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Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests [PDF]

Nature, 2016
An analysis of above-ground biomass recovery during secondary succession in forest sites and plots, covering the major environmental gradients in the Neotropics. Plus de la moitié des forêts tropicales du monde sont le produit d'une croissance secondaire, suite à des perturbations anthropiques.
Lourens Poorter, Frans Bongers, T. Mitchell Aide, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Vanessa Boukili, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Eben N. Broadbent, Robin L. Chazdon, Dylan Craven, Jarcilene S. Almeida‐Cortez, George A. L. Cabral, Ben H. J. de Jong, Julie S. Denslow, Daisy H. Dent, Saara J. DeWalt, Juan Manuel Dupuy, Sandra M. Durán, Mário M. Espírito-Santo, María Fandiño, Ricardo G. César, Jefferson S. Hall, José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni, Catarina C. Jakovac, André Braga Junqueira, Deborah K. Kennard, Susan G. Letcher, Juan Carlos Licona, Madelon Lohbeck, E. Marín-Spiotta, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca, Jorge A. Meave, Rita C. G. Mesquita, Francisco Mora, Rodrigo Muñoz, Robert Muscarella, Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes, Susana Ochoa‐Gaona, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Edith Orihuela-Belmonte, Marielos Peña-Claros, Eduardo A. Pérez‐García, Daniel Piotto, Jennifer S. Powers, Jorge Rodríguez‐Velázquez, Eunice Romero, Jorge Ruíz, Juan Saldarriaga, Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa, Naomi B. Schwartz, Marc K. Steininger, Nathan G. Swenson, Marisol Toledo, María Uriarte, Michiel van Breugel, Hans van der Wal, Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso, Henricus F. M. Vester, Alberto Vicentini, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Tony Vizcarra Bentos, G. Bruce Williamson, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal   +64 more
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Resilience of tropical rain forests: tree community reassembly in secondary forests

Ecology Letters, 2009
AbstractUnderstanding the recovery dynamics of ecosystems presents a major challenge in the human‐impacted tropics. We tested whether secondary forests follow equilibrium or non‐equilibrium dynamics by evaluating community reassembly over time, across different successional stages, and among multiple life stages. Based on long‐term and static data from
Norden, N, Chazdon, Robin L, Chao, A, Jiang, Y H, Vílchez-Alvarado, B   +4 more
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Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2021
Heinrich VHA, Dalagnol R, Cassol HLG, Rosan TM, de Almeida CT, Silva Junior CHL, Campanharo WA, House JI, Sitch S, Hales TC, Adami M, Anderson LO, Aragão LEOC.   +12 more
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Amazonian secondary forests are greatly reducing fragmentation and edge exposure in old-growth forests

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Restoration of tropical landscapes through the expansion of secondary forests is crucial for climate change mitigation and offers co-benefits for biodiversity.
Charlotte C Smith, Jos Barlow, John R Healey, Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, Paul J Young, Naomi B Schwartz   +5 more
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Diazotrophs Show Signs of Restoration in Amazon Rain Forest Soils with Ecosystem Rehabilitation. [PDF]

, 2020
Biological nitrogen fixation can be an important source of nitrogen in tropical forests that serve as a major CO2 sink. Extensive deforestation of the Amazon is known to influence microbial communities and the biogeochemical cycles they mediate. However,
Bohannan, Brendan JM, McGlinn, Daniel J, Mirza, Babur S, Nüsslein, Klaus, Rodrigues, Jorge LM, Tiedje, James M   +5 more
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In Site Soil Seed-Banks: Size, Composition and Persistence across Tropical Successional Stages

Plants, 2023
I investigated the size, composition and persistence of the seed-bank in primary forests, secondary forests and old-fields in southern Mexico. I also assessed the contribution of the seed-bank to regeneration relative to other propagule sources.
Julieta Benitez-Malvido
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An account of a first record of the Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) in Bhutan

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
PunatsangChhu in Wangduephodrang 27.486°N 89.899°E (1,273m) is one of the largest rivers and an important zone in Bhutan for resident and migrant water birds.
Sangay Nidup, Gyeltshen, Tshering Tobgay   +2 more
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Interception of Rainfall in Successional Tropical Dry Forests in Brazil and Costa Rica

Geosciences, 2018
Tropical dry forests (TDF) are endangered ecosystems characterized by a matrix of successional forest patches with structural differences across the Neotropics.
Julio César Calvo-Alvarado, César Dionisio Jiménez-Rodríguez, Ana Julieta Calvo-Obando, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, Thiago Gonçalves-Silva   +4 more
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Tropical forest restoration: Fast resilience of plant biomass contrasts with slow recovery of stable soil C stocks [PDF]

, 2017
Due to intensifying human disturbance, over half of the world's tropical forests are reforested or afforested secondary forests or plantations. Understanding the resilience of carbon (C) stocks in these forests, and estimating the extent to which they ...
Ciais P., FAO, Gu W., IPCC, Li Q., Li Z., Liu G., Lyu M., R Core Team, Wang F., Wen D., Yao Q., Yu Z.   +12 more
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Old-growth and secondary Araucaria Forest characterization

Trees, Forests and People, 2022
The Araucaria Forest is one of the most threatened ecosystems in Brazil due to selective logging and deforestation, mainly during the 20th century. The great majority of remnants are secondary forests with less than 50 ha, i.e., old-growth fragments are extremely rare.
Douglas Rufino Vaz, Mário Dobner, Marcelo Callegari Scipioni, Marcos Felipe Nicoletti, Julio Eduardo Arce   +4 more
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