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Soil carbon storage is related to tree functional composition in naturally regenerating tropical forests. [PDF]

Funct Ecol, 2022
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Regenerating tropical forests are increasingly important for their role in the global carbon cycle. Carbon stocks in above‐ground biomass can recover to old‐growth forest levels within 60–100 years.
Wallwork A, Banin LF, Dent DH, Skiba U, Sayer E.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mapping the density of giant trees in the Amazon. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary Tall trees (height ≥ 60 m) are keystone elements of tropical forests, strongly influencing biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their density and spatial distribution remain poorly quantified, especially in remote Amazonian regions, limiting our understanding of their ecological roles and contribution to forest–climate ...
de Lima RB, da Silva DAS, Nunes MH, Bittencourt PRL, Groenendyk P, de Oliveira CP, Granato-Souza D, Caraciolo Ferreira RL, Aleixo da Silva JA, Aguirre-Gutiérrez J, Jackson T, de Matos Filho JR, Aparício PDS, da Silva JPG, de Toledo JJ, Guedes MC, de Almeida DRA, Higuchi N, Wagner FH, Ometto JP, Görgens EB.   +20 more
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Tree Diversity Increases Carbon Stocks and Fluxes Above-But Not Belowground in a Tropical Forest Experiment. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
We examined the potential of mixed‐species planted forests compared to monospecific forests to act as a nature‐based solution to climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. By analysing multiple carbon stocks and fluxes over 16 years in the world's oldest tropical tree diversity experiment, we found that planted forests with five tree ...
Schnabel F, Guillemot J, Barry KE, Barry KE, Brunn M, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Gebauer T, Guerrero-Ramirez NR, Handa IT, Madsen C, Mancilla L, Monteza J, Moore T, Oelmann Y, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schwendenmann L, Wagner A, Wirth C, Potvin C.   +19 more
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The need for carbon finance schemes to tackle overexploitation of tropical forest wildlife. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Defaunation of tropical forests, particularly from unsustainable hunting, has diminished populations of key seed dispersers for many tree species, driving shifts in forest community composition toward small‐fruited or wind‐dispersed trees with low wood density. Such shifts can reduce aboveground biomass, prompting calls for overexploitation to
Milson CE, Lim JY, Ingram DJ, Edwards DP.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Prioritizing global tall forests toward the 30 × 30 goals

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023
Abstract The Global Deal for Nature sets an ambitious goal to protect 30% of Earth's land and ocean by 2030. The 30 × 30 initiative is a way to allocate conservation resources and extend protection to conserve vulnerable and underprotected ecosystems while reducing carbon emissions to combat climate change.
Qiongyu Huang, Jin Xu, Jesse Pan Wong, Volker C. Radeloff, Melissa Songer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest disturbance and recovery in Peruvian Amazonia

Global Change Biology, Volume 29, Issue 13, Page 3601-3621, July 2023., 2023
This study used Landsat time series in combination with data from 1840 National Forest Inventory plots in Peruvian Amazonia to determine the impact of disturbance, environmental conditions and human use on forests' biomass and tree diversity. We found that the intensity of forest disturbance had a negative effect on the recovery of aboveground biomass ...
Daniela Requena Suarez, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Veronique De Sy, Mathieu Decuyper, Natalia Málaga, Patricia Durán Montesinos, Alexs Arana Olivos, Ricardo De la Cruz Paiva, Christopher Martius, Martin Herold   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns and controls on island‐wide aboveground biomass accumulation in second‐growth forests of Puerto Rico

Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 1146-1159, September 2022., 2022
Understanding the heterogeneity of biomass accumulation in second‐growth tropical forests following land use abandonment is important for informing ecosystem carbon models and forest restoration efforts. Using airborne lidar data, we quantify patterns and controls on aboveground biomass accumulation in second‐growth forests of Puerto Rico.
Sebastián Martinuzzi, Bruce D. Cook, Eileen H. Helmer, Michael Keller, Dexter H. Locke, Humfredo Marcano‐Vega, María Uriarte, Douglas C. Morton   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Litter‐trapping tank bromeliads in five different forests: Carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes

Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 1, Page 170-180, January 2022., 2022
Bromeliads are the most abundant litter‐trapping plants in Neotropical forest canopies. We analyzed the carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes in tank bromeliads in different forests along an elevation gradient. Only a small percentage of the annual litterfall (<3%) is trapped by tank bromeliads.
Yonatan Aguilar‐Cruz, José G. García‐Franco, Gerhard Zotz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited biomass recovery from gold mining in Amazonian forests

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 57, Issue 9, Page 1730-1740, September 2020., 2020
To achieve large‐scale restoration targets, Guyana and other Amazonian countries will be challenged to remediate previously mined lands. The recovery process is highly dependent on nitrogen availability rather than mercury contamination, affecting woody biomass regrowth.
Michelle Kalamandeen, Emanuel Gloor, Isaac Johnson, Shenelle Agard, Martin Katow, Ashmore Vanbrooke, David Ashley, Sarah A. Batterman, Guy Ziv, Kaslyn Holder‐Collins, Oliver L. Phillips, Eduardo S. Brondizio, Ima Vieira, David Galbraith, Ainhoa Magrach   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFECTO DE LOS CULTIVOS DE COBERTURA EN TRES MOMENTOS DE SECADO SOBRE USO CONSUNTIVO DEL AGUA, DINÁMICA DE NITRÓGENO Y EL RENDIMIENTO DEL CULTIVO DE MAÍZ TARDÍO

Semiárida, 2022
El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de los momentos de secado del cultivo de cobertura (CC) sobre el rendimiento de un maíz tardío, bajo la hipótesis de que a medida que se atrasa la fecha de secado será mayor la captura de carbono, menor ...
Lucas Daniel Kette Eberle, Nicolás Elián Maceda, Nancy Kloster, Micaela Perez, Romina Fernández, Alberto Quiroga   +5 more
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