Response of tree species diversity to disturbance in humid tropical forests of Borneo

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• 作者：Nobuo Imai ; Hiromitsu Samejima ; Malcom Demies ; Atsushi Tanaka ; John Baptist Sugau ; Joan T. Pereira and Kanehiro Kitayama
• 刊名：Journal of Vegetation Science
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：27
• 期：4
• 页码：739-748
• 全文大小：1311K
• ISSN：1654-1103

文摘

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts that the highest species diversity occurs at an intermediate level of disturbance. The validity of the IDH remains contentious in tropical forests because the IDH has been supported in tropical dry forests but often not in humid tropical forests. We addressed the following questions: (1) is the IDH valid in humid tropical forests of Borneo; (2) how does the disturbance index (DI) influence conformity to the IDH; and (3) does the rainfall regime influence conformity to the IDH within the tropical biome?