Vegetative and dispersal functional niches of tree species in seasonal tropical pastures
The identification of plant strategies outside pristine forest is relavant to improve our understanding of the functional variability of plant responses following deforestation and their effects on ecosystem processes after land use change to agricultural landscapes. This research described the functional strategies (FS) of 65 tree species commonly found in Central American active pasturelands (AP) under conventional management practices (i.e.) reducing tree cover), as particular combination of 17 plant traits strongly related ot four maint trait dimensions i.e. Leaf Economy Spectrum (LES), stem density, canopy height and reproductive variability spectrums. Measured leaf traits were leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, total carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen leaf content, foliar tensile strength; whore plant traits like wood density, maximum tree high, leaf phenology; and reproductive traits like fruit and seed mass, volume, shape and dispersal mode.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Turrialba (Costa Rica) : CATIE
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| Online Access: | http://orton.catie.ac.cr/repdoc/A10911i/A10911i.pdf |
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