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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)
Dylan Craven
Robin Chazdon
Bienvenu Amani
José Luis Andrade
Eben Broadbent
Daisy Dent
Géraldine Derroire
Saara Dewalt
Juan M. Dupuy
Sandra Durán
Alfredo Fantini
Bryan Finegan
Alma Hernández-Jaramillo
  • Fonction : Auteur
José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni
Peter Hietz
André Junqueira
Justin Kassi N’dja
  • Fonction : Auteur
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
  • Fonction : Auteur
Bruno Pinho
Daniel Piotto
Jennifer Powers
Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá
Danaë Rozendaal
Jorge Ruíz
Marcelo Tabarelli
Heitor Mancini Teixeira
Hans van Der Wal
Pedro Villa
Geraldo Fernandes
Braulio Santos
José Aguilar-Cano
Jarcilene de Almeida-Cortez
Esteban Alvarez-Davila
Felipe Arreola-Villa
  • Fonction : Auteur
Patricia Balvanera
Justin Becknell
George Cabral
Carolina Castellanos-Castro
Ben de Jong
Jhon Edison Nieto
  • Fonction : Auteur
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
  • Fonction : Auteur
Lucía Sanaphre Villanueva
Naomi Schwartz
Marc Steininger
Maria Veloso
Henricus Vester
  • Fonction : Auteur
Ima Vieira
G. Bruce Williamson
  • Fonction : Auteur
Kátia Zanini
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

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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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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