Reproductive size thresholds in tropical trees: variation among individuals, species and forests

By Stephen J. Wright, M. Jaramillo, J. Pavón, Richard S. Condit, Stephen P. Hubbell, R. Foster. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (2010, methodology): “with 0 = lianas absent, 1 = up to 25% of the tree crown covered by lianas, 2 = 26–50% liana cover, 3 = 51–75% liana cover and 4 = 76–100% liana cover (methods follow Clark & Clark 1990; Wright et al. 2005).”
Age-Related Changes in Tree Growth and Functional Biology: The Role of Reproduction (2011, background): “If one assumes tree biomass (M) scales with stem diameter (D) as M = D 8/3 , Fig. 2.1 Relationship between tree height at maturity and asymptotic height among 54 tree species, compiling data across studies (mainly of tropical tree species: Thomas 1996b, 2010; Davies and Asthon 1999; Wright et al. 2”
Bryophytes in a changing landscape: The hierarchical effects of habitat fragmentation on ecological and evolutionary processes (2007, background): “…most tropical deforestation in biologically diverse regions, such as the Amazon Basin, has only occurred within the past 30 years (Skole and Tucker, 1993): a time interval barely sufficient to account for even one generation of most forest interior tropical tree species (Wright et al., 2005).”
Interspecific variation in primary seed dispersal in a tropical forest (2008, methodology): “Based on data for 16 species, we used diameter cutoffs that were two-third of the unpublished species-specific average diameters at onset of reproduction estimated by Robin Foster ( Wright et al . 2005a ).”
Lianas Have a Greater Competitive Effect Than Trees of Similar Biomass on Tropical Canopy Trees (2012, unknown): “…been shown to reduce tree recruitment, regeneration, and diversity (Schnitzer and Carson 2010), growth (Clark and Clark 1990, Grauel and Putz 2004, Ingwell et al. 2010), reproductive output (Stevens 1987, Wright et al. 2005), and survival (Putz 1984a, Phillips et al. 2005, Ingwell et al. 2010).”
A forest structure model that determines crown layers and partitions growth and mortality rates for landscape‐scale applications of tropical forests (2012, methodology): “For each model run, the predicted canopy status of each tree (whether a tree is in the canopy or understorey) was compared with field observations of canopy status determined by a field observer for 2845 trees in 1995 (Wright et al. 2005) and via the aerial photographs for 36 215 trees in 2000.”
Liana Impacts on Carbon Cycling, Storage and Sequestration in Tropical Forests (2013, background): “Lianas can also reduce tree fruit production (Stevens 1987, Wright et al. 2005, Kainer et al. 2006, 2007, Fonseca et al. 2009, Nabe-Nielsen et al. 2009, Klimas et al. 2012).”