Título: | Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests |
Autor: | Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. Bongers, Frans Aide, T. Mitchell Álvarez-Dávila, Esteban Ascarrunz, Nataly L. Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Bentos, Tony V. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Cabral, George A.L. Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia Chave, Jérôme César, Ricardo Gomes Chazdon, Robin L. Condit, Richard S. Dallinga, Jorn S. Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S. de Jong, Ben H.J. de Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Dutrieux, Lo?c Paul Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. Fernandes, G. Wilson Finegan, Bryan García, Hernando Gonzalez, Noel Moser, Vanessa Granda Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Hubbell, Stephen P. Jakovac, Catarina Conte Hernández, Alma Johanna Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Larpin, Denis Letcher, Susan G. Licona, Juan Carlos Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin E. Marín-Spiotta, Erika Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Müller, Sandra C. Muñoz, Rodrigo Oliveira Neto, Sílvio Nolasco de Norden, Natalia Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Ortíz-Malavassi, Edgar Ostertag, Rebecca Pena-Claros, Marielos Pérez-García, Eduardo A. Piotto, Daniel Powers, Jennifer Sarah Aguilar-Cano, José Rodríguez-Buriticá, Susana Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique Romero-Romero, Marco A. Ruíz, Jorge Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Almeida, Arlete Silva de Silver, Whendee L. Schwartz, Naomi B. Thomas, William Wayt Toledo, Marisol Uríarte, Ma?ia Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares de Van Breugel, Michiel van der Wal, Hans Martins, Sebastiäo Venâncio Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Vicentini, Alberto Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Villa, Pedro Manuel Williamson, G. Bruce Zanini, Kátia Janaina Zimmerman, Jess K. Poorter, L. |
Palavras-chave: | Biodiversity Conservation Recovery Secondary Recovery Tropics Agricultural Land Anthropogenic Disturbance Biodiversity Conservation Environmental Conditions Old-growth Forest Secondary Forests Secondary Succession Species Composition Forestry |
Data do documento: | 2019 |
Revista: | Science Advances |
É parte de: | Volume 5, Número 3 |
Abstract: | Old-growth tropical forests harbor an immense diversity of tree species but are rapidly being cleared, while secondary forests that regrow on abandoned agricultural lands increase in extent. We assess how tree species richness and composition recover during secondary succession across gradients in environmental conditions and anthropogenic disturbance in an unprecedented multisite analysis for the Neotropics. Secondary forests recover remarkably fast in species richness but slowly in species composition. Secondary forests take a median time of five decades to recover the species richness of old-growth forest (80% recovery after 20 years) based on rarefaction analysis. Full recovery of species composition takes centuries (only 34% recovery after 20 years). A dual strategy that maintains both old-growth forests and species-rich secondary forests is therefore crucial for biodiversity conservation in human-modified tropical landscapes. Copyright © 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1126/sciadv.aau3114 |
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