Recovery of the Rain Forest of Southeastern Nicaragua After Destruction by Hurrican Joan

Yih, Katherine; Boucher, Douglas H.; Vandermeer, John; Zamora, Nelson

doi:10.2307/2388295

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“…The understory vegetation response to disturbance mostly follows the direct regeneration hypothesis (DRH), which posits that tree communities will regenerate from existing seedlings to pre-disturbance levels within decades [93]. The resiliency of the DRH is based on the regeneration capacity of trees, which is proportional to basal area [69].…”

Section: Is the Density Of Invasive And Weedy Species Associated Withmentioning

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Buying Time: Preliminary Assessment of Biocontrol in the Recovery of Native Forest Vegetation in the Aftermath of the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

Margulies

Bauer

Ibáñez

2017

Forests

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Introduced forest pests have become one of the major threats to forests, and biological control is one of the few environmentally acceptable management practices. Assessing the impacts of a biocontrol program includes evaluating the establishment of biocontrol agents, the control of target pest, the impact on the affected organism, and the indirect impacts that the biocontrol agent may have on the whole community. We assessed the recovery of forest vegetation following the mortality of ash trees caused by the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) pest in forest stands where biocontrol agents were released or not. We used a multilevel framework to evaluate potential indirect effects of the biocontrol agents on native forest seedlings. Our results showed a higher number of ash saplings where increasing numbers of the dominant EAB biocontrol agent were released, while the number of invasive and weedy saplings was negatively associated with the number of ash saplings, and the density of native seedlings was negatively associated with invasive and weedy saplings. The protection of ash saplings by the biocontrol agent may help native recruitment during forest transition by supporting the growth of native hardwood seedlings over invasive and weedy species. These results show that research on the efficacy of EAB biocontrol should include all ash size classes and the community dynamics of co-occurring species.

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Section: Is the Density Of Invasive And Weedy Species Associated Withmentioning

confidence: 99%

Buying Time: Preliminary Assessment of Biocontrol in the Recovery of Native Forest Vegetation in the Aftermath of the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

Margulies

Bauer

Ibáñez

2017

Forests

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“…After a hurricane, epicormic sprouting on tree trunks is obvious (Yih et al [1991] in Nicaragua; Bellingham et al [1994] in Jamaica; Zimmerman et al [1994] in Puerto Rico). Sprouting is an efficient means of mobilizing stored reserves to regain lost biomass and leaf area (Sakai and Sakai 1998).…”

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Long‐term hurricane damage effects on tropical forest tree growth and mortality

Tanner¹,

Rodríguez‐Sánchez²,

Healey³

et al. 2014

Ecology

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Abstract. Hurricane winds can have large impacts on forest structure and dynamics. To date, most evaluations of hurricane impacts have focused on short-term responses after a hurricane, often lacked pre-hurricane measurements, and missed responses occurring over longer time scales. Here, we use a long-term data set 35 years) of tree stems (.3 cm in diameter at 1.3 m aboveground) in four sites (0.35 ha in total) in montane rain forest (;1600 m elevation) in Jamaica to investigate the patterns of crown damage in individual stems by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and how subsequent growth and mortality were affected by hurricane damage, sprouting, and the incidence of multiple stems. Topographical position on a mountain ridge was the best predictor of crown damage, followed by crown size and species identity. The average diameter growth rate of stems that survived the hurricane was greater than that pre-hurricane for the whole 21-yr post-hurricane period. Growth rates of stems with damaged crowns increased less than those with undamaged crowns; differences in growth rate between damaged and undamaged trees disappeared after 11 years. Hurricanedamaged stems had two to eight times higher mortality than undamaged stems for 19 years post hurricane. Many stems sprouted shortly after the hurricane, but few sprouts managed to establish (grow to .3 cm diameter at breast height). However, sprouting and multi-stemming were associated with reduced mortality rate, particularly in damaged trees. From an initial population of 1670 stems in 1974, 54% were still alive in 2009 (21 years after the hurricane). We conclude that despite the high frequency of hurricane damage to tree crowns and the subsequent increased mortality rate in this hurricane-prone tropical montane forest, many stems will be hit and recover from several hurricanes in their lifetime.

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“…In 1977, the Missouri Botanical Garden began the first systematic study of the flora and published the "Flora de Nicaragua" (Stevens et al, 2001(Stevens et al, , 2009). The Eastern Lowlands, which is the most extensive ecoregion in Nicaragua at about 33% of the country, remained botanically poorly known to modern systematics until recently (Taylor, 1959(Taylor, , 1962(Taylor, , 1963Seymour, 1980;Dennis, 1988;Boucher, 1990;Boucher et al, 1990Boucher et al, , 1994Boucher et al, , 1996Boucher et al, , 2001Vandermeer et al, 1990aVandermeer et al, , 1990bVandermeer et al, , 1991Vandermeer et al, , 1996Vandermeer et al, , 1997Vandermeer et al, , 1999Vandermeer et al, , 2001Yih et al, 1991;Barrett, 1994;Coe, 1994Coe, , 2008aCoe, , 2008bCoe, , 2008cPerfecto et al, 1994;Ferguson et al, 1995;Coe & Anderson, 1996a, 1996b, 1997Urquhart, 1997;Granzow et al, 1998;Stevens et al, 2001Stevens et al, , 2009Vandermeer & Granzow, 2004;Mascaro et al, 2005). The vascular plant flora of eastern Nicaragua is estimated at over 3000 species (Coe & Anderson, 1999;Stevens et al, 2001).…”

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The good and the bad: Alkaloid screening and brineshrimp bioassays of aqueous extracts of 31 medicinal plants of eastern Nicaragua

Coe

Parikh

Johnson

et al. 2011

Pharmaceutical Biology

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Recovery of the Rain Forest of Southeastern Nicaragua After Destruction by Hurrican Joan

Cited by 167 publications

References 6 publications

Buying Time: Preliminary Assessment of Biocontrol in the Recovery of Native Forest Vegetation in the Aftermath of the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

Buying Time: Preliminary Assessment of Biocontrol in the Recovery of Native Forest Vegetation in the Aftermath of the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

Long‐term hurricane damage effects on tropical forest tree growth and mortality

The good and the bad: Alkaloid screening and brineshrimp bioassays of aqueous extracts of 31 medicinal plants of eastern Nicaragua

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