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Title: | Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time |
Authors: | Poorter, L. Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. Bongers, Frans Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S. de Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M. Álvarez, Francisco S. Andrade, José Luis Villa, Luis Felipe Arreola Balvanera, Patricia Becknell, Justin M. Bentos, Tony V. Bhaskar, Radika Boukili, Vanessa K.S. Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin Broadbent, Eben N. César, Ricardo Gomes Chave, Jérôme Chazdon, Robin L. Colletta, Gabriel Dalla Craven, Dylan Jong, Ben H.J. de Denslow, Julie Sloan Dent, Daisy H. DeWalt, Saara J. García, Elisa Díaz Dupuy, Juan Manuel Durán, Sandra Milena Espírito-Santo, Mário M. Fandiño, María C. Fernandes, G. Wilson Finegan, Bryan Moser, Vanessa Granda Hall, Jefferson Scott Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis Jakovac, Catarina Conte Junqueira, André Braga Kennard, Deborah K. Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin E. Letcher, Susan G. Lohbeck, Madelon Lopez, Omar R. Marín-Spiotta, Erika Martínez-Ramos, Miguel Martins, Sebastiäo Venâncio Massoca, Paulo E.S. Meave, Jorge A. Mesquita, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mora, Francisco Moreno, Vanessa de Souza Müller, Sandra C. Muñoz, Rodrigo Muscarella, Robert A. Oliveira Neto, Sílvio Nolasco de Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Ochoa-Gaona, Susana Paz, Horacio Pena-Claros, Marielos Piotto, Daniel Ruíz, Jorge Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, Naomi B. Steininger, Marc K. Thomas, William Wayt Toledo, Marisol Uríarte, Ma?ia Utrera, Luis P. Van Breugel, Michiel van der Sande, Masha T. van der Wal, Hans Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães Vester, Henricus Franciscus Maria Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Villa, Pedro Manuel Williamson, G. Bruce Wright, Stuart Joseph Zanini, Kátia Janaina Zimmerman, Jess K. Westoby, Mark |
Keywords: | Ecology Forest Tree Tropic Climate Wood Ecology Forests Trees Tropical Climate Wood |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Nature Ecology and Evolution |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 3, Número 6, Pags. 928-934 |
Abstract: | Tropical forests are converted at an alarming rate for agricultural use and pastureland, but also regrow naturally through secondary succession. For successful forest restoration, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of secondary succession. These mechanisms may vary across forest types, but analyses across broad spatial scales are lacking. Here, we analyse forest recovery using 1,403 plots that differ in age since agricultural abandonment from 50 sites across the Neotropics. We analyse changes in community composition using species-specific stem wood density (WD), which is a key trait for plant growth, survival and forest carbon storage. In wet forest, succession proceeds from low towards high community WD (acquisitive towards conservative trait values), in line with standard successional theory. However, in dry forest, succession proceeds from high towards low community WD (conservative towards acquisitive trait values), probably because high WD reflects drought tolerance in harsh early successional environments. Dry season intensity drives WD recovery by influencing the start and trajectory of succession, resulting in convergence of the community WD over time as vegetation cover builds up. These ecological insights can be used to improve species selection for reforestation. Reforestation species selected to establish a first protective canopy layer should, among other criteria, ideally have a similar WD to the early successional communities that dominate under the prevailing macroclimatic conditions. © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1038/s41559-019-0882-6 |
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