Compositional patterns of overstorey and understorey woody communities in a forest-savanna boundary in Ghana
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| 作者 | Armani, Mohammed1,2; Van Langevelde, Frank3,4; Tomlinson, Kyle Warwick1; Adu-Bredu, Stephen5; Djagbletey, Gloria Djaney5; Veenendaal, Elmar M.6 |
| 刊名 | PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY
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| 出版日期 | 2018 |
| 卷号 | 11期号:4页码:451-463 |
| 关键词 | Forest-savanna boundary overstorey recruitment barrier species composition strata zone of transition |
| ISSN号 | 1755-0874 |
| DOI | 10.1080/17550874.2018.1539133 |
| 通讯作者 | Armani, Mohammed(moarmani@outlook.com) |
| 英文摘要 | Background: Forest and savanna vegetation in the zone of transition (ZOT) contain distinct woody species due to fire, drought and herbivory barriers that constrain forest species from invading adjacent savannas and vice-versa. Little is known if these barriers cause divergence in species composition between the overstorey and understorey strata in these vegetation types.Aim: We investigated woody species composition across overstorey and understorey strata in the ZOT and explored the relationship between soil fertility and species composition patterns.Methods: We sampled overstorey and understorey woody species and determined soil nutrient concentrations in twenty-five 20mx20m plots in a ZOT in Ghana.Results: Forest and savanna species dominated the overstorey and understorey of their respective environments. However, species composition was decoupled between the overstorey and understorey strata in both forest and savanna vegetations. Few savanna and forest species had individuals co-occurring in both overstorey and understorey such that similar to 65% of the dominant species was limited to only one stratum. Soil fertility had little effect on these patterns.Conclusion: These patterns indicate that, forest and savanna species face significant recruitment barriers in their respective environments, suggesting that requirements for juvenile establishment may differ from recruitments to the canopy layer. |
| WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000460156000004 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/65119]  |
| 专题 | 中国科学院昆明植物研究所 |
| 通讯作者 | Armani, Mohammed |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Community Ecol & Conservat Grp, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Mengla, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Wageningen Univ & Res Ctr, Resource Ecol Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands 4.Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Life Sci, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa 5.CSIR, Forestry Res Inst Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana 6.Wageningen Univ & Res Ctr, Nat Conservat & Plant Ecol Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Armani, Mohammed,Van Langevelde, Frank,Tomlinson, Kyle Warwick,et al. Compositional patterns of overstorey and understorey woody communities in a forest-savanna boundary in Ghana[J]. PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY,2018,11(4):451-463. |
| APA | Armani, Mohammed,Van Langevelde, Frank,Tomlinson, Kyle Warwick,Adu-Bredu, Stephen,Djagbletey, Gloria Djaney,&Veenendaal, Elmar M..(2018).Compositional patterns of overstorey and understorey woody communities in a forest-savanna boundary in Ghana.PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY,11(4),451-463. |
| MLA | Armani, Mohammed,et al."Compositional patterns of overstorey and understorey woody communities in a forest-savanna boundary in Ghana".PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY 11.4(2018):451-463. |
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