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Leaf-area index change across river-beach successional transects in south-eastern Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2003

Louise H. Emmons  and
Marc A. Dubois
Louise H. Emmons
Affiliation:
Department of Systematic Biology, NHB 390, MRC 108, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-70128, USA
Marc A. Dubois
Affiliation:
Service de Physique de l'Etat Condenseacute;, CEA Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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Abstract

As part of the programme Écosystèmes et Paléoécosystémes des Forêts Intertropicales (ECOFIT,France),we are engaged in multisite comparative studies of how forests regenerate across ecotones such as those between forests and savannas (Vincens et al. 2000).One such ecotone comprises the forest succession from bare soil that occurs naturally on beach successions along meandering rivers. To gauge the development of foliar layers during succession and quantify changes of efficiency of the vegetation in capturing the available solar energy, we are measuring the Leaf Area Index (LAI) of transects within forests and across their edges.

Keywords

ecotoneLeaf Area IndexPeruplant successionrain forest
Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , July 2003 , pp. 473 - 477
Copyright
2003 Cambridge University Press

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