Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility.
Pine invasion is a global threat that is occurring in native forests of diverse regions of the world. This process is arising in a scenario of rapid forest deforestation and degradation. Therefore, elucidate which forests attributes explain invasibility is a central issue in forest ecology. The Coas...
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| author | Persy Gómez Maureen Murúa José San Martín Estefany Goncalves Ramiro O Bustamante |
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| description | Pine invasion is a global threat that is occurring in native forests of diverse regions of the world. This process is arising in a scenario of rapid forest deforestation and degradation. Therefore, elucidate which forests attributes explain invasibility is a central issue in forest ecology. The Coastal Maulino forest is an endemic forest of central Chile, which has suffered a large history of disturbance, being replaced by large extensions of Pinus radiata plantations. This land transformation conveys high rates of pines invasion into native remnants. In this study we examined to what extent structural features of forest patches explains invasibility of this forest-type. Within eight forest fragments, we sampled 162 plots (10 x 10 m2 each). We quantified seedling pine density and related these estimates with tree cover, litter depth, PAR radiation, and diversity of the resident community. Our results indicate that canopy cover was the most important variable to determine seedling pine density within forest fragments. Our investigation highlights the importance to conserve the forests cover to reduce significantly their invasibility. This action can be effective even if we cannot avoid pine plantations in the region as a source of a massive seed dispersal to forests with well conserved canopy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b43ec40e6bd54262bf839acd354490342022-12-21T18:23:39ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-01145e021084910.1371/journal.pone.0210849Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility.Persy GómezMaureen MurúaJosé San MartínEstefany GoncalvesRamiro O BustamantePine invasion is a global threat that is occurring in native forests of diverse regions of the world. This process is arising in a scenario of rapid forest deforestation and degradation. Therefore, elucidate which forests attributes explain invasibility is a central issue in forest ecology. The Coastal Maulino forest is an endemic forest of central Chile, which has suffered a large history of disturbance, being replaced by large extensions of Pinus radiata plantations. This land transformation conveys high rates of pines invasion into native remnants. In this study we examined to what extent structural features of forest patches explains invasibility of this forest-type. Within eight forest fragments, we sampled 162 plots (10 x 10 m2 each). We quantified seedling pine density and related these estimates with tree cover, litter depth, PAR radiation, and diversity of the resident community. Our results indicate that canopy cover was the most important variable to determine seedling pine density within forest fragments. Our investigation highlights the importance to conserve the forests cover to reduce significantly their invasibility. This action can be effective even if we cannot avoid pine plantations in the region as a source of a massive seed dispersal to forests with well conserved canopy.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210849 |
| spellingShingle | Persy Gómez Maureen Murúa José San Martín Estefany Goncalves Ramiro O Bustamante Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility. PLoS ONE |
| title | Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility. |
| title_full | Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility. |
| title_fullStr | Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility. |
| title_short | Maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of Pinus radiata: Basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility. |
| title_sort | maintaining close canopy cover prevents the invasion of pinus radiata basic ecology to manage native forest invasibility |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210849 |
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