Demographic trade-offs and functional shifts in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Understanding shifts in the demographic and functional composition of forests after major natural disturbances has become increasingly relevant given the accelerating rates of climate change and elevated frequency of natural disturbances. Although plant demographic strategies are often described across a slow-fast continuum, severe and frequent disturbance events influencing demographic processes may alter the demographic trade-offs and the functional composition of forests. We examined demographic trade-offs and the shifts in functional traits in a hurricane-disturbed forest using long-term data from the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot (LFPD) in Puerto Rico.

Methods

We analysed information on growth, survival, seed rain and seedling recruitment for 30 wood

SUBMITTER: Umana MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457028 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature