Regeneration strategies of tree species in the laurel forest of Tenerife (The Canary Islands)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Fernández Palacios, José María ^a,b   Arévalo, José Ramón ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area; Canopy composition; Non pioneer; Pioneer; Remnant species; Seed bank; Seedlings; Suckers

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLOUD FOREST; DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

SPAIN, CANARY ISLANDS, TENERIFE;

ERICA ARBOREA; LAURUS AZORICA; MYRICA FAYA; PRUNUS LUSITANICA;

EID: 0031926324     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008000330184     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Ancochea, E., Fuster, J. M., Ibarrola, E., Cendrero, A., Coello, J., Hernán, F., Cantagrel, J. & Jamond, C. 1990. Volcanic evolution of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands) in the light of new K-Ar data. J. Volc. Geoth. Res. 44: 231-249.
2. Axelrod, D. I. 1975. Evolution and Biogeography of Madrean-Tethyan sclerophyll vegetation. Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 62: 280-334.
3. Baker, A. S. & Smith, R. 1969. Colorimetric determination of nitate in soil and plant extracts with brucine. J. Agric. Food Chem. 17: 1284-1287.
4. Bazzaz, F. A. 1996. Plants in changing enviroments. Linking physiological, population, and community ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
5. Bormann, F. H. & Likens, G. E. 1979. Pattern and Process in a Forested Ecosystem. Springer, New York.
6. Bremner, J. M. 1960. Determination of nitrogen in soil by the Kjeldahl method. J. Agric. Sci. 55: 11-33.
7. Brokaw, N. & Scheiner, S. M. 1989. Species composition in gaps and structure of a tropical forest. Ecology 70: 538-541.
8. Ceballos, L. & Ortuño, F. 1974. Vegetación y flora forestal de las Canarias Occidentales. 2nd. Ed. Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
9. Denslow, J. S. 1987. Tropical rainforest gaps and tree species diversity. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 18: 431-451.
10. Eriksson, O. 1996. Regional dynamics of plants: a review of evidence for remnant source-sinkand metapopulations. Oikos 77: 248-258.
11. Fenner, M. 1985. Seed Ecology. Chapman & Hall, London.
12. Fernández, J. A., Niell F. X. & Lucena, J. 1985. A rapid and sensitive automated determination of phosphate in natural waters. Limnol. Ocean. 30: 227-230.
13. Fernández-Caldas, E., Tejedor M. & Quantin, P. 1982. Suelos de regiones volcánicas: Tenerife (Islas Canarias). Publicaciones Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna.
14. Fernández-Palacios, J. M. 1992. Climatic responses of plant species on Tenerife, The Canary Islands. J. Veg. Sci. 3: 595-602.
15. Fernández-Palacios, J. M., López, R., Luzardo, C. & García, J. 1992. Descriptión ecológica y evaluatión de la producción primaria neta de cuatro estaciones representativas de los ecosistemas más característicos de Tenerife (Islas Canarias). Studia Oecol. 9: 105-124.
16. Hamilton, L. S., Juvik, J. O. & Scatena, F. N. 1995. The Puerto Rico tropical cloud forest symposium: Introduction and workshop synthesis. In: Hamilton, L. S., Juvik, J. O. & Scatena, F. N. (eds), Tropical montane cloud forests. Ecological Studies 110: 1-23. Springer, New York.
17. Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. 1985. Flora of Macaronesia. Check-list of vascular plants. Sommerfeldtia 1: 1-67.
18. Harper, J. L. 1977. The Population Biology of Plants. Academic Press, London.
19. Hedley, M. J., Steward. J. W. B. & Chauhan, B. S. 1982. Changes in inorganic and organic soilphosphorus fractions induced by cultivation practices and by laboratory incubations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 46: 970-976.
20. Höllermann, P. 1981. Microenvironmental studies in the laurel forest of the Canary Islands. Mountain Res. Devel. 1: 193-207.
21. Horn, H. S. 1975. Markovian processes of forest succession. pp. 196-211. In: M. L. Cody & J. M. Diamond (eds), Ecology and Evolution of communities. Belknap Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
22. Hubbell, S. P. & Foster, R. B. 1986. The spatial context of regeneration in a neotropical forest, pp. 395-412. In: A. J. Gray, A. J., Crawley, M. J. & Edwards, P. J. (eds). Colonization, Succession and Stability. Blackwell, Oxford.
23. Jackson, M. L. 1976. Análisis químico de suelos. Omega, Barcelona.
24. Johnson, E. A. 1981. Vegetation organization and dynamics of lichen woodlands communities in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Ecology 62: 200-215.
25. Kämmer, F. 1974. Klima und Vegetation auf Tenerife, besonders im Hinblick der Nebelniederschlag. Scripta Geobot. 7: 1-78.
26. Keddy, P. 1992. Assembly and response rules: two goals for predictive community ecology. J. Veg. Sci. 3: 157-164.
27. Lawesson, J. 1988. Stand-level dieback and regeneration of forests in the Galápagos Islands. Vegetatio 77: 87-93.
28. Liu Quinghong & Hytteborn, H. 1991. Gap structure, disturbance and regeneration in a primeveal Picea abies forest. J. Veg. Sci. 2: 391-402.
29. Marzol, M. V., Rodríguez, J., Arozena, M. E. & Luis, M. 1988. Rapport entre la dynamique de la mer de nuages et la végétation au Nord de Tenerife (Iles Canaries). Publications de l'Associacion Internationale de Climatologie 1: 273-283.
30. Mueller-Dombois, D. 1987. Forest Dynamics in Hawaii. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2: 216-220.
31. Núñez-Farfán, J. & Dirzo, R. 1991. Effects of defoliation on the sapling of a gap-colonizing neotropical tree. J. Veg. Sci. 2: 459-464.
32. Oliver, C. D. & Larson, B. C. 1990. Forest Stand Dynamics. McGraw-Hill, New York.
33. Ovington, J. D. 1983. Temperate broad-leaved evergreen forests. Goodall, D. W. (ed.). Ecosystems of the World 10, Elsevier, New York.
34. Packham, J. R., Harding, D. J. L., Hilton, G. M. & Stutlard, R. A. 1992. Functional Ecologyof Woodlands and Forests. Chapman & Hall, Cambridge.
35. Parsons, J. J. 1981. Human influence in the pine and laurel forests of the Canary Islands. Geog. Rev. 71: 253-271.
36. Runkle, J. R. 1982. Patterns of disturbance in some old growth mesic forests in eastern North America. Ecology 63: 1533-1546.
37. Runkle, J. R. 1984. Development of woody vegetation in treefall gaps in a beech-sugar maple forest. Holartic Ecol. 7: 157-164.
38. Rübel, E. 1930. Pflanzengesellschaften der Erde. Hans Huber, Bern-Berlin.
39. Santos, A. 1990. Bosques de laurisilva en la región macaronésica. Publ. Council of Europe, Strassbourg.
40. SPSS Inc. 1990. SPSS/PC+ V.6.0. Base Manual.
41. Stadtmüller, T. 1987. Cloud forest in the humid tropics. The United Nations University, Tokyo.
42. Vitousek, P. M. & Walker, L. R. 1989. Biological invasions by Myrica faya in Hawaii: Plant demography, Nitrogen fixation, ecosystem effects. Ecol. Monogr. 59: 247-265.
43. Vitousek, P. M., Walker, L. R., Whiteaker, L. D. Mueller-Dombois, D. & Matson, P. A. 1989. Biological invasion by Myrica faya alters ecosystem development in Hawaii. Science 238: 802-804.
44. Whitmore, T. C. 1989. Canopy gaps and the two major groups of forest trees. Ecology 70: 536-538.
45. Wiens, J. A. 1989. Spatial scaling in ecology. Funct. Ecol. 3: 385-397.
46. Zar, J. H. 1984. Biostatistical analysis. 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.