Spatiotemporal effects of Hurricane Ivan on an endemic epiphytic orchid: 10 years of follow-up
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Título: | Spatiotemporal effects of Hurricane Ivan on an endemic epiphytic orchid: 10 years of follow-up |
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Autor/es: | Ortiz-Rodríguez, Iván A. | Raventós, José | Mújica, Ernesto | González-Hernández, Elaine | Vega-Peña, Ernesto | Ortega-Larrocea, Pilar | Bonet, Andreu | Merow, Cory |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Gestión de Ecosistemas y de la Biodiversidad (GEB) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología |
Palabras clave: | Caribbean | Cyclones | Integral projection models | Management strategies | Plant population dynamics | Stochastic growth rate | Transient behaviour | Transfer functions |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Ecología |
Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
Editor: | Taylor & Francis |
Cita bibliográfica: | Plant Ecology & Diversity. 2020, 13(1): 29-45. doi:10.1080/17550874.2019.1673495 |
Resumen: | Background: Hurricanes have a strong influence on the ecological dynamics and structure of tropical forests. Orchid populations are especially vulnerable to these perturbations due to their canopy exposure and lack of underground storage organs and seed banks. Aims: We evaluated the effects of Hurricane Ivan on the population of the endemic epiphytic orchid Encyclia bocourtii to propose a management strategy. Methods: Using a pre- and post-hurricane dataset (2003–2013), we assessed the population asymptotic and transient dynamics. We also identified the individual size-stages that maximise population inertia and E. bocourtii’s spatial arrangement relative to phorophytes and other epiphytes. Results: Hurricane Ivan severely affected the survival and growth of individuals of E. bocourtii, and caused an immediate decline of the population growth rate from λ = 1.05 to λ = 0.32, which was buffered by a population reactivity of ρ1 = 1.42. Our stochastic model predicted an annual population decrease of 14%. We found an aggregated spatial pattern between E. bocourtii and its host trees, and a random pattern relative to other epiphytes. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that E. bocourtii is not safe from local extinction. We propose the propagation and reintroduction of reproductive specimens, the relocation of surviving individuals, and the establishment of new plantations of phorophytes. |
Patrocinador/es: | This work was supported by the Inter-ministerial Commission for Science and Technology under Grant [CICYT-Spain, Project CGL2015-69985-R]; and the Havana Project of the University of Alicante. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/104009 |
ISSN: | 1755-0874 (Print) | 1755-1668 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1080/17550874.2019.1673495 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2019 Botanical Society of Scotland and Taylor & Francis |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2019.1673495 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - GEB - Artículos de Revistas |
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