Tree functional attributes related to forest succession after Hurricane Felix and their implications for sustainable management of forest resources in the North Atlantic Autonomous region of Nicaragua

• Main Authors: John Jairo Sánchez Correa, Bryan Finegan, Fernando Casanoves, Andreas Nieuwenhuyse, Yadid Ordoñez
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: deciduous forests; forest ecology; disturbance; plant functional traits; soil properties; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:878558b49da1c04d62ef9aafad8f4909423712c96a20879a086cf59f484a2b05

Betwen February and August 2011, 3.5 years after Hurricane Felix hit the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, a study was carried out to identify the response mechanisms of tree species in forests after the Hurricane. Five functional traits, that characterize tree response to disturbance caused by the Hurricane, were measured in a deciduous forests located in Santa Clara (RAAN). Soil properties were also measured for: landscape (landscape type, slope, topography, drainage); soil morphology (colour in humid conditions, texture, rock fragments, structure, consistency) and soil chemistry (pH, acidity, Ca, Mg, K, P and C). Soil samples were collected at 30cm depth in 12 plots distributed in the study area.