Variation in liana abundance and biomass along an elevational gradient in the tropical Atlantic Forest (Brazil)

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorAlves, Luciana F.
dc.creatorAssis, Marco A.
dc.creatorvan Melis, Juliano
dc.creatorBarros, Ana L. S.
dc.creatorVieira, Simone A.
dc.creatorMartins, Fernando R.
dc.creatorMartinelli, Luiz A.
dc.creatorJoly, Carlos A.
dc.date2013-09-30T18:47:53Z
dc.date2014-05-20T13:57:03Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:06:08Z
dc.date2013-09-30T18:47:53Z
dc.date2014-05-20T13:57:03Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:06:08Z
dc.date2012-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-05T21:16:21Z
dc.date.available2017-04-05T21:16:21Z
dc.identifierEcological Research. Tokyo: Springer Tokyo, v. 27, n. 2, p. 323-332, 2012.
dc.identifier0912-3814
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/20351
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/20351
dc.identifier10.1007/s11284-011-0902-8
dc.identifierWOS:000302149700009
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11284-011-0902-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/866072
dc.descriptionLianas play a key role in forest structure, species diversity, as well as functional aspects of tropical forests. Although the study of lianas in the tropics has increased dramatically in recent years, basic information on liana communities for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is still scarce. To understand general patterns of liana abundance and biomass along an elevational gradient (0-1,100 m asl) of coastal Atlantic Forest, we carried out a standard census for lianas a parts per thousand yen1 cm in five 1-ha plots distributed across different forest sites. on average, we found a twofold variation in liana abundance and biomass between lowland and other forest types. Large lianas (a parts per thousand yen10 cm) accounted for 26-35% of total liana biomass at lower elevations, but they were not recorded in montane forests. Although the abundance of lianas displayed strong spatial structure at short distances, the present local forest structure played a minor role structuring liana communities at the scale of 0.01 ha. Compared to similar moist and wet Neotropical forests, lianas are slightly less abundant in the Atlantic Forest, but the total biomass is similar. Our study highlights two important points: (1) despite some studies have shown the importance of small-scale canopy disturbance and support availability, the spatial scale of the relationships between lianas and forest structure can vary greatly among tropical forests; (2) our results add to the evidence that past canopy disturbance levels and minimum temperature variation exert influence on the structure of liana communities in tropical moist forests, particularly along short and steep elevational gradients.
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Tokyo
dc.relationEcological Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAboveground biomass
dc.subjectClimbers Elevation
dc.subjectForest structure
dc.subjectTropical moist forest
dc.titleVariation in liana abundance and biomass along an elevational gradient in the tropical Atlantic Forest (Brazil)
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