Changes in rainfall interception along a secondary forest succession gradient in lowland Panama
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Forest structure and species composition along a successional gradient of Lowland Atlantic Forest in Southern Brazil
The Lowland Forest is one of the most disturbed and fragile ecosystems in the Atlantic Forest biome, yet little is known regarding its successional trajectory and resilience. We evaluated changes in species assemblages and forest structure of the canopy and understory along a successional gradient (young 21-yrs old forest, immature 34-yrs old forest and late successional 59-yrs old forest) aimi...
متن کاملSecondary forest succession in a tropical dry forest: patterns of development across a 50-year chronosequence in lowland Bolivia
Stand structure, species richness and population structures of tree species were characterized in 12 stands representing 50 y of succession following slash-and-burn agriculture in a tropical dry forest in lowland Bolivia. Estimates of tree species richness, canopy cover and basal area reached or surpassed 75% of mature forest levels in the 5-, 8-, and 23-y-old stands respectively. Total stem de...
متن کاملRainfall Interception by Sacramento's Urban Forest
A one-dimensional mass and energy balance model was developed to simulate rainfall interception in Sacramento County, California. The model describes tree interception processes: gross precipitation, leaf drip, stem flow, and evaporation. Kriging was used to extend existing meteorological point data over the region. Regional land use/ land cover and tree canopy cover were parameterized with dat...
متن کاملFunctional diversity increases with species diversity along successional gradient in a secondary tropical lowland rainforest
Functional diversity (FD) is a good predictor of ecosystem multi-functionality. Few empirical studies have been conducted on the patterns of variation in functional diversity during secondary succession in tropical forests. In this paper, we measured six functional traits for woody plants and tried to understand how functional and species diversity change along a chronosequence on Hainan Island...
متن کاملGeochemical characterization of the forest loess soils along a precipitation gradient in Northern Iran
Introduction: The loess-paleosol sequences in Northern Iran are important archives represent several cycles of Quaternary climate change and can be used to complete the information gap on loess between Europe and central Asia. Loess geochemistry reflects paleoweathering conditions and it can be used to determine the nature and provenance of loess deposits. In the Caspian Lowlands, a pronounced...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1607-7938
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-4659-2013