Integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.

Secondary forests cover large areas of the tropics and play an important role in the global carbon cycle. During secondary forest succession, simultaneous changes occur among stand structural attributes, soil properties, and species composition. Most studies classify tree species into categories bas...

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Autores principales: Eben N Broadbent, Angélica M Almeyda Zambrano, Gregory P Asner, Marlene Soriano, Christopher B Field, Harrison Ramos de Souza, Marielos Peña-Claros, Rachel I Adams, Rodolfo Dirzo, Larry Giles
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:48684709ed0346dd97de22afe3be1cab2021-11-18T08:33:21ZIntegrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0086042https://doaj.org/article/48684709ed0346dd97de22afe3be1cab2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24516525/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Secondary forests cover large areas of the tropics and play an important role in the global carbon cycle. During secondary forest succession, simultaneous changes occur among stand structural attributes, soil properties, and species composition. Most studies classify tree species into categories based on their regeneration requirements. We use a high-resolution secondary forest chronosequence to assign trees to a continuous gradient in species successional status assigned according to their distribution across the chronosequence. Species successional status, not stand age or differences in stand structure or soil properties, was found to be the best predictor of leaf trait variation. Foliar δ(13)C had a significant positive relationship with species successional status, indicating changes in foliar physiology related to growth and competitive strategy, but was not correlated with stand age, whereas soil δ(13)C dynamics were largely constrained by plant species composition. Foliar δ(15)N had a significant negative correlation with both stand age and species successional status, - most likely resulting from a large initial biomass-burning enrichment in soil (15)N and (13)C and not closure of the nitrogen cycle. Foliar %C was neither correlated with stand age nor species successional status but was found to display significant phylogenetic signal. Results from this study are relevant to understanding the dynamics of tree species growth and competition during forest succession and highlight possibilities of, and potentially confounding signals affecting, the utility of leaf traits to understand community and species dynamics during secondary forest succession.Eben N BroadbentAngélica M Almeyda ZambranoGregory P AsnerMarlene SorianoChristopher B FieldHarrison Ramos de SouzaMarielos Peña-ClarosRachel I AdamsRodolfo DirzoLarry GilesPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 2, p e86042 (2014)
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Eben N Broadbent
Angélica M Almeyda Zambrano
Gregory P Asner
Marlene Soriano
Christopher B Field
Harrison Ramos de Souza
Marielos Peña-Claros
Rachel I Adams
Rodolfo Dirzo
Larry Giles
Integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.
description Secondary forests cover large areas of the tropics and play an important role in the global carbon cycle. During secondary forest succession, simultaneous changes occur among stand structural attributes, soil properties, and species composition. Most studies classify tree species into categories based on their regeneration requirements. We use a high-resolution secondary forest chronosequence to assign trees to a continuous gradient in species successional status assigned according to their distribution across the chronosequence. Species successional status, not stand age or differences in stand structure or soil properties, was found to be the best predictor of leaf trait variation. Foliar δ(13)C had a significant positive relationship with species successional status, indicating changes in foliar physiology related to growth and competitive strategy, but was not correlated with stand age, whereas soil δ(13)C dynamics were largely constrained by plant species composition. Foliar δ(15)N had a significant negative correlation with both stand age and species successional status, - most likely resulting from a large initial biomass-burning enrichment in soil (15)N and (13)C and not closure of the nitrogen cycle. Foliar %C was neither correlated with stand age nor species successional status but was found to display significant phylogenetic signal. Results from this study are relevant to understanding the dynamics of tree species growth and competition during forest succession and highlight possibilities of, and potentially confounding signals affecting, the utility of leaf traits to understand community and species dynamics during secondary forest succession.
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author Eben N Broadbent
Angélica M Almeyda Zambrano
Gregory P Asner
Marlene Soriano
Christopher B Field
Harrison Ramos de Souza
Marielos Peña-Claros
Rachel I Adams
Rodolfo Dirzo
Larry Giles
author_facet Eben N Broadbent
Angélica M Almeyda Zambrano
Gregory P Asner
Marlene Soriano
Christopher B Field
Harrison Ramos de Souza
Marielos Peña-Claros
Rachel I Adams
Rodolfo Dirzo
Larry Giles
author_sort Eben N Broadbent
title Integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.
title_short Integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.
title_full Integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.
title_fullStr Integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.
title_full_unstemmed Integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon.
title_sort integrating stand and soil properties to understand foliar nutrient dynamics during forest succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in the bolivian amazon.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2014
url https://doaj.org/article/48684709ed0346dd97de22afe3be1cab
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