2015
DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.12413
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Abstract: The specific leaf area (SLA) has been related to environmental disturbances, showing a positive correlation between the disturbances intensities and SLA in a plant community. These studies, however, assessed the responses of plant community as a whole, neglecting species attributes, such as the position in the vertical stratum of forests. Considering the importance of SLA to understand forest ecological processes, this study aimed to determine the influence of the disturbance regime on the SLA of understory sp… Show more

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“…Therefore, the differences in SLA between mature plants and saplings in S. guianensis may be explained by the different light conditions in understorey versus the tree crown. This hypothesis is supported by the observed decreases in SLA of the understorey S. guianensis plants with an increase in forest disturbance (Prado Júnior et al 2015). In contrast, the saplings of B. pubescens in our Finnish site grow under a high light availability, because the forest has high canopy openness due to recent management.…”
Section: Bottom-up Effects On Herbivorysupporting
confidence: 66%
“…Therefore, the differences in SLA between mature plants and saplings in S. guianensis may be explained by the different light conditions in understorey versus the tree crown. This hypothesis is supported by the observed decreases in SLA of the understorey S. guianensis plants with an increase in forest disturbance (Prado Júnior et al 2015). In contrast, the saplings of B. pubescens in our Finnish site grow under a high light availability, because the forest has high canopy openness due to recent management.…”
Section: Bottom-up Effects On Herbivorysupporting
confidence: 66%
“…In this study, low values of SLA for four species (L. subcoriacea, S.a superba, I. omeiensis, and C. kawakamii) were found in the large gap size, while the high values of SLA appeared in the small gap size. According to the effect of light on SLA, the large gap size received higher light intensity compared to the small gap size as previously confirmed by several studies [44,50,51].…”
Section: Effect Of Gap Size On La Ldm and Slasupporting
confidence: 65%
“…According to Prado-Júnior et al (2015), species with higher SLA express a response to shading. The species with the highest SLA as M. splendens, M. guianensis, and P. populnea were generally found in the sampled areas' understory.…”
Section: Leaf Functional Traitsmentioning
confidence: 99%