Understory bamboo flowering provides a very narrow light window of opportunity for canopy-tree recruitment in a neotropical forest of Misiones, Argentina

Evapotranspiration of subtropical forests and tree plantations: A comparative analysis at different temporal and spatial scales

“…Soil water availability in the study area does not exhibit obvious seasonal changes consistent with the lack of rainfall seasonality (Montti et al, 2011). The seasonal variations in ET MODIS were mostly correlated with seasonal variations in ASD, although ASD tended to lag one month with respect to ET MODIS variations (ET peaked one month before ASD) for the native forests and two of the tree plantations.…”

Influence of bamboo dieback on arboreal diversity in a subtropical forest fragment

“…The responses of vegetation after the death and clearing of bamboo represent a continuous process and therefore, should be studied for many years [13]. Muñoz and Gonzáles [14], Montti et al [9] and Muñoz et al [15] observed that the positive effects of death of bamboo on tree regeneration are restricted to a short period of time, and other environmental factors might be associated with the temporal pattern of regeneration.…”

“…The last reproductive event in a subtropical forest in southern Brazil was observed between 2006 and 2008 [7]. Following bamboo dieback, the formation of gaps of different sizes was observed within the forest, which had a direct effect on the light intensity reaching the forest understory and on temperature [5], which influences the regeneration of tree seedlings [5,8,9].…”

Effects of gap size, gap age, and bamboo Fargesia denudata on Abies faxoniana recruitment in South-western China

“…Bamboos, for instance, greatly inhibit tree seedlings and saplings in many forests in Japan (Nakashizuka, 1989;Yamamoto, 1995), China (Taylor et al, 2006), Chile (Veblen, 1989), the United States (Harmon & Franklin, 1989), etc. Because of their rapid clonal growth and high degree of dominance (Nakashizuka & Numata, 1982a, b;Veblen, 1982;Lusk, 2001;Wang et al, 2006), bamboos largely reduce the underneath light availability, as well as the nutrients and water in soil (Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1989;Singh & Singh, 1999;Beckage & Clark, 2003;Takahashi et al, 2003;Embaye et al, 2005;Tripathi et al, 2005;Montti et al, 2011), and therefore, diminish the seedling abundance of the surrounding trees (Nakashizuka, 1988;Beckage et al, 2000;Caccia et al, 2009;Larpkern et al, 2010). Although much relevant research has been done, it will be interesting to add the influence of gap characteristics into the relationship between bamboos and tree regeneration.…”