TREEFALL GAPS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES DIVERSITY IN A TROPICAL FOREST

By Stefan A. Schnitzer, W. Carson. 2001

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Liana loads and post-logging liana densities after liana cutting in a lowland forest in Bolivia (2004, background): “Lianas also proliferate vegetatively but generally reproduce only in the canopy or open areas such as treefall gaps or anthropogenic clearings (Putz, 1995; Schnitzer and Carson, 2001).”
Gap regeneration and replacement patterns in an old-growth Fagus–Abies forest of Bosnia–Herzegovina (2010, background): “However, because gap-filling trees thin as they compete for space in the canopy, diversity in gaps may only be a temporary outcome of increased density (Hubbell et al. 1999; Schnitzer and Carson 2001).”
Effects of rain forest logging on species richness and assemblage composition of small mammals in Southeast Asia (2007, unknown): “Tropical rain forests, in which tree diversity provides the essential resources of food and structural heterogeneity, consist of dynamic patches that are frequently affected by local disturbances such as tree-fall (Denslow, 1995; Condit et al., 2000; Schnitzer & Carson, 2001).”
Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan‐tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area (2010, background): “…and extents of large-scale disturbances, such as hurricanes (Quigley & Platt 2003, Rice et al. 2004, Garrido-Pérez et al. 2008); rates and extents of small-scale disturbances, such as treefall gaps (Putz 1984, Putz & Chai 1987, Schnitzer et al. 2000, Schnitzer & Carson 2001); and sampling error.”
A Spatially Explicit Neutral Model of β-Diversity in Tropical Forests (2002, background): “It ignores the trade-off between the ability to grow fast in large clearings and the ability to survive in deep shade (Brokaw, 1987), whereby the formation of light gaps allows pioneer tree species to persist in mature forest (Skellam, 1951; Denslow, 1987; Schnitzer and Carson, 2001 ).”
Resource‐based habitat associations in a neotropical liana community (2012, background): “Based on previous work at BCI showing that liana species richness is signiﬁcantly higher in gaps than in the forest understorey (Schnitzer & Carson 2001), we predict that liana species will be associated primarily with areas of low canopy height, rather than with habitats deﬁned by topography or…”
Recruitment of lianas into logging gaps and the effects of pre-harvest climber cutting in a lowland forest in Cameroon (2004, background): “Treefall gaps, whether they are natural or anthropogenic in origin, appear to provide the optimal regeneration site for lianas (Putz, 1984, Babweteera et al., 2000, Schnitzer et al., 2000, Schnitzer and Carson, 2001).”
Liana loads and their association with Bertholletia excelsa fruit and nut production, diameter growth and crown attributes (2006, methodology): “…tropical forest structure (Putz & Mooney 1991), contribute significantly to the overall density and diversity of tropical forests (Gentry & Dodson 1987, Schnitzer & Carson 2001), and are responsible for a large portion of forest transpiration and carbon sequestration (Schnitzer & Bongers 2002).”
Disentangling above‐ and below‐ground competition between lianas and trees in a tropical forest (2005, background): “Many canopy gaps become colonized by lianas very soon after gap formation (Putz 1984; Schnitzer & Carson 2001; Schnitzer et al .”
Seasonal and habitat differences affect the impact of food and predation on herbivores : a comparison between gaps and understory of a tropical forest (2007, background): “For this reason treefall gaps play an important role in tropical forest species composition (Hubbell et al. 1999, Schnitzer and Carson 2001).”
Liana habitat associations and community structure in a Bornean lowland tropical forest (2006, background): “…dispersal events leading to multiple individuals occurring in the same area (e.g., Webb and Peart 2000; Harms et al. 2001) or because of proliferation in localized areas such as treefall gaps (Putz 1984; Schnitzer et al. 2000; Schnitzer and Carson 2001; Ibarra-Manrı́quez and Martı́nez-Ramos 2002).”
Censusing and Measuring Lianas: A Quantitative Comparison of the Common Methods 1 (2006, background): “In all cases, we were careful to follow the stems back to their origin of rooting at the soil surface so that we could distinguish vegetative ramets from independently rooted apparent genets (Putz 1984, Schnitzer & Carson 2001).”
Lianas and self-supporting plants during tropical forest succession. (2009, background): “In forests with very low levels of disturbance, lianas have few chances to reach the canopy (Schnitzer and Carson, 2001).”