SEEDLING RECRUITMENT IN FORESTS - CALIBRATING MODELS TO PREDICT PATTERNS OF TREE SEEDLING DISPERSION

被引:432
作者
RIBBENS, E
SILANDER, JA
PACALA, SW
机构
关键词
DISPERSION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD STATISTICS; OAK NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT LIMITATION; SORTIE;
D O I
10.2307/1939638
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Recruitment, the addition of new individuals into a community, is an important factor that can substantially affect community composition and dynamics. We present a method for calibrating spatial models of plant recruitment that does not require identifying the specific parent of each recruit. This method calibrates seedling recruitment functions by comparing tree seedling distributions with adult distributions via a maximum likelihood analysis. The models obtained from this method can then be used to predict the spatial distributions of seedlings from adult distributions. We calibrated recruitment functions for 10 tree species characteristic of transition oak-northern hardwood forests. Significant differences were found in recruit abundances and spatial distributions. Predicted seedling recruitment limitation for test stands varied substantially between species, with little recruitment limitation for some species and strong recruitment limitation for others. Recruitment was limited due to low overall recruit production or to restricted recruit dispersion. When these seedling recruitment parameters were incorporated into a spatial, individual-based model of forest dynamics, called SORTIE, alterations of recruitment parameters produced substantial changes in species abundance, providing additional support for the potential importance of seedling recruitment processes in community structure and dynamics.
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页码:1794 / 1806
页数:13
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