Differing Agents of Physical Damage to Artificial Seedlings in Remnant and Restored Forests
ABSTRACT We tested the importance of physical damage to seedlings as a bottleneck to natural regeneration in restored tropical forests using an artificial seedling experiment. After one year, more artificial seedlings had been damaged in restored forests (17.6% ± 2.6% SE) compared to remnant forests (12.7% ± 1.1% SE), primarily due to greater frequency of woody debris falling from planted trees. Vertebrate damage was more common in remnant forests.
Authors
- Francis H. Joyce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6699-1842)
- María Auxiliadora Zúñiga Amador (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2100-5922)
- Karen D. Holl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-6161)
- Gerald J. Quirós Cedeño
Institutions
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Distance State University (CR)
- Universidad Hispanoamerica (CR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biotropica
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13421
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Division of Environmental Biology