Effects of fire disturbance on species and functional compositions vary with tree sizes in a tropical dry forest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disturbances are crucial in determining forest biodiversity, dynamics, and ecosystem functions. Surface fire is a significant disturbance in tropical forests, but research on the effect of surface fire on structuring species and functional composition in a community through time remains scarce. Using a 20-year dataset of tree demography in a seasonal evergreen tropical forest in Thailand, we specifically addressed two essential questions: (1) What is the pattern of temporal turnover in species and functional composition in a community with frequent fire disturbance? (2) How did the temporal turnover vary with tree size?

Methods

We analyzed species compositional and functional temporal turnovers in four different tree size classes among five tree censuses. We quant

SUBMITTER: Kaewsong K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9104091 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature