Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

Tropical forests disappear rapidly because of deforestation, yet they have the potential to regrow naturally on abandoned lands. We analyze how 12 forest attributes recover during secondary succession and how their recovery is interrelated using 77 sites across the tropics. Tropical forests are high...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2021-12, Vol.374 (6573), p.1370-1376
Hauptverfasser: Poorter, Lourens, Craven, Dylan, Jakovac, Catarina C., van der Sande, Masha T., Amissah, Lucy, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L., Farrior, Caroline E., Kambach, Stephan, Meave, Jorge A., Munoz, Rodrigo, Norden, Natalia, Rueger, Nadja, van Breugel, Michiel, Zambrano, Angelica Maria Almeyda, Amani, Bienvenu, Luis Andrade, Jose, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Broadbent, Eben N., de Foresta, Hubert, Dent, Daisy H., Derroire, Geraldine, DeWalt, Saara J., Dupuy, Juan M., Duran, Sandra M., Fantini, Alfredo C., Finegan, Bryan, Hernandez-Jaramillo, Alma, Luis Hernandez-Stefanoni, Jose, Hietz, Peter, Junqueira, Andre B., N'dja, Justin Kassi, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez-Camacho, Rene, Martinez-Ramos, Miguel, Melo, Felipe P. L., Mora, Francisco, Muller, Sandra C., N'Guessan, Anny E., Oberleitner, Florian, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Perez-Garcia, Eduardo A., Pinho, Bruno X., Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S., Rodriguez-Buritica, Susana, Rozendaal, Danae M. A., Ruiz, Jorge, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Teixeira, Heitor Mancini, Barretto Sampaio, Everardo Valadares de Sa, van der Wal, Hans, Villa, Pedro M., Fernandes, Geraldo W., Santos, Braulio A., Aguilar-Cano, Jose, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, Arreola-Villa, Felipe, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Cabral, George A. L., Castellanos-Castro, Carolina, de Jong, Ben H. J., Nieto, Jhon Edison, Espirito-Santo, Mario M., Fandino, Maria C., Garcia, Hernando, Garcia-Villalobos, Daniel, Hall, Jefferson S., Idarraga, Alvaro, Jimenez-Montoya, Jaider, Kennard, Deborah, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Mesquita, Rita, Nunes, Yule R. F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Pena-Claros, Marielos, Perez-Cardenas, Nathalia, Rodriguez-Velazquez, Jorge, Sanaphre Villanueva, Lucia, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Veloso, Maria D. M., Vester, Henricus F. M., Vieira, Ima C. G., Williamson, G. Bruce, Zanini, Katia, Herault, Bruno
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Zusammenfassung:Tropical forests disappear rapidly because of deforestation, yet they have the potential to regrow naturally on abandoned lands. We analyze how 12 forest attributes recover during secondary succession and how their recovery is interrelated using 77 sites across the tropics. Tropical forests are highly resilient to low-intensity land use; after 20 years, forest attributes attain 78% (33 to 100%) of their old-growth values. Recovery to 90% of old-growth values is fastest for soil (
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.abh3629