RT Journal Article
T1 Tree ferns dominate secondary succession in abandoned pineapple plantations around Manu National Park, Peru
T2 Los helechos arborescentes dominan la sucesión secundaria en plantaciones de piña abandonadas alrededor del Parque Nacional del Manu, Perú
A1 Schilling, Olivia
A1 Tejedor, Adrian
K1 Helechos - Perú
AB Habitat management and restoration in buffer zones of national parks is criticalfor maintaining ecosystem services and biological connectivity in and around theparks’ core protected areas. Vegetation succession in abandoned plantationsin buffer zones may take different paths that reach climax ecosystems inmore or less time depending on the conditions of initial succession, thusenhancing or hindering biological connectivity and ecosystem services. Thisstudy documents the dominance of tree ferns in the initial stages of vegetationsuccession on abandoned pineapple plantations on the Andean foothills aroundManu National Park, Peru, and discusses the role it may have on ecosystemrestoration. Four years after abandonment, tree fern gametophytes grow underthe shade of pineapple plants and melastomes. After 6-10 years of succession,the vegetation is dominated by a tree fern community composed of at least eightspecies, of which the most common are by far Cyathea delgadii and Cyatheamicrodonta. Cyathea microdonta functions as a short-lived pioneer, reaching itspeak of live stem density in 6 to10 years and dying off in older plots. Cyatheadelgadii, on the other hand, continues to grow and persists beyond 10 yearsof succession. Areas adjacent to abandoned pineapple fields have few treeferns and higher tree species diversity, suggesting that pineapple agricultureand the resulting tree fern community may be a longer pathway to reach climaxvegetation stages than other types of plantation.
PB Universidad de Málaga. Servicio de Publicaciones e Intercambio Científico
SN 0210-9506
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/15833
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/15833
LA eng
NO Acta Botánica Malacitana, Vol. 42, nº 1, 2017, págs. 141-148
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026