dewalt, Saara J.; Schnitzer, Stefan A.; Chave, Jérôme; Bongers, Frans; Burnham, Robyn J.; Cai, Zhiquan; Chuyong, Georges; Clark, David B.; Ewango, Corneille E. N.; Gerwing, Jeffrey J.; Gortaire, Esteban; Hart, Terese; Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo; Ickes, Kalan; Kenfack, David; Macía, Manuel J.; Makana, Jean-Remy; Martínez-Ramos, Miguel; Mascaro, Joseph; Moses, Sainge; Muller-Landau, Helene C.; Parren, Marc P. E.; Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy; Pérez-Salicrup, Diego R.; Putz, Francis E.; Romero-Saltos, Hugo; Thomas, Duncan; (2010). "Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan-tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area." Biotropica 42(3): 309-317. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/78581> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0006-3606 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-7429 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/78581 | |
dc.description.abstract | We test the hypotheses proposed by Gentry and Schnitzer that liana density and basal area in tropical forests vary negatively with mean annual precipitation (MAP) and positively with seasonality. Previous studies correlating liana abundance with these climatic variables have produced conflicting results, warranting a new analysis of drivers of liana abundance based on a different dataset. We compiled a pan-tropical dataset containing 28,953 lianas (≥2.5 cm diam.) from studies conducted at 13 Neotropical and 11 Paleotropical dry to wet lowland tropical forests. The ranges in MAP and dry season length (DSL) (number of months with mean rainfall <100 mm) represented by these datasets were 860–7250 mm/yr and 0–7 mo, respectively. Pan-tropically, liana density and basal area decreased significantly with increasing annual rainfall and increased with increasing DSL, supporting the hypotheses of Gentry and Schnitzer. Our results suggest that much of the variation in liana density and basal area in the tropics can be accounted for by the relatively simple metrics of MAP and DSL.Abstract in Spanish is available at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/btp | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Inc | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Abundance | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Climate | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Liana Communities | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Tropical Forest | en_US |
dc.title | Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan-tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Panamá, República de Panamá | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Environmental Sciences, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, University of Buea, PO Box 63, Buea, Southwest Province, Cameroon | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biology, University of Missouri–St. Louis, MO 63121, U.S.A.; La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation Forestière, Ituri Forest, D. R. Congo | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207, U.S.A.; Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (IMAZON), Belém, Pará, Brazil | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Apt. 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Wildlife Conservation Society, 16 Av. Basoko, Kinshasa Gombe, D. R. Congo | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Departamento de Biología, Área de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E–28049 Madrid, Spain | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Korup Forest Dynamics Plot Programme, Mundemba, Southwest Province, Cameroon | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Tropenbos International Congo-Basin Programme, Yaoundé, Cameroon | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-0421, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/78581/1/j.1744-7429.2009.00589.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00589.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Biotropica | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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