Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy

The high species diversity of mixed tropical forests hinders the development of forest dynamic models. A solution commonly adopted is to cluster species in groups. There are various methods for grouping species that can be linked to three strategies (i) the ecological subjective strategy, (ii) the e...

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Autores principales: Gourlet-Fleury, S., Blanc, Lilian, Picard, N., Sist, P., Dick, J., Nasi, Robert, Swaine, M., Forni, E.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19380
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author Gourlet-Fleury, S.
Blanc, Lilian
Picard, N.
Sist, P.
Dick, J.
Nasi, Robert
Swaine, M.
Forni, E.
author_browse Blanc, Lilian
Dick, J.
Forni, E.
Gourlet-Fleury, S.
Nasi, Robert
Picard, N.
Sist, P.
Swaine, M.
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Blanc, Lilian
Picard, N.
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Dick, J.
Nasi, Robert
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Forni, E.
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description The high species diversity of mixed tropical forests hinders the development of forest dynamic models. A solution commonly adopted is to cluster species in groups. There are various methods for grouping species that can be linked to three strategies (i) the ecological subjective strategy, (ii) the ecological data-driven strategy, and (iii) the dynamic process strategy. In the first two strategies a species will be assigned to a single group while in the latter strategy, a specific grouping is defined for each process of population dynamics (typically based on recruitment, growth, mortality). Little congruency or convergence is observed in the literature between any two classifications of species. This may be explained by the independence between the sets of tree characters used to build species groups, or by the intra-specific variability of these characters. We therefore recommend the dynamic process strategy as the most convenient strategy for building groups of species.
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spelling CGSpace193802025-01-24T14:12:19Z Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy Gourlet-Fleury, S. Blanc, Lilian Picard, N. Sist, P. Dick, J. Nasi, Robert Swaine, M. Forni, E. species diversity classification models comparisons tropical forests The high species diversity of mixed tropical forests hinders the development of forest dynamic models. A solution commonly adopted is to cluster species in groups. There are various methods for grouping species that can be linked to three strategies (i) the ecological subjective strategy, (ii) the ecological data-driven strategy, and (iii) the dynamic process strategy. In the first two strategies a species will be assigned to a single group while in the latter strategy, a specific grouping is defined for each process of population dynamics (typically based on recruitment, growth, mortality). Little congruency or convergence is observed in the literature between any two classifications of species. This may be explained by the independence between the sets of tree characters used to build species groups, or by the intra-specific variability of these characters. We therefore recommend the dynamic process strategy as the most convenient strategy for building groups of species. 2005 2012-06-04T09:09:23Z 2012-06-04T09:09:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19380 en Gourlet-Fleury, S., Blanc, L., Picard, N., Sist, P., Dick, J., Nasi, R., Swaine, M., Forni, E. 2005. Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy . Annals of Forest Science 62 :785-796. ISSN: 1286-4560.
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classification
models
comparisons
tropical forests
Gourlet-Fleury, S.
Blanc, Lilian
Picard, N.
Sist, P.
Dick, J.
Nasi, Robert
Swaine, M.
Forni, E.
Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy
title Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy
title_full Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy
title_fullStr Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy
title_full_unstemmed Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy
title_short Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy
title_sort grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics looking for a strategy
topic species diversity
classification
models
comparisons
tropical forests
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19380
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