Functional community structure of African monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest influenced by local environmental filtering.

ABSTRACT: Monodominant patches of forest dominated by Gilbertiodendron dewevrei are commonly found in central African tropical forests, alongside forests with high species diversity. Although these forests are generally found sparsely distributed along rivers, their occurrence is not thought to be (clearly) driven by edaphic conditions but rather by trait combinations of G. dewevrei that aid in achieving monodominance. Functional community structure between these monodominant and mixed forests has, however, not yet been compared. Additionally, little is known about nondominant species in the monodominant forest community. These two topics are addressed in this study. We investigate the functional community structure of 10 one-hectare plots of monodominant and mixed forests in a central

SUBMITTER: Kearsley E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5216677 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature