Structure and function in two tropical gallery forest communities: Implications for forest conservation in fragmented systems

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-206

  Kellman, Martin ^a   Tackaberry, Rosanne ^a   Rigg, Lesley ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Fragmentation; Riparian habitat; Savanna fire

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION; FOREST; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

EID: 0031925918     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00300.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Ashton, P.S. & Hall, P. (1992) Comparisons of structure among mixed dipterocarp forests of north-western Borneo. Journal of Ecology, 80, 459-481.
2. Condit, R., Hubbell, S.P. & Foster, R.B. (1992) Short-term dynamics of a neotropical forest: change within limits. BioScience, 42, 822-828.
3. Goldammer, J.G. (ed.) (1990) Fire in the Tropical Biota. Springer-Verlag, New York.
4. Herwitz, S.R. & Young, S.S. (1994) Mortality, recruitment, and growth rates of montane tropical rain forest canopy trees on Mount Bellenden-Ker, Northeast Queensland, Australia. Biotropica, 26, 350-361.
5. Hubbell, S.P. & Foster, R.B. (1992) Short-term dynamics of a neotropical forest: why ecological research matters to tropical conservation and management. Oikos, 63, 48-61.
6. Kapos, V., Wandelli, E., Camargo, J.L. & Ganade, G. (1997) Edge-related changes in environment and plant response due to forest fragmentation in central Amazonia. Tropical Forest Remnants (eds W. F. Laurance & R. O. Bierregaard), pp. 33-44. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
7. Kellman, M. (1979) Soil enrichment by Neotropical savanna trees. Journal of Ecology, 67, 565-577.
8. Kellman, M. (1984) Synergistic relationships between fire and low soil fertility in Neotropical savannas: a hypothesis. Biotropica, 16, 158-160.
9. Kellman, M. (1985) Forest seedling establishment in Neotropical savannas: transplant experiments with Calophyllum brasiliense and Xylopia frutescens. Journal of Biogeography, 12, 373-379.
10. Kellman, M. (1989) Mineral nutrient dynamics during savanna - forest transformation in Central America. Mineral Nutrients in Tropical Forest and Savanna Ecosystems (ed. J. Proctor), pp. 137-150. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.
11. Kellman, M. (1996) Redefining roles: plant community reorganization and species preservation in fragmented systems. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, 5, 111-116.
12. Kellman, M. & Meave, J. (1997) Fire in the tropical gallery forests of Belize. Journal of Biogeography, 24, 23-34.
13. Kellman, M. & Sanmugadas, K. (1985) Nutrient retention by savanna ecosystems. I Retention in the absence of fire. Journal of Ecology, 73, 935-951.
14. Kellman, M. & Tackaberry, R. (1993) Disturbance and tree species coexistence in tropical riparian forest fragments. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, 3, 1-9.
15. Kellman, M., Tackaberry, R., Brokaw, N. & Meave, J. (1994) Tropical gallery forests. National Geographic Research and Exploration, 10, 92-103.
16. Laurance, W.F. & Bierregaard, R.O. (eds) (1997) Tropical Forest Remnants. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
17. Leyden, B.W. (1984) Guatemalan forest synthesis after Pleistocene aridity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., 81, 4856-4859.
18. Lovejoy, T.E., Bierregaard, R.O., Rylands, A.B., Malcolm, J.R., Quintela, C.E., Harper, L.H., Brown, K.S., Powell, A.H., Powell, G.V.N., Schubart, H.O.R. & Hays, M.B. (1986) Edge and other effects of isolation on Amazon forest fragments. Conservation biology (ed. M.E. Soulé), pp. 257-285. Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts.
19. Lugo, A.E. & Scatena, F.N. (1996) Background and catastrophic tree mortality in tropical moist, wet and rain forests. Biotropica, 28, 585-599.
20. MacDougall, A. & Kellman, M. (1992) The understorey light regime and patterns of tree seedlings in tropical riparian forest patches. Journal of Biogeography, 19, 667-675.
21. Meave, J. (1991) Maintenance of tropical rain forest plant diversity in riparian forests of tropical savannas. PhD dissertation, York University, Toronto.
22. Meave, J. & Kellman, M. (1994) Maintenance of rain forest diversity in riparian forests of tropical savannas: implications for species conservation during Pleistocene drought. Journal of Biogeography, 21, 121-135.
23. Meave, J., Kellman, M., MacDougall, A. & Rosales, J. (1991) Riparian habitats as tropical forest refugia. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, 1, 69-76.
24. Rankin-Merona, J.M., de, Hutchings, R.W. & Lovejoy, T.E. (1990) Tree mortality and recruitment over a five-year period in undisturbed upland rainforest of the Central Amazon. Four Neotropical Rainforests (ed. A. H. Gentry), pp. 573-584. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
25. Schelhas, J. & Greenberg, R. (eds) (1996) Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
26. Swaine, M.D., Lieberman, D. & Putz, F.E. (1987) The dynamics of tree populations in tropical forests: a review. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 3, 359-366.
27. Tackaberry, R. (1992) Patterns of tree species richness in fragmented riparian forests of Neotropical savannas. MSc thesis, York University, Toronto.
28. Turner, I.M. (1996) Species loss in fragments of tropical rain forest: a review of the evidence. Journal of Applied Ecology, 33, 200-209.
29. Turner, I.M., Chua, K.S., Ong, J.S.Y., Soong, B.C. & Tan, H.T.W. (1996) A century of plant species loss from an isolated fragment of lowland tropical rain forest. Conservation Biology, 10, 1229-44.
30. Turner, I.M. & Corlett, T. (1996) The conservation value of small, isolated fragments of lowland tropical rain forest. TREE, 11, 330-333.
31. Uhl, C. & Buschbacher, R. (1985) A disturbing synergism between cattle ranch burning practices and selective tree harvesting in the eastern Amazon. Biotropica, 17, 265-268.
32. Uhl, C. & Kauffman, J.B. (1990) Deforestation, fire susceptibility, and potential tree responses to fire in the eastern Amazon. Ecology, 71, 437-449.
33. Walker, S.H. (1973) Summary of Climatic Records for Belize. Land Resources Division, Surbiton, Surrey.
34. Williams-Linera, G. (1990) Origin and early development of forest edge vegetation in Panama. Biotropica, 22, 235-241.
35. Wolffsohn, A. (1967) Post-hurricane forest fires in British Honduras. Commonwealth Forestry Review, 46, 233-238.