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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118191
	How forest structure varies with elevation in old growth and secondary forest in Costa Rica
	Muñoz Mazón M.; Klanderud K.; Finegan B.; Veintimilla D.; Bermeo D.; Murrieta E.; Delgado D.; Sheil D.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	469
英文摘要	Clarifying how forests vary with elevation can inform our understanding of forests and their responses to climate. Despite the prevalence of secondary forests (defined as regrowth after disturbance), few studies have examined how their structure and recovery vary with elevation. Here, in apparently the first study of its kind, we explored how basal area, stem density and community wood specific gravity of stems ≥ 10 cm diameter vary along an old growth and a 25–30 years old secondary forest transect, each spanning over 2000 m of elevation in Costa Rica. The old growth transect comprises 29 plots of 0.25 ha from 440 to 2900 m.asl. and the secondary 28 plots of 0.1 ha and 10 plots of 0.25 ha from 600 to 2750 m.asl. We characterized how stand characteristics vary with elevation using linear and generaled additive models. To our surprise basal area increased with elevation not only in the old growth (from 24 to 56 m2/ha) but also in the secondary forest (11 to 59 m2/ha). This increase reflected the greater density of larger trees (≥40 cm diameter) at higher elevations. Basal area decreased with inferred water availability (global aridity index) in the secondary, but not the old growth forest. Surprisingly, wood specific gravity revealed no clear pattern with elevation in either transect though within stand variation decreased with elevation in both. In both forests, basal area is positively correlated with mean wood specific gravity, being significantly greater in stands with less variation in wood specific gravity. We interpret these patterns as resulting from reduced mortality of larger trees at higher versus lower elevations in both old-growth and secondary forest. Our results imply that planting trees to enhance recovery would be more beneficial in lowland than in high elevation forests. © 2020 The Authors
英文关键词	Basal area; Disturbance; Succession; Tree size, elevation gradient; Tropical forest; Wood density
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Density (specific gravity); Secondary recovery; Wood; Additive models; Forest structure; High elevation; Old-growth forest; Secondary forests; Stand characteristics; Water availability; Wood specific gravities; Forestry; basal area; elevation; growth; mortality; old-growth forest; secondary forest; tree; Basal Area; Density; Forestry; Forests; Growth; Secondary Forest; Trees; Wood; Costa Rica
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155227
作者单位	Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), PO Box 5003, Ås, 1432, Norway; CATIE-Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica; Universidad Nacional de Loja, Facultad Agropecuaria y de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Loja, Ecuador
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Muñoz Mazón M.,Klanderud K.,Finegan B.,et al. How forest structure varies with elevation in old growth and secondary forest in Costa Rica[J],2020,469.
APA	Muñoz Mazón M..,Klanderud K..,Finegan B..,Veintimilla D..,Bermeo D..,...&Sheil D..(2020).How forest structure varies with elevation in old growth and secondary forest in Costa Rica.Forest Ecology and Management,469.
MLA	Muñoz Mazón M.,et al."How forest structure varies with elevation in old growth and secondary forest in Costa Rica".Forest Ecology and Management 469(2020).