Differences in regeneration between hurricane damaged and clear-cut mangrove stands 25 years after clearing

J. G. Ferwerda; P. Ketner; K. A. McGuinness

doi:10.1007/s10750-007-0782-7

Differences in regeneration between hurricane damaged and clear-cut mangrove stands 25 years after clearing

J. G. Ferwerda^*, P. Ketner, K. A. McGuinness

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The effect of human disturbance on mangrove forest may be substantially different from the effects of natural disturbances. This paper describes differences in vegetation composition and structure of five vegetation types in two mangrove areas near Darwin, Australia, 25 years after disturbance. The vegetation in clear-felled forest showed more adult Avicennia marina than in the hurricane-affected forest, and a virtual absence of A. marina juveniles and saplings. This indicates that A. marina will be replaced by other species in the canopy, showing a multi-phase vegetation development in mangrove forest after human disturbance. The mechanism of disturbance and the conditions after clearing therefore affects the vegetation composition for at least 25 years after this disturbance took place.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-45
Number of pages	11
Journal	Hydrobiologia
Volume	591
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-0782-7
Publication status	Published - Oct 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Disturbance
Long-term
Mangroves
Regeneration
ITC-CV

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Differences in regeneration between hurricane damaged and clear-cut mangrove stands 25 years after clearing

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