Changes in tree and liana communities along a successional gradient in a tropical dry forest in south-eastern Brazil

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 201; no. 1; pp. 291 - 304
• Main Authors: Madeira, Bruno G, Espírito-Santo, Mário M, Neto, Santos D'Ângelo, Nunes, Yule R. F, Arturo Sánchez Azofeifa, G, Wilson Fernandes, G, Quesada, Mauricio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.03.2009; Springer; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Applied Ecology; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brazil; Climate; Community & Population Ecology; Deciduous forests; Dominance; Dry forests; Ecology; Ecosystems; Forest ecology; Forest ecosystems; forest growth; Forest regeneration; Forest succession; Forestry; Forests; Land use; Lianas; Life Sciences; Light effects; Pasture; Pasture management; Plant Ecology; Plant species; plowing; Rainforests; regeneration; Roots; Soil types; Species composition; species diversity; Succession; Terrestial Ecology; Trees; Tropical environments; Tropical forests; Tropical rain forests; Woody vines; Brazil; Liana–tree interactions; Succession; Floristic composition; Forest structure; Land use history

We investigated changes in species composition and structure of tree and liana communities along a successional gradient in a seasonally dry tropical forest. There was a progressive increase in tree richness and all tree structural traits from early to late stages, as well as marked changes in tree...