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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...
An estimate of the number of tropical tree species
Ferry, Slik, J. W.; Eduardo, Van Den Berg,; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Onrizal, Onrizal; Navendu, Page,; Parolin, Pia; Marc, Parren,
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...
Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests
Slik, J. W.Ferry; Franklin, Janet; Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor; Field, Richard; Aguilar, Salomón; Aguirre, Nikolay; Ahumada, Jorge A.; Aiba, ShinichiroKnowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world's tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses...