Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests
Land-use change occurs nowhere more rapidly than in the tropics, where the imbalance between deforestation and forest regrowth has large consequences for the global carbon cycle. However, considerable uncertainty remains about the rate of biomass recovery in secondary forests, and how these rates ar...
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oai:repositorio:1-17370 Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests Poorter, L. Bongers, Frans Aide, T. Mitchell Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M. Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Boukili, Vanessa K.S. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Broadbent, Eben N. Chazdon, Robin L. Craven, Dylan Almeida-Cortez, J. S. Cabral, George A.L. Jong, Ben H.J. de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. César, Ricardo Gomes Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Jakovac, Catarina Conte Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Letcher, Susan G. Licona, Juan Carlos Lohbeck, Madelon Marín-Spiotta, Erika Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Muscarella, Robert A. Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de Orihuela-Belmonte, Edith Pena-Claros, Marielos Pérez-García, Eduardo A. Piotto, Daniel Powers, Jennifer Sarah Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique Romero-Pérez, Isabel Eunice Ruíz, Jorge Saldarriaga, Juan Guillermo Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, Naomi B. Steininger, Marc K. Swenson, Nathan G. Toledo, Marisol Uríarte, Ma?ia Van Breugel, Michiel van der Wal, Hans Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Vicentini, Alberto Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Bentos, Tony Vizcarra Williamson, G. Bruce Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. Carbon Rain Aboveground Biomass Carbon Sequestration Climate Variation Ecosystem Resilience Land-use Change Neotropic Ecozone Regeneration Regrowth Secondary Forest Secondary Succession Biomass Carbon Cycle Cation Exchange Chronosequence Forest Land Use Neotropics Priority Journal Water Availability Carbon Sequestration Ecology Growth, Development And Aging Humidity Metabolism South And Central America Time Tree Tropic Climate Latin America Biomass Carbon Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecology Forests Humidity Latin America Rain Time Factors Trees Tropical Climate Land-use change occurs nowhere more rapidly than in the tropics, where the imbalance between deforestation and forest regrowth has large consequences for the global carbon cycle. However, considerable uncertainty remains about the rate of biomass recovery in secondary forests, and how these rates are influenced by climate, landscape, and prior land use. Here we analyse aboveground biomass recovery during secondary succession in 45 forest sites and about 1,500 forest plots covering the major environmental gradients in the Neotropics. The studied secondary forests are highly productive and resilient. Aboveground biomass recovery after 20 years was on average 122 megagrams per hectare (Mg ha-1), corresponding to a net carbon uptake of 3.05 Mg C ha 1 yr-1, 11 times the uptake rate of old-growth forests. Aboveground biomass stocks took a median time of 66 years to recover to 90% of old-growth values. Aboveground biomass recovery after 20 years varied 11.3-fold (from 20 to 225 Mg ha-1) across sites, and this recovery increased with water availability (higher local rainfall and lower climatic water deficit). We present a biomass recovery map of Latin America, which illustrates geographical and climatic variation in carbon sequestration potential during forest regrowth. The map will support policies to minimize forest loss in areas where biomass resilience is naturally low (such as seasonally dry forest regions) and promote forest regeneration and restoration in humid tropical lowland areas with high biomass resilience. © 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. 2020-06-15T21:41:52Z 2020-06-15T21:41:52Z 2016 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17370 10.1038/nature16512 en Volume 530, Número 7589, Pags. 211-214 Restrito Nature |
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Carbon Rain Aboveground Biomass Carbon Sequestration Climate Variation Ecosystem Resilience Land-use Change Neotropic Ecozone Regeneration Regrowth Secondary Forest Secondary Succession Biomass Carbon Cycle Cation Exchange Chronosequence Forest Land Use Neotropics Priority Journal Water Availability Carbon Sequestration Ecology Growth, Development And Aging Humidity Metabolism South And Central America Time Tree Tropic Climate Latin America Biomass Carbon Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecology Forests Humidity Latin America Rain Time Factors Trees Tropical Climate |
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Carbon Rain Aboveground Biomass Carbon Sequestration Climate Variation Ecosystem Resilience Land-use Change Neotropic Ecozone Regeneration Regrowth Secondary Forest Secondary Succession Biomass Carbon Cycle Cation Exchange Chronosequence Forest Land Use Neotropics Priority Journal Water Availability Carbon Sequestration Ecology Growth, Development And Aging Humidity Metabolism South And Central America Time Tree Tropic Climate Latin America Biomass Carbon Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecology Forests Humidity Latin America Rain Time Factors Trees Tropical Climate Poorter, L. Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests |
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Carbon Rain Aboveground Biomass Carbon Sequestration Climate Variation Ecosystem Resilience Land-use Change Neotropic Ecozone Regeneration Regrowth Secondary Forest Secondary Succession Biomass Carbon Cycle Cation Exchange Chronosequence Forest Land Use Neotropics Priority Journal Water Availability Carbon Sequestration Ecology Growth, Development And Aging Humidity Metabolism South And Central America Time Tree Tropic Climate Latin America Biomass Carbon Carbon Cycle Carbon Sequestration Ecology Forests Humidity Latin America Rain Time Factors Trees Tropical Climate |
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Land-use change occurs nowhere more rapidly than in the tropics, where the imbalance between deforestation and forest regrowth has large consequences for the global carbon cycle. However, considerable uncertainty remains about the rate of biomass recovery in secondary forests, and how these rates are influenced by climate, landscape, and prior land use. Here we analyse aboveground biomass recovery during secondary succession in 45 forest sites and about 1,500 forest plots covering the major environmental gradients in the Neotropics. The studied secondary forests are highly productive and resilient. Aboveground biomass recovery after 20 years was on average 122 megagrams per hectare (Mg ha-1), corresponding to a net carbon uptake of 3.05 Mg C ha 1 yr-1, 11 times the uptake rate of old-growth forests. Aboveground biomass stocks took a median time of 66 years to recover to 90% of old-growth values. Aboveground biomass recovery after 20 years varied 11.3-fold (from 20 to 225 Mg ha-1) across sites, and this recovery increased with water availability (higher local rainfall and lower climatic water deficit). We present a biomass recovery map of Latin America, which illustrates geographical and climatic variation in carbon sequestration potential during forest regrowth. The map will support policies to minimize forest loss in areas where biomass resilience is naturally low (such as seasonally dry forest regions) and promote forest regeneration and restoration in humid tropical lowland areas with high biomass resilience. © 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. |
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Bongers, Frans Aide, T. Mitchell Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M. Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Boukili, Vanessa K.S. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Broadbent, Eben N. Chazdon, Robin L. Craven, Dylan Almeida-Cortez, J. S. Cabral, George A.L. Jong, Ben H.J. de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. César, Ricardo Gomes Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Jakovac, Catarina Conte Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Letcher, Susan G. Licona, Juan Carlos Lohbeck, Madelon Marín-Spiotta, Erika Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Muscarella, Robert A. Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de Orihuela-Belmonte, Edith Pena-Claros, Marielos Pérez-García, Eduardo A. Piotto, Daniel Powers, Jennifer Sarah Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique Romero-Pérez, Isabel Eunice Ruíz, Jorge Saldarriaga, Juan Guillermo Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, Naomi B. Steininger, Marc K. Swenson, Nathan G. Toledo, Marisol Uríarte, Ma?ia Van Breugel, Michiel van der Wal, Hans Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Vicentini, Alberto Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Bentos, Tony Vizcarra Williamson, G. Bruce Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. |
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Bongers, Frans Aide, T. Mitchell Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M. Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Boukili, Vanessa K.S. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Broadbent, Eben N. Chazdon, Robin L. Craven, Dylan Almeida-Cortez, J. S. Cabral, George A.L. Jong, Ben H.J. de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. César, Ricardo Gomes Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Jakovac, Catarina Conte Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Letcher, Susan G. Licona, Juan Carlos Lohbeck, Madelon Marín-Spiotta, Erika Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Muscarella, Robert A. Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de Orihuela-Belmonte, Edith Pena-Claros, Marielos Pérez-García, Eduardo A. Piotto, Daniel Powers, Jennifer Sarah Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique Romero-Pérez, Isabel Eunice Ruíz, Jorge Saldarriaga, Juan Guillermo Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, Naomi B. Steininger, Marc K. Swenson, Nathan G. Toledo, Marisol Uríarte, Ma?ia Van Breugel, Michiel van der Wal, Hans Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Vicentini, Alberto Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Bentos, Tony Vizcarra Williamson, G. Bruce Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. |
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Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests |
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Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests |
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Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests |
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Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests |
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Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests |
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biomass resilience of neotropical secondary forests |
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Nature |
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2020 |
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