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Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

Lourens Poorter (1) , Dylan Craven (2) , Catarina Jakovac (1, 3) , Masha van Der Sande (1) , Lucy Amissah (4) , Frans Bongers (1) , Robin Chazdon (5) , Caroline E. Farrior (6) , Stephan Kambach (7) , Jorge A. Meave (8) , Rodrigo Muñoz (1, 8) , Natalia Norden (9) , Nadja Rüger (7, 10) , Michiel van Breugel (11) , Angélica María Almeyda Zambrano (12) , Bienvenu Amani (13) , José Luis Andrade , Pedro Brancalion (14) , Eben Broadbent (12) , Hubert de Foresta (15) , Daisy Dent , Géraldine Derroire , Saara Dewalt , Juan M. Dupuy , Sandra Durán , Alfredo Fantini , Bryan Finegan , Alma Hernández-Jaramillo , José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni , Peter Hietz , André Junqueira , Justin Kassi N’dja , Susan Letcher , Madelon Lohbeck , René López-Camacho , Miguel Martínez-Ramos , Felipe Melo , Francisco Mora , Sandra Müller , Anny N’guessan , Florian Oberleitner , Edgar Ortiz-Malavassi , Eduardo Pérez-García , Bruno Pinho , Daniel Piotto , Jennifer Powers , Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá , Danaë Rozendaal , Jorge Ruíz , Marcelo Tabarelli , Heitor Mancini Teixeira , Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio , Hans van Der Wal , Pedro Villa , Geraldo Fernandes , Braulio Santos , José Aguilar-Cano , Jarcilene de Almeida-Cortez , Esteban Alvarez-Davila , Felipe Arreola-Villa , Patricia Balvanera , Justin Becknell , George Cabral , Carolina Castellanos-Castro , Ben de Jong , Jhon Edison Nieto , Mário Espírito-Santo , Maria Fandino , Hernando García , Daniel García-Villalobos , Jefferson Hall , Alvaro Idárraga , Jaider Jiménez-Montoya , Deborah Kennard , Erika Marín-Spiotta , Rita Mesquita , Yule Nunes , Susana Ochoa-Gaona , Marielos Peña-Claros , Nathalia Pérez-Cárdenas , Jorge Rodríguez-Velázquez , Lucía Sanaphre Villanueva , Naomi Schwartz , Marc Steininger , Maria Veloso , Henricus Vester , Ima Vieira , G. Bruce Williamson , Kátia Zanini , Bruno Hérault (16, 17, 18)
1 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
2 Universidad Mayor [Santiago de Chile]
3 UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina = Federal University of Santa Catarina [Florianópolis]
4 CSIR- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Tree Improvement and seed Technology Division
5 UCONN - University of Connecticut
6 University of Texas at Austin [Austin]
7 iDiv - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
8 UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico
9 Instituto Vasco de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt
10 Universität Leipzig
11 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
12 UF - University of Florida [Gainesville]
13 UJloG - Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé
14 USP - Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo
15 UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
16 UPR Forêts et Sociétés - Forêts et Sociétés
17 Cirad-ES - Département Environnements et Sociétés
18 Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Lourens Poorter
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Dylan Craven
Universidad Mayor [Santiago de Chile]
Catarina Jakovac
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina = Federal University of Santa Catarina [Florianópolis]
Masha van Der Sande
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Lucy Amissah
CSIR- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Tree Improvement and seed Technology Division
Frans Bongers
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Robin Chazdon
University of Connecticut
Caroline E. Farrior
University of Texas at Austin [Austin]
Stephan Kambach
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Jorge A. Meave
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico
Rodrigo Muñoz
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico
Natalia Norden
Instituto Vasco de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt
Nadja Rüger
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Universität Leipzig
Michiel van Breugel
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Angélica María Almeyda Zambrano
  • Function : Author
University of Florida [Gainesville]
Bienvenu Amani
Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé
José Luis Andrade
Pedro Brancalion
Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo
Eben Broadbent
University of Florida [Gainesville]
Hubert de Foresta
  • Function : Author
Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
Daisy Dent
Géraldine Derroire
Saara Dewalt
Juan M. Dupuy
Sandra Durán
Alfredo Fantini
Bryan Finegan
Alma Hernández-Jaramillo
  • Function : Author
José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni
Peter Hietz
André Junqueira
Justin Kassi N’dja
  • Function : Author
Susan Letcher
Madelon Lohbeck
René López-Camacho
Miguel Martínez-Ramos
Felipe Melo
Francisco Mora
Sandra Müller
Anny N’guessan
Florian Oberleitner
Edgar Ortiz-Malavassi
Eduardo Pérez-García
  • Function : Author
Bruno Pinho
Daniel Piotto
Jennifer Powers
Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá
Danaë Rozendaal
Jorge Ruíz
Marcelo Tabarelli
Heitor Mancini Teixeira
Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio
  • Function : Author
Hans van Der Wal
Pedro Villa
Geraldo Fernandes
Braulio Santos
José Aguilar-Cano
Jarcilene de Almeida-Cortez
Esteban Alvarez-Davila
Felipe Arreola-Villa
  • Function : Author
Patricia Balvanera
Justin Becknell
George Cabral
Carolina Castellanos-Castro
Ben de Jong
Jhon Edison Nieto
  • Function : Author
Mário Espírito-Santo
Maria Fandino
Hernando García
Daniel García-Villalobos
Jefferson Hall
Alvaro Idárraga
Jaider Jiménez-Montoya
Deborah Kennard
Erika Marín-Spiotta
Rita Mesquita
Yule Nunes
Susana Ochoa-Gaona
Marielos Peña-Claros
Nathalia Pérez-Cárdenas
Jorge Rodríguez-Velázquez
  • Function : Author
Lucía Sanaphre Villanueva
Naomi Schwartz
Marc Steininger
Maria Veloso
Henricus Vester
  • Function : Author
Ima Vieira
G. Bruce Williamson
  • Function : Author
Kátia Zanini
  • Function : Author
Bruno Hérault
Forêts et Sociétés
Département Environnements et Sociétés
Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Abstract

Tropical forests disappear rapidly because of deforestation, yet they have the potential to regrow naturally on abandoned lands. We analyze how 12 forest attributes recover during secondary succession and how their recovery is interrelated using 77 sites across the tropics. Tropical forests are highly resilient to low-intensity land use; after 20 years, forest attributes attain 78% (33 to 100%) of their old-growth values. Recovery to 90% of old-growth values is fastest for soil (<1 decade) and plant functioning (<2.5 decades), intermediate for structure and species diversity (2.5 to 6 decades), and slowest for biomass and species composition (>12 decades). Network analysis shows three independent clusters of attribute recovery, related to structure, species diversity, and species composition. Secondary forests should be embraced as a low-cost, natural solution for ecosystem restoration, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity conservation.

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Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy Ecosystems Botanics Biodiversity and Ecology

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hal-03482573 , version 1 (16-12-2021)

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Lourens Poorter, Dylan Craven, Catarina Jakovac, Masha van Der Sande, Lucy Amissah, et al.. Multidimensional tropical forest recovery. Science, 2021, 374 (6573), pp.1370-1376. ⟨10.1126/science.abh3629⟩. ⟨hal-03482573⟩

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