Large-scale patterns of turnover and Basal area change in Andean forests

Selene Báez; Agustina Malizia; Julieta Carilla; Cecilia Blundo; Manuel Aguilar; Nikolay Aguirre; Zhofre Aquirre; Esteban Álvarez; Francisco Cuesta; Álvaro Duque; William Farfán-Ríos; Karina García-Cabrera; Ricardo Grau; Jürgen Homeier; Reynaldo Linares-Palomino; Lucio R Malizia; Omar Melo Cruz; Oriana Osinaga; Oliver L Phillips; Carlos Reynel; Miles R Silman; Kenneth J Feeley

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Large-scale patterns of turnover and Basal area change in Andean forests

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Large-scale patterns of turnover and Basal area change in Andean forests

Selene Báez, Agustina Malizia, Julieta Carilla, Cecilia Blundo, Manuel Aguilar, Nikolay Aguirre, Zhofre Aquirre, Esteban Álvarez, Francisco Cuesta, Álvaro Duque, …

PloS one, Vol.10(5), pp.e0126594-e0126594

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126594

PMCID: PMC4431807

PMID: 25973977

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Abstract

Linear Models

Forests

Trees - growth & development

Biodiversity

Principal Component Analysis

General patterns of forest dynamics and productivity in the Andes Mountains are poorly characterized. Here we present the first large-scale study of Andean forest dynamics using a set of 63 permanent forest plots assembled over the past two decades. In the North-Central Andes tree turnover (mortality and recruitment) and tree growth declined with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature. In addition, basal area increased in Lower Montane Moist Forests but did not change in Higher Montane Humid Forests. However, at higher elevations the lack of net basal area change and excess of mortality over recruitment suggests negative environmental impacts. In North-Western Argentina, forest dynamics appear to be influenced by land use history in addition to environmental variation. Taken together, our results indicate that combinations of abiotic and biotic factors that vary across elevation gradients are important determinants of tree turnover and productivity in the Andes. More extensive and longer-term monitoring and analyses of forest dynamics in permanent plots will be necessary to understand how demographic processes and woody biomass are responding to changing environmental conditions along elevation gradients through this century.

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Title: Large-scale patterns of turnover and Basal area change in Andean forests
Creators: Selene Báez - Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregión Andina (CONDESAN), Quito, Ecuador; Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
Agustina Malizia - Consejo Nacional de Ciencias de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Julieta Carilla - Consejo Nacional de Ciencias de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Cecilia Blundo - Consejo Nacional de Ciencias de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Manuel Aguilar - Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú
Nikolay Aguirre - Universidad Nacional de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
Zhofre Aquirre - Universidad Nacional de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
Esteban Álvarez - Laboratorio de Servicios Ecosistémicos y Cambio Climático, Jardín Botánico de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
Francisco Cuesta - Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregión Andina (CONDESAN), Quito, Ecuador
Álvaro Duque - Departamento de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
William Farfán-Ríos - Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Karina García-Cabrera - Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Ricardo Grau - Consejo Nacional de Ciencias de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jürgen Homeier - Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Reynaldo Linares-Palomino - Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú
Lucio R Malizia - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina; Fundación ProYungas, Jujuy, Argentina
Omar Melo Cruz - Grupo de investigación en Biodiversidad y Dinámica de Ecosistemas Tropicales, Universidad del Tolima, Bogotá, Colombia
Oriana Osinaga - Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Oliver L Phillips - School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Carlos Reynel - Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú
Miles R Silman - Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Kenneth J Feeley - International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
Publication Details: PloS one, Vol.10(5), pp.e0126594-e0126594
Academic Unit: College of A&S; A&S - Biology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 25973977
PMCID: PMC4431807
Record Identifier: 991031599990102976