Secondary forest growth deviation from chronosequence predictions in central Amazonia

Secondary forest growth deviation from chronosequence predictions in central Amazonia

Nearly all published rates of secondary forest (SF) regrowth for Amazonia are inferred from chronosequences. We examined SF regrowth on abandoned pastures over a 4-year period to determine if measured rates of forest recovery differ from chronosequence predictions. We studied the emergence, developm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Global change biology 2007-05, Vol.13 (5), p.967-979
Hauptverfasser: FELDPAUSCH, TED R, PRATES-CLARK, CASSIA da CONCEICAO, FERNANDES, ERICK C.M, RIHA, SUSAN J
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
aboveground biomass
Brazil
Carbon sequestration
Deforestation
Forests
Oxisol
pasture
pastures
Predictions
quadratic mean
Rainforests
self thinning
soil nutrients
tropical ecosystem
Vismia
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Zusammenfassung:Nearly all published rates of secondary forest (SF) regrowth for Amazonia are inferred from chronosequences. We examined SF regrowth on abandoned pastures over a 4-year period to determine if measured rates of forest recovery differ from chronosequence predictions. We studied the emergence, development and death of over 1300 stems in 10 SFs representing three age classes (
ISSN:1354-1013
1365-2486
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01344.x