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Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2019
Tropical secondary forests recover quickly (decades) in tree species richness but slowly (centuries) in species composition.
Rozendaal DMA, Bongers F, Aide TM, Alvarez-Dávila E, Ascarrunz N, Balvanera P, Becknell JM, Bentos TV, Brancalion PHS, Cabral GAL, Calvo-Rodriguez S, Chave J, César RG, Chazdon RL, Condit R, Dallinga JS, de Almeida-Cortez JS, de Jong B, de Oliveira A, Denslow JS, Dent DH, DeWalt SJ, Dupuy JM, Durán SM, Dutrieux LP, Espírito-Santo MM, Fandino MC, Fernandes GW, Finegan B, García H, Gonzalez N, Moser VG, Hall JS, Hernández-Stefanoni JL, Hubbell S, Jakovac CC, Hernández AJ, Junqueira AB, Kennard D, Larpin D, Letcher SG, Licona JC, Lebrija-Trejos E, Marín-Spiotta E, Martínez-Ramos M, Massoca PES, Meave JA, Mesquita RCG, Mora F, Müller SC, Muñoz R, de Oliveira Neto SN, Norden N, Nunes YRF, Ochoa-Gaona S, Ortiz-Malavassi E, Ostertag R, Peña-Claros M, Pérez-García EA, Piotto D, Powers JS, Aguilar-Cano J, Rodriguez-Buritica S, Rodríguez-Velázquez J, Romero-Romero MA, Ruíz J, Sanchez-Azofeifa A, de Almeida AS, Silver WL, Schwartz NB, Thomas WW, Toledo M, Uriarte M, de Sá Sampaio EV, van Breugel M, van der Wal H, Martins SV, Veloso MDM, Vester HFM, Vicentini A, Vieira ICG, Villa P, Williamson GB, Zanini KJ, Zimmerman J, Poorter L.   +85 more
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Dynamic optimization of stand structure in Pinus yunnanensis secondary forests based on deep reinforcement learning and structural prediction [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionThe rational structure of forest stands plays a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem functions, enhancing community stability, and ensuring sustainable management.
Jian Zhao, Jianming Wang, Jiting Yin, Yuling Chen, Baoguo Wu   +4 more
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Spatial and temporal regeneration patterns within gaps in the primary forests vs. secondary forests of Northeast China [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Forest gaps play an important role during forest succession in temperate forest ecosystems. However, the differences in spatial distribution and replacement patterns of woody plants (trees and shrubs) between primary and secondary forests remain unclear ...
Danni Wu, Danni Wu, Danni Wu, Deliang Lu, Deliang Lu, Jiaojun Zhu, Jiaojun Zhu, Xiaowen Ge, Xiaowen Ge, Jinxin Zhang, Jinxin Zhang, Litao Lin, Xiaoyu Wang, Huaqi Liu, Huaqi Liu, Guangqi Zhang   +15 more
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Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021
Significance Tropical forests disappear rapidly through deforestation but also have the potential to regrow naturally through a process called secondary succession. To advance successional theory, it is essential to understand how these secondary forests and their assembly vary across broad spatial scales. We do so by synthesizing continental-
Lourens Poorter, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Frans Bongers, de Jarcilene S. Almeida, Francisco S. Álvarez, José Luís Andrade, Luis Felipe Arreola Villa, Justin M. Becknell, Radika Bhaskar, Vanessa Boukili, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Ricardo G. César, Jerome Chave, Robin L. Chazdon, Gabriel Dalla Colletta, Dylan Craven, Ben H. J. de Jong, Julie S. Denslow, Daisy H. Dent, Saara J. DeWalt, Elisa Díaz García, Juan Manuel Dupuy, Sandra M. Durán, Mário M. Espírito Santo, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Bryan Finegan, Vanessa Granda Moser, Jefferson S. Hall, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Catarina C. Jakovac, Deborah Kennard, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos, Susan G. Letcher, Madelon Lohbeck, Omar R. Lopez, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco Mora, Vanessa de Souza Moreno, Sandra C. Müller, Rodrigo Muñoz, Robert Muscarella, Yule R. F. Nunes, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Rafael S. Oliveira, Horacio Paz, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Lucía Sanaphre-Villanueva, Marisol Toledo, Maria Uriarte, Luis P. Utrera, Michiel van Breugel, Masha T. van der Sande, Maria D. M. Veloso, S. Joseph Wright, Kátia J. Zanini, Jess K. Zimmerman, Mark Westoby   +58 more
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Main ecological drivers of woody plant species richness recovery in secondary forests in China. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2019
Identifying drivers behind biodiversity recovery is critical to promote efficient ecological restoration. Yet to date, for secondary forests in China there is a considerable uncertainty concerning the ecological drivers that affect plant diversity ...
Liu X, Garcia-Ulloa J, Cornioley T, Liu X, Wang Z, Garcia C.   +5 more
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Whole-tree harvesting improves the ecosystem N, P and K cycling functions in secondary forests in the Qinling Mountains, China [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Forest ecosystem nutrient cycling functions are the basis for the survival and development of organisms, and play an important role in maintaining the forest structural and functional stability.
Yue Pang, Jing Tian, Qiang Liu, Dexiang Wang   +3 more
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What Is Secondary about Secondary Tropical Forest? Rethinking Forest Landscapes [PDF]

Human Ecology, 2020
AbstractForests have long been locations of contestation between people and state bureaucracies, and among the knowledge frameworks of local users, foresters, ecologists, and conservationists. An essential framing of the debate has been between the categories of primary and secondary forest.
Pain, Adam, Marquardt, Kristina, Lindh, Arvid, Hasselquist, Niles   +3 more
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Understanding the Long-Term Impact of Bamboos on Secondary Forests: A Case for Bamboo Management in Southern Brazil

Diversity, 2021
As secondary forests become more common around the world, it is essential to understand successional pathways to ensure their proper forest management. Despite optimism about secondary forests in terms of landscape restoration, the influence of invasive ...
André Eduardo Biscaia Lacerda
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The importance of old secondary forests for understory birds in the tropical Andes

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Deforestation is perhaps the greatest threat to tropical biodiversity. Anyway, extensive areas in the tropics have naturally regenerated and become secondary forests, which might mitigate biodiversity loss.
Angela M. Vargas-Daza, Juan F. Betancurt-Grisales, Gabriel J. Castaño-Villa, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +3 more
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Persistent soil organic carbon deficits from converting primary forests to plantations and secondary forests in subtropical China

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a critical role in supporting key ecosystem functions and services for humanity. Despite the widespread conversion of primary forests to plantations and secondary forests, it remains uncertain how it affects the content ...
Xiaolin Chen, Mingyan Hu, Gaochao Zheng, Han Y.H. Chen   +3 more
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