Altitudinal zonation of montane Quercus forests along two transects in Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
This paper is dedicated to the memory of Alwyn H. Gentry, an outstanding and inspiring tropical botanist who tragically died in a plane crash in the mountains of Ecuador on August 3 1993, when surveying possible boundaries for a new tropical cloud forest reserve.
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GRADIENTE ALTITUDINAL BOSQUES NUBLADOS BOSQUES MONTANOS QUERCUS BOSQUE DE ROBLE TALAMANCA (LIMON, C.R.) ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT CLOUD FORESTS MONTANE FORESTS QUERCUS OAK FOREST GRADIENTE ALTITUDINAL BOSQUES NUBLADOS BOSQUES MONTANOS QUERCUS BOSQUE DE ROBLE TALAMANCA (LIMON, C.R.) ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT CLOUD FORESTS MONTANE FORESTS QUERCUS OAK FOREST |
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This paper is dedicated to the memory of Alwyn H. Gentry, an outstanding and inspiring tropical botanist who
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oai:https:--repositorio.una.ac.cr:11056-238142022-09-14T22:17:23Z Altitudinal zonation of montane Quercus forests along two transects in Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica Kappelle, Maarten Van Uffelen, Jan-Gerrit Cleef, Antoine GRADIENTE ALTITUDINAL BOSQUES NUBLADOS BOSQUES MONTANOS QUERCUS BOSQUE DE ROBLE TALAMANCA (LIMON, C.R.) ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT CLOUD FORESTS MONTANE FORESTS QUERCUS OAK FOREST This paper is dedicated to the memory of Alwyn H. Gentry, an outstanding and inspiring tropical botanist who tragically died in a plane crash in the mountains of Ecuador on August 3 1993, when surveying possible boundaries for a new tropical cloud forest reserve. Abiotic and vegetation data were collected along two altitudinal transects through mature montane Quercus forests on the Pacific and Atlantic slopes of Costa Rica's Chirripó Massif. Between 2000 and 3200 m asl twenty-four 0.05 ha forest plots were selected at altitudinal intervals of 100 m, and eight soil profiles were described at intervals of 200 m. A TWINSPAN classification aided in the determination of eight zonal forest communities on the basis of their floristic composition. They are grouped in two sets of four: (i) the palm-rich lauraceous-fagaceous Lower Montane Mollinedia-Quercus Forests (2000-2600 m asl) and (ii) the bamboo-rich myrsinaceous-fagaceous Upper Montane Schefflera-Quercus Forests (2500-3200 m asl), respectively. Vegetation changes seem correlated with two major climatic gradients: (i) a temperature gradient (altitude), and (ii) a moisture gradient (wet Atlantic vs. moist Pacific slope). Most soils are Andepts, and residual, colluvial or derived from volcanic material. Humus layers are thicker on the wetter Atlantic slope. A total of 431 vascular plant species consisted of 86 pteridophytes, 1 gymnosperm, 296 dicots and 48 monocots. Species richness, canopy height and stem diameter decrease with increasing altitude, while the canopy surface becomes more flattend. A comparison with other studies shows that Chirripó's montane Quercus forests fit within the environmental ranges known from altitudinal zonations elsewhere in the Tropics. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Se recogieron datos abióticos y de vegetación a lo largo de dos transectos altitudinales a través de bosques maduros de Quereus de montaña en las vertientes pacífica y atlántica del macizo de Chirrip6 de Costa Rica. Entre 2000 y 3200 m s.n.m. se seleccionaron veinticuatro parcelas forestales de 0,05 ha a intervalos de 100 m, y se describieron ocho perfiles de suelo a intervalos de 200 m. de 200 m. Una clasificación TWINSPAN ayudó a determinar ocho comunidades forestales zonales sobre la base de su composición florística. de su composición florística. Se agrupan en dos conjuntos de cuatro: (i) el bosque lauráceo-fagáceo bajo rico en palmeras (20(0)-2600 m s.n.m.) y (ii) los bosques de Myrsinaceous-Fagaceous Upper de bambú, ricos en mirsináceas y fagáceas (2500-3200 m s.n.m.), respectivamente. Los cambios en la vegetación parecen estar correlacionados con dos grandes gradientes climáticos: (i) un gradiente de temperatura (altitud), y (ii) un gradiente de humedad (Atlántico húmedo vs. húmedo de la vertiente del Pacífico). La mayoría de los suelos son andeptos y residuales, coluviales o derivados de material volcánico. El humus Las capas de humus son más gruesas en la vertiente atlántica, más húmeda. Un total de 431 especies de plantas vasculares consisten en 86 pteridofitas 1 gimnosperma, 296 dicotiledóneas y 48 monocotiledóneas. La riqueza de especies, la altura del dosel y el diámetro del tallo disminuyen con altitud, mientras que la superficie del dosel se vuelve más plana. La comparación con otros estudios muestra que los bosques montanos de Quercus de Chirrip6 se ajustan a los rangos ambientales conocidos de las zonificaciones altitudinales en otros lugares en los Trópicos. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales 2022-09-03T20:46:37Z 2022-09-03T20:46:37Z 1995-08 http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23814 eng Acceso embargado application/pdf Springer Revista Vegetatio vol.119 no.2 119-153 1995 |