Changes in tree functional composition across topographic gradients and through time in a tropical montane forest.

ABSTRACT: Understanding variation in tree functional traits along topographic gradients and through time provides insights into the processes that will shape community composition and determine ecosystem functioning. In montane environments, complex topography is known to affect forest structure and composition, yet its role in determining trait composition, indices on community climatic tolerances, and responses to changing environmental conditions has not been fully explored. This study investigates how functional trait composition (characterized as community-weighted moments) and community climatic indices vary for the tree community as a whole and for its separate demographic components (i.e., dying, surviving, recruiting trees) over eight years in a topographically complex tropical Andean fores

SUBMITTER: Baez S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020722 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature