Demographic compensation occurs in populations of Quercus oleoides Schltdl & Cham in fragments across an altitudinal gradient
Carlos Flores-Romero, Lázaro Rafael Sánchez-Velásquez, Miguel Equihua, María del Rosario Pineda López, Enrique Alarcón Gutiérrez, Yareni Perroni
TL;DR
This study explores how populations of a tree species adapt to environmental changes through demographic compensation in fragmented habitats.
Contribution
The study identifies how Quercus oleoides populations achieve demographic balance through different strategies in fragmented environments.
Findings
The λs of the three populations were greater than 1.0, indicating growth.
Differences in elasticity matrices and LTRE variation analyses were observed.
Populations achieved demographic balance through varying vital rate strategies.
Abstract
Demographic compensation is a complex process by which populations can compensate for the effects of anthropogenic disturbance and other environmental changes and restore growth-rate stability (λ » 1). Dynamic equilibrium is achieved when the growth rate [λ] is close to one. This enables a population to persist under changing environmental conditions. The demographics of fragmented populations provides an ideal model to explore the processes by which populations adapt through demographic compensation responses. To characterize the demographic of Quercus oleoides populations and detect the various processes that result from demographic compensation responses. We established permanent plots in three Q. oleoides populations at which three annual transition stages were registered. These were survival probability, transition probability, and average reproduction (that is, the number of…
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TopicsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Forest Management and Policy · Economic and Environmental Valuation