Changes in plant species composition and functional traits along the successional trajectory of a restored patch of Atlantic Forest

Suganuma, Márcio Seiji; Assis, Geissianny Bessão de; Durigan, Giselda

doi:10.1556/comec.15.2014.1.3

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“…Changes in the plant community in ecological processes through succession likely provide a high diversity of niches, attracting seed dispersers and, as a consequence, facilitating colonization by new plant species (Jules et al, 2008;Suganuma et al, 2014), thereby facilitating the establishment of desirable species in later successional stages (Liu et al, 2015). Plant establishment provides suitable micro-habitats for the growth of plant species in arid lands (Amici et al, 2012).…”

Section: Influence Of Grazing Exclusions On Vegetation Propertiesmentioning

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Short-term grazing exclusion from heavy livestock rangelands affects vegetation cover and soil properties in natural ecosystems of southeastern Iran

Ebrahimi

Khosravi

Rigi

2016

Ecological Engineering

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Section: Influence Of Grazing Exclusions On Vegetation Propertiesmentioning

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Short-term grazing exclusion from heavy livestock rangelands affects vegetation cover and soil properties in natural ecosystems of southeastern Iran

Ebrahimi

Khosravi

Rigi

2016

Ecological Engineering

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“…Some of the species sampled in this study had their seed dry mass determined by the oven method (103°C for 24 h), using ten seeds per species from the seed collection of the Laboratory of Tropical Forestry, University of São Paulo, which was established based on seeds harvested in old-growth Atlantic forest remnants in southeast Brazil. (2009), Restoration sites 4 and 5 from Suganuma et al (2014), and Restoration site 6 from Nogueira (2010). b Distance from a remnant was estimated from Google Earth satellite images (unpublished data).…”

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Phylogenetic patterns of Atlantic forest restoration communities are mainly driven by stochastic, dispersal related factors

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Machado

Durigan

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Forest Ecology and Management

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“…Even in highly degraded environments, like most pasture areas (Florentine & Westbrooke ; Sansevero et al ) or mining areas (Parrotta et al ; Parrotta & Knowles ), the planting of tree species facilitates the process of recolonization by native species, which originate from the regional species pool (Lugo ; Parrotta et al ; Ruiz‐Jaen & Aide ). However, both the understanding and prediction of successional trajectories of forest restoration through planting is understudied (Souza & Batista ; McClain et al ; Sansevero et al ; Suganuma et al ).…”

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Indicators of restoration success in riparian tropical forests using multiple reference ecosystems

Suganuma

Durigan

2014

Restoration Ecology

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Forest restoration by planting trees often accelerates succession, but the trajectories toward reference ecosystems have rarely been evaluated. Using a chronosequence (4–53 years) of 26 riparian forest undergoing restoration in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, we modeled how the variables representing forest structure, tree species richness and composition, and the proportion of plant functional guilds change through time. We also estimated the time required for these variables to reach different types of reference ecosystems: old‐growth forest (OGF), degraded forest, and secondary forest. Among the attributes which follow a predictable trajectory over time are: the basal area, canopy cover, density and tree species richness, as well as proportions of shade tolerant and slow growing species or individuals. Most of the variation in density of pteridophythes, lianas, shrubs and phorophythes, proportion of animal‐dispersed individuals, rarefied richness and floristic similarity with reference ecosystems remain unexplained. Estimated time to reach the reference ecosystems is, in general, shorter for structural attributes than for species composition or proportion of functional guilds. The length of this time varies among the three types of reference ecosystems for most attributes. For instance, tree species richness and proportion of shade tolerant or slow growing individuals become similar to secondary forests in about 40 years, but is estimated to take 70 years or more to reach the OGF. Of all the variables considered, canopy cover, basal area, density, and richness of the understory—by their ecological relevance and predictability—are recommended as ecological indicators for monitoring tropical forest restoration success.

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Changes in plant species composition and functional traits along the successional trajectory of a restored patch of Atlantic Forest

Cited by 40 publications

References 50 publications

Short-term grazing exclusion from heavy livestock rangelands affects vegetation cover and soil properties in natural ecosystems of southeastern Iran

Short-term grazing exclusion from heavy livestock rangelands affects vegetation cover and soil properties in natural ecosystems of southeastern Iran

Phylogenetic patterns of Atlantic forest restoration communities are mainly driven by stochastic, dispersal related factors

Indicators of restoration success in riparian tropical forests using multiple reference ecosystems

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