Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences

By Jurgis Sapijanskas, A. Paquette, C. Potvin, N. Kunert, Michel Loreau. 2014

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

Tamm Review: On the strength of evidence when comparing ecosystem functions of mixtures with monocultures (2015, background): “…in structure between mixtures and monocultures (e.g. canopy the strength of evidence when comparing ecosystem functions of mixtures reco.2015.08.016 structure, crown architecture) have been proposed as contributors to mixing effects (Kelty, 1992; Bauhus et al., 2004; Sapijanskas et al., 2014).”
Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests (2015, background): “Our results suggest that increased CV of individual trees growing in mixture is a general feature of diverse forests (Sapijanskas et al. 2014; Jucker et al. 2014a).”
Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments (2018, background): “There is clearly opportunity for tree diversity experiments to explore these ideas, particularly given the different light environments engendered by different diversity neighbourhoods (Sapijanskas et al., 2014).”
Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris–Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe (2017, unknown): “The seasonality of resource-use by a given species can also be modified by mixing, as shown for transpiration and light (Forrester et al. 2010; Sapijanskas et al. 2014).”
Diversity and competition influence tree allometric relationships – developing functions for mixed‐species forests (2017, background): “An increase in crown projection area in response to mixing may result when each species can occupy a slightly different layer within the canopy so crowns can spread sideways more than they can in monocultures, where a higher proportion of trees may occupy the same layer, or when interspecific differ”
Effects of crown architecture and stand structure on light absorption in mixed and monospecific Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests along a productivity and climate gradient through Europe (2018, background): “Seasonal differences in competition for light can result from mixing evergreen and deciduous species, or deciduous species with contrasting phenology (Ishii & Asano, 2010; Sapijanskas et al., 2014).”