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Science 27 October 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5492, pp. 788 - 791
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5492.788
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Hurricane Disturbance and Tropical Tree Species Diversity
John Vandermeer,1*
Iñigo Granzow de la Cerda,2
Douglas Boucher,4
Ivette Perfecto,3
Javier Ruiz5
The debate over the maintenance of high diversity of
tree species in tropical forests centers on the role of tree-fall gaps as a primary source of disturbance. Using a 10-year data series accumulated since Hurricane Joan struck the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua in 1988, we examined the pattern of species accumulation over
time and with increased sampling of individuals. Our analysis shows
that the pattern after a hurricane differs from the pattern after a
simple tree-fall disturbance, and we conclude that pioneers are limited
in large disturbances and thus do not suppress other species the way
they do in smaller disturbances.
1 Department of Biology,
2 University Herbarium,
3 School
of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
4 Department of Biology, Hood
College, Frederick, MD 21701, USA.
5 Universidad de
las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe de Nicaragüense
(URACCAN), Bluefields, Nicaragua.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
jvander{at}umich.edu
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