Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

• Autor(a) principal: Rozendaal, Danaë M.A.
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: 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.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional do INPA
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15520
• topic: Biodiversity; Conservation; Recovery; Secondary Recovery; Tropics; Agricultural Land; Anthropogenic Disturbance; Biodiversity Conservation; Environmental Conditions; Old-growth Forest; Secondary Forests; Secondary Succession; Species Composition; Forestry

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.