Survival rate and environmental response of current-year seedlings of the temperate liana Wisteria floribunda across a heterogeneous environment

Hideki Mori, Takashi Masaki, Yoshihiro Tsunamoto, Shoji Naoe

doi:10.1007/s10265-019-01163-1

Survival rate and environmental response of current-year seedlings of the temperate liana Wisteria floribunda across a heterogeneous environment

説明

Lianas have a huge influence on forest structure and function. However, it is unclear how the surrounding environment affects the establishment of liana seedlings in temperate forests. We addressed the following questions: (1) Can current-year seedlings persist under a closed canopy? (2) Do current-year seedlings form aggregated distribution and how has their spatial distribution varied over the years? (3) How does the light condition, soil moisture content, forest floor litter, understory vegetation, and the distance from the conspecific adults affect the establishment and survival of seedlings? We examined the distribution pattern and survivorship of current-year seedlings of the temperate liana species, Wisteria floribunda, across a heterogeneous environment for 6 years using 1 m