Title
Spatial distribution patterns of trees in a seasonally dry forest in the Cerros de Amotape National Park, northwestern Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Linares-Palomino R.
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
A study to reveal spatial distribution patterns in four characteristic dry forest tree species was undertaken in six one-hectare plots in the Cerros de Amotape National Park, northwestern Peru. The modified Ripley's K statistic was used. Eriotheca ruizii (K. Schum.) A. Robyns (Bombacaceae), Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch. (Burseraceae), Caesalpinia glabrata Kunth (Leguminosae) and Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. (Cochlospermaceae) present in 11 out of 17 cases, patterns that are not significantly different from a completely random pattern. At the analysed spatial scale, this disagrees with the widely held notion that tropical tree species present clumped patterns. The different factors that may contribute to the observed patterns are discussed.
Start page
317
End page
326
Volume
12
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Forestal
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84979074499
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
This study was made while the author worked at the Cerros de Amotape National Park. I thank the Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA), Peru, for providing facilities and financial support. Thanks to F. Goreaud and two anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions, which greatly improved the paper. I thank G. Lewis for sharing his thoughts on Pleistocenic herbivors of C. glabrata, I. Sánchez for contributing with local knowledge of the forests in northwestern Peru, the park rangers of the Cerros de Amotape National Park for their assistance during fieldwork, A G. Perry for help with statistics and M. Richter and M. Kessler for providing literature.
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