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Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests
Rozendaal, Danaë M.A.; Bongers, Frans; Aide, T. Mitchell; Álvarez-Dávila, Esteban; Ascarrunz, Nataly L.; Balvanera, Patricia; Becknell, Justin M.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. S...
Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Lati...
Chazdon, Robin L.; Broadbent, Eben N.; Rozendaal, Danaë M.A.; Bongers, Frans; Zambrano, Angélica María Almeyda; Aide, T. Mitchell; Balvanera, PatriciaRegrowth of tropical secondary forests following complete or nearly complete removal of forest vegetation actively stores carbon in aboveground biomass, partially counterbalancing carbon emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, burning of fossil fuels, and other anthropogenic sources. We estimate the age and spatial extent of lowland second-growth forests in the Latin American tropics and model their p...
Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests
Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco de; Villa, Pedro; Rozendaal, Danaë M. A.; Bongers, Frans; Aide, T. Mitchell; Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban; Ascarrunz, NatalyOld-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. S...
A biodiversity hotspot losing its top predator: The challenge of jaguar conserv...
Paviolo, Agustin; De Angelo, Carlos; Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B.; Morato, Ronaldo G.; Martinez Pardo, Julia; Srbek-Araujo, Ana C.Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T16:44:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-11-16; The jaguar is the top predator of the Atlantic Forest (AF), which is a highly threatened biodiversity hotspot that occurs in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. By combining data sets from 14 research groups across the region, we determine the population status of the jaguar and propose a spatial prioritiza...