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T1 Seedling survival patterns in Macaronesian laurel forest: a long-term study in Tenerife (Canary Islands)
A1 Fernández Lugo, Silvia
A1 Nascimento Reyes, Lea de
A1 Méndez, J.
A1 González-Delgado, Guacimara
A1 Gomes, E. P. C.
A1 Otto, Rüdiger
A1 Arévalo, José Ramón
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
K1 Macaronesian laurel forest
K1 Forest structure
K1 Bosque de laurel macaronésico
K1 Estructura del bosque
AB Seedling dynamics of the Macaronesian laurel forest have been monitored for the first time in a long-term study todetermine whether the survival of the seedling community is affected by slope aspect and forest structure. Morethan 4000 seedlingswere monitored monthly from2000 to 2003 inwell-preserved laurel forest stands on Tenerife,Canary Islands. Trees and seedling bank species composition differed between windward and leeward slopes. Onboth slopes, differences in species composition between the canopy and the seedling bank suggest future shifts incanopy species composition towards a more advanced successional stage. Surprisingly, seedling survival washigher on the drier leeward than on the wetter windward slope. This seems to be related to environmental andstructural differences of the forest stand between slope aspects (e.g. larger trees, higher canopy cover and treedensity and lower light penetration in windward plots). Analysed species have long-lived seedling banks with survivalrates of 12 per cent and 5 per cent in the long term (12 years) for leeward and windward slopes, respectively,with significant differences among species. This result reflects the high regeneration potential of the forest in wellpreservedstands, indicating that no management interventions are required to ensure the regeneration of thisendemic forest
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0015-752X
YR 2014
FD 2014
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RD 26-nov-2024