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Menezes AGS, Lins SRM, Silva CSG, Tabarelli M, Filgueiras BKC. Negative effects of human disturbance and increased aridity on root biomass and nutrients along the regeneration of a tropical dry forest in the context of slash-and-burn agriculture. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 934:172955. [PMID: 38719045 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024]
Abstract
Biomass is an important indicator of the ability of tropical forests to deliver ecosystem services, but little attention has been given to belowground biomass and its drivers in human-modified landscapes. Here, we investigated the belowground biomass and nutrient concentration/stocks (C, P, and N) across regenerating forest stands with varying ages (10-76 years old) and old-growth forests in the Caatinga dry forest (northeastern Brazil) in the context of slash-and-burn agriculture. Belowground biomass ranged from 1.89 ± 0.33 Mg ha-1 to 17.53 ± 2.28 Mg ha-1 (mean ± SE) across regenerating forest stands and averaged 8.33 ± 1.59 Mg ha-1, with no differences compared to old-growth stands. However, regenerating stands exhibited a higher root/shoot ratio with biomass concentrated in the superficial soil layer and in large-sized roots, regardless of the successional stage. Root nutrient concentration and stocks were highly variable across forest stands with fine roots supporting a higher concentration of N and P, while regenerating stands supported lower nutrient stocks as compared to old-growth forests. Finally, precipitation and chronic disturbance emerged as the most important drivers of belowground biomass and nutrient concentrations/stocks, while aboveground biomass played a negligible role. Our results indicate that, in human-modified landscapes of tropical dry forests, belowground biomass and nutrients play important roles in ecosystem functions in regenerated forests after slash-and-burn agriculture. Forest resilience and provision of ecosystem services (e.g., nutrient cycling) appear to be very sensitive to increased aridity and exploitation of forest resources.
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- Artur G S Menezes
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco 50670-901, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco 50670-901, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco 50670-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Universidade de Pernambuco, Campus Mata Norte, Nazaré da Mata, PE 55800-000, Brazil.
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Villa-Rivera N, Castellanos-Barliza J, Mondragón-Botero A, Barranco-Pérez W. Effect of intraspecific seed trait variation on the germination of eight tropical dry forest species. THE SCIENCE OF NATURE - NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 2024; 111:19. [PMID: 38517488 PMCID: PMC10959815 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01898-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
Abstract
Functional traits can have intraspecific and interspecific variations essential in the structure and dynamics of natural communities. These traits may have implications in the germination and seedling establishment phases in seeds. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of variations in mass, volume, and nutrient content (C, N, and P) on the germination of eight species representative of the tropical dry forest (TDF). Our results showed that seed size, both in terms of mass and volume, did not predict germination rates or percentages, nor were they related to nutrient content. In contrast, N content was the most important trait in the germination phase. Larger seeds did not germinate more or faster, but they could offer better resistance against desiccation, since they had higher C/N ratios in their tissues, a characteristic of orthodox seeds. The species A. guachapele, B. arborea, H. crepitans, and V. tortuosa presented a high biological potential in terms of their regeneration capacity, particularly, because the characteristics of their seeds, as well as the nutrient content, revealed consistent implications in their reproductive success, promoting high germination percentages in less time. In general, the results obtained in this study provide basic knowledge for future research, offering starting points for further exploration of species-specific adaptations and how they may be affected by the environment.
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- Natalia Villa-Rivera
- Grupo de Investigación en Restauración Ecosistémica y Ecología Urbana, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Magdalena, Carrera 32#22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., 470002, Magdalena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Restauración Ecosistémica y Ecología Urbana, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Magdalena, Carrera 32#22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., 470002, Magdalena, Colombia.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Restauración Ecosistémica y Ecología Urbana, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Magdalena, Carrera 32#22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., 470002, Magdalena, Colombia
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Melo DHA, Freitas AVL, Tabarelli M, Filgueiras BKC, Leal IR. Aridity and chronic anthropogenic disturbance as organizing forces of fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in a Caatinga dry forest. Biotropica 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.13173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Douglas H. A. Melo
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia Universidade Estadual de Campinas Campinas Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Vegetal Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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Díaz‐Castellanos A, Meave JA, Vega‐Ramos F, Pineda‐García F, Bonfil C, Paz H. The above–belowground functional space of tropical dry forest communities responds to local hydric habitats. Biotropica 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.13125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Aleida Díaz‐Castellanos
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Morelia México
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Morelia México
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- Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Morelia México
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Morelia México
- Department of Integrative Biology & Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry University of California – Berkeley Berkeley USA
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Pinho BX, Trindade DPF, Peres CA, Jamelli D, de Lima RAF, Ribeiro EMS, Melo FPL, Leal IR, Tabarelli M. Cross‐scale drivers of woody plant species commonness and rarity in the Brazilian drylands. DIVERS DISTRIB 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Bruno X. Pinho
- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
- AMAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAe, CIRAD, CNRS, IRD Montpellier France
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- School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
- Instituto Juruá Manaus Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Genética Evolutiva Universidade de Pernambuco – Campus Petrolina Petrolina Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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Vanderlei RS, Barros MF, Leal IR, Tabarelli M. Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human‐modified landscape. Biotropica 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.13081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Renato Soares Vanderlei
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Vegetal Federal University of Pernambuco Recife Brasil
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- Programa de Capacitação Institucional (PCI) Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Belém Brasil
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- Botany Department Federal University of Pernambuco Recife Brasil
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Sena PHA, Gonçalves‐Souza T, Gonçalves PHS, Ferreira PSM, Gusmão RAF, Melo FPL. Biocultural restoration improves delivery of ecosystem services in social‐ecological landscapes. Restor Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.13599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Pedro H. A. Sena
- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada, Centro de Biociências Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Av Prof Moraes Rego SN Recife Brasil 50670901 Brazil
- Laboratório de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife 52171‐900 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife 52171‐900 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos, Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Av Prof Moraes Rego SN Recife Brasil 50670901 Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais Universidade Federal do Ceará Fortaleza 60020‐181 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife 52171‐900 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada, Centro de Biociências Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Av Prof Moraes Rego SN Recife Brasil 50670901 Brazil
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Han X, Huang J, Zang R. Shifts in ecological strategy spectra of typical forest vegetation types across four climatic zones. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14127. [PMID: 34239014 PMCID: PMC8266834 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93722-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Ecological strategy spectrum is the relative proportion of species in different categories of ecological strategies in a biotic community. Here, we explored ecological strategy spectra in typical forest vegetation types across four climatic zones in China. We classified ecological strategy categories by using the "StrateFy" ordination method based on three leaf functional traits. Results showed that the predominant ecological strategies of species in the tropical rainforest were CS-selected, and the predominant categories in the evergreen-deciduous broadleaved mixed forest and warm-temperate coniferous-broadleaved mixed forest were CSR and S/CSR categories respectively, whereas those in the cold-temperate coniferous forest were the S-selected ones. Ecological strategy richness of forest vegetation decreased significantly with the increase of latitude. The categories of ecological strategies with more component S increased while those with more component C decreased with the change of typical forest vegetation types from tropical rainforest through evergreen-deciduous broadleaved mixed forest and warm-temperate coniferous-broadleaved mixed forest to cool-temperate coniferous forest. Our findings highlight the usefulness of Grime's C-S-R scheme for predicting the responses of vegetation to environmental changes, and the results are helpful in further elucidating species coexistence and community assembly in varied climatic and geographic settings.
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- Xin Han
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China. .,Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China.
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Giles AL, Costa PDB, Rowland L, Abrahão A, Lobo L, Verona L, Silva MC, Monge M, Wolfsdorf G, Petroni A, D'Angioli AM, Sampaio AB, Schimidt IB, Oliveira RS. How effective is direct seeding to restore the functional composition of neotropical savannas? Restor Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.13474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- André Luiz Giles
- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
- School of Plant Biology The University of Western Australia Perth WA Australia
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter Exeter U.K
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
- Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Department University of Hohenheim Emil‐Wolff‐Strasse Stuttgart 27 Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter Exeter U.K
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
- HUFU‐Herbarium, Institute of Biology Federal University of Uberlândia UFU Uberlândia MG 38400‐902 Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology Institute of Biology P.O. Box: 6109, University of Campinas – UNICAMP 13083‐970 Campinas SP Brazil
- School of Plant Biology The University of Western Australia Perth WA Australia
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Várbíró G, Borics G, Novais MH, Morais MM, Rimet F, Bouchez A, Tapolczai K, Bácsi I, Usseglio-Polatera P, B-Béres V. Environmental filtering and limiting similarity as main forces driving diatom community structure in Mediterranean and continental temporary and perennial streams. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 741:140459. [PMID: 32887020 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Climatic extreme events such as droughts (unpredictable), dry periods (predictable) or even flush floods, threaten freshwater ecosystems worldwide. The filtering mechanisms of these events and their strength on communities, however, can be different among regions. While time-for-adaptation theory defines whether or not water scarcity can be considered as disturbance, the stress-dominance theory predicts an increase in importance of environmental filtering and a decrease in the role of biotic interactions in communities with increasing environmental stress. Here, we tested whether environmental filtering (leading to trait convergence) or limiting similarity (leading to trait divergence) is the main assembly rule shaping the structure and trait composition of benthic diatom assemblages in Mediterranean (Portuguese) and continental (Hungarian) temporary and perennial streams. We assumed that the trait composition of diatom assemblages in the two stream types would be less different in the Mediterranean than in the continental region (addressed to time-for-adaptation theory). We also hypothesized that trait composition would be shaped by environmental filtering in the Hungarian streams while by biotic interactions in Portuguese streams (addressed to stress-dominance theory). Our results supported our first hypothesis since traits, which associated primarily to temporary streams were found only in the continental region. Our findings, however, only partially proved the stress-dominance hypothesis. In the continental region, where drying up of streams were induced by unpredictable droughts, biotic interactions were the main assembly rules shaping community structure. In contrast, environmental filtering was nearly as important as limiting similarity in structuring trait composition in the Mediterranean region during the predictable dry phase with no superficial flow. These analyses also highlighted that drought events (both predictable and unpredictable ones) have a complex and strong influence on benthic diatom assemblages resulting even in irreversible changes in trait composition and thereby in ecosystem functioning.
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- Gábor Várbíró
- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, Department of Tisza Research, 18/c. Bem square, 4026 Debrecen, Hungary; MTA Centre for Ecological Research, GINOP Sustainable Ecosystems Group, 3. Klebelsberg Kuno str., H-8237 Tihany, Hungary.
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- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, Department of Tisza Research, 18/c. Bem square, 4026 Debrecen, Hungary; MTA Centre for Ecological Research, GINOP Sustainable Ecosystems Group, 3. Klebelsberg Kuno str., H-8237 Tihany, Hungary.
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- Renewable Energies Chair, University of Évora, Casa Cordovil, Rua D. Augusto Eduardo Nunes n 7, Évora, 7000-651, Portugal; Institute of Earth Sciences - ICT, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho no. 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal.
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- Institute of Earth Sciences - ICT, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho no. 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal; Water Laboratory, Rua da Barba Rala, n.° 1, Parque Industrial e Tecnológico de Évora, 7005-345, Évora, Portugal.
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- UMR CARRTEL, INRAE, Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc, Thonon-les-Bains, France.
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- UMR CARRTEL, INRAE, Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc, Thonon-les-Bains, France.
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- Department of Limnology, University of Pannonia, H-8200 Veszprém, Egyetem u. 10, Hungary; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Premium Postdoctoral Research Program, H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 7, Hungary.
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- University of Debrecen, Department of Hydrobiology, P.O. Box 57, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary.
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- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, Department of Tisza Research, 18/c. Bem square, 4026 Debrecen, Hungary; MTA Centre for Ecological Research, GINOP Sustainable Ecosystems Group, 3. Klebelsberg Kuno str., H-8237 Tihany, Hungary.
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Zorger BB, Tabarelli M, Queiroz RT, Rosado BHP, Pinho BX. Functional organization of woody plant assemblages along precipitation and human disturbance gradients in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Biotropica 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Bianca B. Zorger
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia Universidade Federal da Paraíba João Pessoa Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
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