Appendix C. Survival of seedlings of 15 Myristicaceae species in 30 seedling plots within the Yasuní forest dynamics plot over three years.
Seedling abundance |
Adult abundance |
Initial seedling |
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Species |
Pre-existing |
Surviving |
Frequency |
Basal area |
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June 2002 |
Dec 2002 |
Dec 2003 |
June 2004 |
June 2005 |
% survival |
>1 cm dbh |
>10 cm dbh |
>1 cm dbh |
>10 cm dbh |
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Compsoneura capitellata |
47 |
44 |
41 |
41 |
41 |
0.87 |
110 |
35 |
1.36 |
1.24 |
38 |
Compsoneura sprucei |
15 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
0.87 |
44 |
6 |
0.30 |
0.26 |
12 |
Iryanthera grandis |
14 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
0.86 |
61 |
24 |
1.84 |
1.78 |
12 |
Iryanthera juruensis |
12 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
0.50 |
136 |
8 |
0.52 |
0.38 |
10 |
Iryanthera hostmannii |
153 |
151 |
137 |
128 |
125 |
0.82 |
838 |
6 |
0.86 |
0.15 |
127 |
Otoba glycycarpa |
456 |
417 |
356 |
311 |
269 |
0.59 |
373 |
203 |
39.74 |
39.48 |
378 |
Virola dixonii |
46 |
46 |
39 |
38 |
31 |
0.67 |
74 |
9 |
1.11 |
0.99 |
38 |
Virola duckei |
616 |
582 |
442 |
325 |
237 |
0.38 |
123 |
65 |
13.87 |
13.77 |
513 |
Virola elongata |
443 |
389 |
302 |
263 |
230 |
0.52 |
78 |
13 |
2.73 |
2.67 |
369 |
Virola flexuosa |
9 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
0.78 |
75 |
27 |
3.16 |
3.06 |
8 |
Virola 'microfuzzy' |
227 |
201 |
185 |
159 |
129 |
0.57 |
71 |
13 |
2.73 |
2.66 |
189 |
Virola mollissima |
58 |
55 |
52 |
48 |
41 |
0.71 |
52 |
9 |
0.91 |
0.86 |
48 |
Virola obovata |
47 |
46 |
46 |
46 |
46 |
0.98 |
83 |
18 |
0.88 |
0.81 |
38 |
Virola pavonis |
94 |
88 |
72 |
63 |
53 |
0.56 |
212 |
62 |
8.29 |
8.17 |
78 |
Virola cf. calophylla |
93 |
89 |
78 |
71 |
65 |
0.70 |
224 |
25 |
4.07 |
3.92 |
78 |
TOTAL |
2330 |
2157 |
1793 |
1533 |
1305 |
2554 |
523 |
82.37 |
80.20 |