Growth and mortality patterns in a thinning canopy of post-hurricane regenerating rain forest in eastern Nicaragua (1990-2005)

Growth and mortality patterns in a thinning canopy of post-hurricane regenerating rain forest in eastern Nicaragua (1990-2005)

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One of the strongest hypothesis about the maintenance of tree species diversity in tropical areas is disturbance. In order to assess this, the effect of intensive natural disturbances on forest growth and mortality in a thinning canopy was studied after the landfall of hurricane Joan in 1988. We eva...

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Main Authors: Javier Ruiz, John Vandermeer, Iñigo Granzow de la Cerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2010-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
regeneración de bosques por huracanes
tasa de crecimiento relativo
mortalidad
hipótesis de independencia de nichos
hurricane regenerating forest
relative growth rate
tree mortality
non-niche hypothesis
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