@article{1b4cb8033b284510bc4d1dc0161fb9dd,
title = "Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring",
abstract = "Bamboos are a diverse and ecologically important group of plants that have the potential to modulate the structure, composition, and function of forests. With the aim of increasing the visibility and representation of bamboo in forest surveys, and to standardize techniques across ecosystems, we present a protocol for bamboo monitoring in permanent research plots. A bamboo protocol is necessary because measurements and sampling schemes that are well-suited to trees are inadequate for monitoring most bamboo species and populations. Our protocol suggests counting all bamboo culms (stems) in the study plot and determining bamboo dimensions based on two different approaches: (a) measuring a random subset of 60 culms and calculating the average dimensions or (b) measuring all culms. With data from 1-ha plots in the Peruvian Andes, we show that both approaches provide very similar estimates of bamboo basal area. We suggest including all mature culms rooted inside change the to each plot from all woody bamboo species with maximum diameters ≥1 cm. We also present recommendations on how to collect vouchers of bamboo species for identification. Data collected according to our proposed protocols will increase our understanding of regional and global patterns in bamboo diversity and the role of bamboo in forest dynamics. Abstract in Spanish is available with online material.",
keywords = "Bambusoideae, Peru, forest monitoring, protocol, tropical ecology",
author = "Bel{\'e}n Fadrique and Veldman, {Joseph W.} and Dalling, {James W.} and Clark, {Lynn G.} and Lia Montti and Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez and Rother, {D{\'e}bora C.} and Francisca Ely and William Farfan-R{\'i}os and Paul Gagnon and Prada, {Cecilia M.} and {Camargo Garc{\'i}a}, {Juan Carlos} and Sonali Saha and Veblen, {Thomas T.} and Ximena Londo{\~n}o and Feeley, {Kenneth J.} and Rockwell, {Cara A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and the organizers of the 2017 Merida conference for providing the support to organize the working group that lead to this publication. The authors are very grateful to the Bamboo of the Americas (BOTA), a project of the American Bamboo Society (ABS), for supporting the working group. The authors acknowledge Graham Hagan for preparing Figure . B.F. and K.J.F. are supported by NSF DEB‐1350125. D.C.R. thanks FAPESP (#99/09635‐0) and CAPES (#88882.305844/2018 ‐01). B.F. is thankful to the “Programa Bosques Andinos”, the University of Miami's Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, the UM Department of Biology's Kushlan Graduate Research Support Fund, and Florida International University's International Center for Tropical Botany, for providing funding to collect the data. B.F. acknowledges Paul Santos and Adan Ccahuana for field support. Thanks to SERFOR, Conservaci{\'o}n Amaz{\'o}nica—ACCA, SERNANP, and personnel of Manu National Park, Peru, for providing permission and logistical assistance to work in the area. We are grateful for the comments from two anonymous reviewers and the subject editor which enhanced the quality of the article. Protocol justification Funding Information: The authors thank the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and the organizers of the 2017 Merida conference for providing the support to organize the working group that lead to this publication. The authors are very grateful to the Bamboo of the Americas (BOTA), a project of the American Bamboo Society (ABS), for supporting the working group. The authors acknowledge Graham Hagan for preparing Figure. B.F. and K.J.F. are supported by NSF DEB-1350125. D.C.R. thanks FAPESP (#99/09635-0) and CAPES (#88882.305844/2018 -01). B.F. is thankful to the “Programa Bosques Andinos”, the University of Miami's Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, the UM Department of Biology's Kushlan Graduate Research Support Fund, and Florida International University's International Center for Tropical Botany, for providing funding to collect the Protocol justification data. B.F. acknowledges Paul Santos and Adan Ccahuana for field support. Thanks to SERFOR, Conservaci{\'o}n Amaz{\'o}nica—ACCA, SERNANP, and personnel of Manu National Park, Peru, for providing permission and logistical assistance to work in the area. We are grateful for the comments from two anonymous reviewers and the subject editor which enhanced the quality of the article. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation",
year = "2020",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/btp.12737",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "52",
pages = "427--443",
journal = "Biotropica",
issn = "0006-3606",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "3",
}