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Potential tree species extinction, colonization and recruitment in Afromontane forest relicts

(2014) BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY. 15(4). p.288-296
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Tree species regeneration determines future forest structure and composition, but is often severely hampered in small forest relicts. To study succession, long-term field observations or simulation models are used but data, knowledge or resources to run such models are often scarce in tropical areas. We propose and implement a species accounting equation, which includes the co-occurring events extinction, colonization and recruitment and which can be solved by using data from a single inventory. We solved this species accounting equation for the 12 remaining Afromontane cloud forest relicts in Taita Hills, Kenya by comparing the tree species present among the seedling, sapling and mature tree layer in 82 plots. A simultaneous ordination of the seedling, sapling and mature tree layer data revealed that potential species extinctions, colonizations and recruitments may induce future species shifts. On landscape level, the potential extinction debt amounted to 9% (7 species) of the regional species pool. On forest relict level, the smallest relicts harbored an important proportion of the tree species diversity in the regeneration layer. The average potential recruitment credit, defined as species only present as seedling or sapling, was 3 and 6 species for large and small forest relicts, while the average potential extinction debt was 12 and 4 species, respectively. In total, both large and small relicts are expected to lose approximately 20% of their current local tree species pool. The species accounting equations provide a time and resource effective tool and give an improved understanding of the conservation status and possible future succession dynamics of forest relicts, which can be particularly useful in a context of participatory monitoring.
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Forest succession, Community structure, Late-successional species, Regeneration, RAIN-FOREST, HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, SUCCESSIONAL TREES, TROPICAL FOREST, SEEDLING BANK, BIODIVERSITY, DIVERSITY, DEBT, ABUNDANCE, RICHNESS

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Thijs, Koen W., et al. “Potential Tree Species Extinction, Colonization and Recruitment in Afromontane Forest Relicts.” BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, vol. 15, no. 4, 2014, pp. 288–96, doi:10.1016/j.baae.2014.05.004.
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Thijs, K. W., Aerts, R., Musila, W., Siljander, M., Matthysen, E., Lens, L., … Muys, B. (2014). Potential tree species extinction, colonization and recruitment in Afromontane forest relicts. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, 15(4), 288–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2014.05.004
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Thijs, Koen W, Raf Aerts, Winfred Musila, Mika Siljander, Erik Matthysen, Luc Lens, Petri Pellikka, Hubert Gulinck, and Bart Muys. 2014. “Potential Tree Species Extinction, Colonization and Recruitment in Afromontane Forest Relicts.” BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY 15 (4): 288–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2014.05.004.
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Thijs, Koen W, Raf Aerts, Winfred Musila, Mika Siljander, Erik Matthysen, Luc Lens, Petri Pellikka, Hubert Gulinck, and Bart Muys. 2014. “Potential Tree Species Extinction, Colonization and Recruitment in Afromontane Forest Relicts.” BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY 15 (4): 288–296. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2014.05.004.
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Thijs KW, Aerts R, Musila W, Siljander M, Matthysen E, Lens L, et al. Potential tree species extinction, colonization and recruitment in Afromontane forest relicts. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY. 2014;15(4):288–96.
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K. W. Thijs et al., “Potential tree species extinction, colonization and recruitment in Afromontane forest relicts,” BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 288–296, 2014.
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  title        = {{Potential tree species extinction, colonization and recruitment in Afromontane forest relicts}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2014.05.004}},
  volume       = {{15}},
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