Determinants of Piper (Piperaceae) climber composition in a lowland tropical rainforest in New Guinea
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F19%3A43901474" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/19:43901474 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/19:00510935
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12224-018-9334-3" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12224-018-9334-3</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9334-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12224-018-9334-3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Determinants of Piper (Piperaceae) climber composition in a lowland tropical rainforest in New Guinea
Original language description
Climbing plants form a substantial component of tropical forest diversity. Climbers are a diverse group comprising various ecological strategies dependent on tree support and are affected by biotic and abiotic forest conditions. In a lowland primary tropical rainforest in Papua New Guinea, we studied the distribution of root climbers from genus Piper in relation to topography (slope, convexity, altitude) and properties of vegetation and of individual host trees (basal area of trees, and host tree size, abundance and species identity). In total, 1,058 Piper climber individuals belonging to 8 species occupied 13.7% of tree trunks with a diameter at breast height (DBH) > 1 cm. All Piper species generally avoided similar habitat conditions - higher altitude, steeper slopes, more closed canopy layer and bigger total basal area of host vegetation. The preferences of Piper climbers for some tree species are primarily determined by properties of host trees, mainly their DBH. Therefore, the probability of Piper presence on a tree increased with individual host tree DBH. Piper species were more frequently found on rare than common tree species. However, this relationship might be also explained by their affinity for higher tree DBH. Our findings point to non-random association between climbers and their host trees, in a complicated interplay with local environmental conditions. These interactions have very probably consequences for forest vegetation dynamics and maintenance of diversity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-18022S" target="_blank" >GA16-18022S: Spatiotemporal differences in competition between tropical and temperate forest: diversity matters</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Folia Geobotanica
ISSN
1211-9520
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
54
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3-4
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
227-238
UT code for WoS article
000528674900006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85062775366