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  1. Article: Variation in the water use and gas exchange of two Brazilian tropical dry forest phytophysiognomies in response to successional stage

    Falcão, Hiram M. / Medeiros, Camila D.B. / Fonsêca, Maria Betânia / do Espírito-Santo, Mário Marcos / Santos, Mauro G. / Almeida, Jarcilene S.

    Journal of arid environments. 2022 Nov., v. 206

    2022  

    Abstract: Water availability is the main limiting factor to plants growth in tropical dry forests, influencing vegetation ecophysiological responses throughout ecological succession. In this study, we analyzed the water potential and gas exchange in two ... ...

    Abstract Water availability is the main limiting factor to plants growth in tropical dry forests, influencing vegetation ecophysiological responses throughout ecological succession. In this study, we analyzed the water potential and gas exchange in two phytophysiognomies of a Brazilian tropical dry forest, along a chronosequence and in moments of low and high VPD. We selected an area of Crystalline Caatinga (CC) and Arboreal Caatinga (AC), and in both sites delimited three plots at different successional stages (initial, intermediate, and late). At each collection site within areas at each successional stage, we sampled the four most abundant species. For CC plants, water potential and gas exchange were similar at all successional stages, regarding VPD, and higher than in AC site. Trees growing in the AC site showed more plastic responses than those in the CC area, mainly in gas exchange, whereas CC plants (mainly herbs) showed a higher variation in water potential. We established that this differential response occurred due to the structure of the plant community and soil water availability. Trees’ leaf traits tend to present long-term responses, and we observed that vegetation in the AC site showed most markedly differences among successional stages than plants in CC site.
    Keywords caatinga ; chronosequences ; ecological succession ; ecophysiology ; gas exchange ; leaves ; plant available water ; plant communities ; tropical dry forests ; water potential
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-11
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 428507-4
    ISSN 1095-922X ; 0140-1963
    ISSN (online) 1095-922X
    ISSN 0140-1963
    DOI 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104831
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  2. Article: The bigger the better? Vigour of the exotic host plant Calotropisprocera (Apocynaceae) affects herbivory

    Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson / Almeida, Jarcilene Silva de / Rodrigues-Menelau, Maria Fernanda Vicente / Arantes-Garcia, Lucas / Novais, Samuel

    Neotropical Biology and Conservation. 2020 Sept. 02, v. 15, no. 3

    2020  

    Abstract: The Plant Vigour Hypothesis states that herbivores preferentially feed on the most vigorous plants within a plant population and/or the most vigorous modules within a plant. The goal of this study was to evaluate how shoot size (as an indication of ... ...

    Abstract The Plant Vigour Hypothesis states that herbivores preferentially feed on the most vigorous plants within a plant population and/or the most vigorous modules within a plant. The goal of this study was to evaluate how shoot size (as an indication of module vigour) affects leaf herbivory in the host plant Calotropisprocera, an exotic xerophyte perennial milkweed shrub. We predicted that the proportion of leaf area removed by insect herbivores would be positively related to shoot size. Eight patches were selected containing a varied number of C.procera individuals (5, 8, 29, 31, 55, 79, 116, and 172 individuals/patch) in the Brazilian seasonally dry vegetation (Caatinga), of which five individuals were randomly selected for further analysis. From each individual, three to six shoots were randomly selected, measured and had their leaves collected, for a total of approximately 200 leaves per patch. At the regional scale, the proportion of leaf area removed was positively affected by shoot size. In addition, this pattern was also found for the majority of the studied patches (29, 31, 55, 116, and 172 individuals/patch). Among the insect herbivores associated with C.procera, larvae of Danaus spp. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) were commonly observed feeding on all patches. These herbivores present a specialized behaviour to circumvent the presence of latex in the host leaves. Although more vigorous plant modules should be better defended compared with the less vigorous modules, Danaus species were able to bypass host defences, and feed on healthy, rapidly growing and vigorous plant modules of C.procera, hence causing more damage to these modules.
    Keywords Calotropis procera ; Danaus ; caatinga ; host plants ; insect larvae ; introduced plants ; latex ; leaf area ; leaves ; phytophagous insects ; shoots ; shrubs ; vigor ; xerophytes ; Brazil
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-0902
    Size p. 359-366.
    Publishing place Pensoft Publishers
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2613449-4
    ISSN 2236-3777 ; 1809-9939
    ISSN (online) 2236-3777
    ISSN 1809-9939
    DOI 10.3897/neotropical.15.e55148
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  3. Article ; Online: Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession.

    van der Sande, Masha T / Powers, Jennifer S / Kuyper, Thom W / Norden, Natalia / Salgado-Negret, Beatriz / Silva de Almeida, Jarcilene / Bongers, Frans / Delgado, Diego / Dent, Daisy H / Derroire, Géraldine / do Espirito Santo, Mario Marcos / Dupuy, Juan Manuel / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson / Finegan, Bryan / Gavito, Mayra E / Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis / Jakovac, Catarina C / Jones, Isabel L / das Dores Magalhães Veloso, Maria /
    Meave, Jorge A / Mora, Francisco / Muñoz, Rodrigo / Pérez-Cárdenas, Nathalia / Piotto, Daniel / Álvarez-Dávila, Esteban / Caceres-Siani, Yasmani / Dalban-Pilon, Coralie / Dourdain, Aurélie / Du, Dan V / García Villalobos, Daniel / Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira / Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo / Poorter, Lourens

    Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

    2022  Volume 378, Issue 1867, Page(s) 20210074

    Abstract: The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils ... ...

    Abstract The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils recover during subsequent tropical forest succession on abandoned agricultural fields. Our overarching question is how soil resistance and recovery depend on local conditions such as climate, soil type and land-use history. For 300 plots in 21 sites across the Neotropics, we used a chronosequence approach in which we sampled soils from two depths in old-growth forests, agricultural fields (i.e. crop fields and pastures), and secondary forests that differ in age (1-95 years) since abandonment. We measured six soil properties using a standardized sampling design and laboratory analyses. Soil resistance strongly depended on local conditions. Croplands and sites on high-activity clay (i.e. high fertility) show strong increases in bulk density and decreases in pH, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) during deforestation and subsequent agricultural use. Resistance is lower in such sites probably because of a sharp decline in fine root biomass in croplands in the upper soil layers, and a decline in litter input from formerly productive old-growth forest (on high-activity clays). Soil recovery also strongly depended on local conditions. During forest succession, high-activity clays and croplands decreased most strongly in bulk density and increased in C and N, possibly because of strongly compacted soils with low C and N after cropland abandonment, and because of rapid vegetation recovery in high-activity clays leading to greater fine root growth and litter input. Furthermore, sites at low precipitation decreased in pH, whereas sites at high precipitation increased in N and decreased in C : N ratio. Extractable phosphorus (P) did not recover during succession, suggesting increased P limitation as forests age. These results indicate that no single solution exists for effective soil restoration and that local site conditions should determine the restoration strategies. This article is part of the theme issue 'Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration'.
    MeSH term(s) Soil/chemistry ; Ecosystem ; Clay ; Forests ; Carbon
    Chemical Substances Soil ; Clay (T1FAD4SS2M) ; Carbon (7440-44-0)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 208382-6
    ISSN 1471-2970 ; 0080-4622 ; 0264-3839 ; 0962-8436
    ISSN (online) 1471-2970
    ISSN 0080-4622 ; 0264-3839 ; 0962-8436
    DOI 10.1098/rstb.2021.0074
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  4. Article ; Online: Soil resistance and recovery during Neotropical forest succession

    van der Sande, Masha T. / Powers, Jennifer S. / Kuyper, Thom W. / Norden, Natalia / Salgado-Negret, Beatriz / Silva de Almeida, Jarcilene / Bongers, F. / Delgado, Diego / Dent, Daisy H. / Derroire, Géraldine / do Espírito Santo, Mário Marcos / Dupuy, Juan M. / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson / Finegan, Bryan / Gavito, Mayra E. / Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis / Jakovac, Catarina C. / Jones, Isabel L. / das Dores Magalhães Veloso, Maria /
    Meave, Jorge A. / Mora, Francisco / Muñoz, Rodrigo / Pérez-Cárdenas, Nathalia / Piotto, Daniel / Álvarez-Dávila, Esteban / Caceres-Siani, Yasmani / Dalban-Pilon, Coralie / Dourdain, Aurélie / Du, Dan V. / García-Villalobos, Daniel / Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira / Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo / Poorter, L.

    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Biological sciences

    2023  Volume 378, Issue 1867

    Abstract: The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils ... ...

    Abstract The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils recover during subsequent tropical forest succession on abandoned agricultural fields. Our overarching question is how soil resistance and recovery depend on local conditions such as climate, soil type, and land-use history. For 300 plots in 21 sites across the Neotropics, we used a chonosequence approach in which we sampled soils from two depths in old-growth forests, agricultural fields (i.e., crop fields and pastures), and secondary forests that differ in age (1-95 years) since abandonment. We measured six soil properties using a standardized sampling design and lab analyses. Soil resistance strongly depended on local conditions. Croplands and sites on high-activity clay (i.e. high fertility) show strong increases in bulk density, and decreases in pH, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) during deforestation and subsequent agricultural use. Resistance is lower in such sites probably because of a sharp decline in fine root biomass in croplands in the upper soil layers, and a decline in litter input from formerly productive old-growth forest (on high-activity clays). Soil recovery also strongly depended on local conditions. During forest succession, high-activity clays and croplands decreased most strongly in bulk density and increased in C and N, possibly because of strongly compacted soils with low C and N after cropland abandonment, and because of rapid vegetation recovery in high-activity clays leading to greater fine root growth and litter input. Furthermore, sites at low precipitation decreased in pH, whereas sites at high precipitation increased in N and decreased in C:N ratio. Extractable phosphorus (P) did not recover during succession, suggesting increased P limitation as forests age. These results indicate that no single solution exists for effective soil ...
    Keywords Life Science
    Subject code 550
    Language English
    Publishing country nl
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 208382-6
    ISSN 1471-2970 ; 0080-4622 ; 0264-3839 ; 0962-8436
    ISSN (online) 1471-2970
    ISSN 0080-4622 ; 0264-3839 ; 0962-8436
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  5. Article ; Online: Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Blundo, Cecilia / Carilla, Julieta / Grau, H. Ricardo / Malizia, Agustina / Malizia, Lucio / Osinaga-Acosta, Oriana / Bird, Michael / Bradford, Matt / Catchpole, Damien / Ford, Andrew / Graham, Andrew / Hilbert, David / Kemp, Jeanette / Laurance, Susan / Laurance, William / Ishida, Francoise Yoko / Marshall, Andrew / Waite, Catherine / Woell, Hannsjoerg /
    Bastin, Jean-François / Bauters, Marijn / Beeckman, Hans / Boeckx, Pfascal / Bogaert, Jan / De Canniere, Charles / de Haulleville, Thales / Doucet, Jean-Louis / Hardy, Olivier / Hubau, Wannes / Kearsley, Elizabeth / Verbeeck, Hans / Vleminckx, Jason / Brewer, Steven W. / Alarcón, Alfredo / Araujo Murakami, Alejandro / Arets, Eric / Arroyo, Luzmila / Chávez Alcaraz, Ezequiel / Fredericksen, Todd / Villaroel, René Guillén / Sibauty, Gloria Gutierrez / Killeen, Timothy / Licona, Juan Carlos / Lleigue, John / Mendoza, Casimiro / Murakami, Samaria / Gutierrez, Alexander Parada / Pardo, Guido / Peña-Claros, Marielos / Poorter, L. / Toledo, Marisol / Cayo, Jeanneth Villalobos / Viscarra, Laura Jessica / Vos, Vincent / Ahumada, Jorge / Almeida, Everton / Almeida, Jarcilene / de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida / da Cruz, Wesley Alves / de Oliveira, Atila Alves / Carvalho, Fabrício Alvim / Obermuller, Flávio Amorim / Andrade, Ana / Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes / Vieira, Simone Aparecida / Aquino, Ana Carla / Aragão, Luiz / Araújo, Ana Cláudia / Assis, Marco Antonio / Gomes, Jose Ataliba Mantelli Aboin / Baccaro, Fabrício / de Camargo, Plínio Barbosa / Barni, Paulo / Barroso, Jorcely / Bernacci, Luis Carlos / Bordin, Kauane / Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante de / Broggio, Igor / Camargo, José Luís / Cardoso, Domingos / Carniello, Maria Antonia / Rochelle, Andre Luis Casarin / Castilho, Carolina / Castro, Antonio Alberto Jorge Farias / Castro, Wendeson / Ribeiro, Sabina Cerruto / Costa, Flavia / de Oliveira, Rodrigo Costa / Coutinho, Italo / Cunha, John / da Costa, Lola / Ferreira, Lúcia da Costa / da Costa Silva, Richarlly / da Graça Zacarias Simbine, Marta / de Andrade Kamimura, Vitor / de Lima, Haroldo Cavalcante / de Oliveira Melo, Lia / de Queiroz, Luciano / de Sousa Lima, José Romualdo / do Espírito Santo, Mário / Domingues, Tomas / dos Santos Prestes, Nayane Cristina / Carneiro, Steffan Eduardo Silva / Elías, Fernando / Eliseu, Gabriel / Emilio, Thaise / Farrapo, Camila Laís / Fernandes, Letícia / Ferreira, Gustavo L. / Ferreira, Joice / Ferreira, Leandro / Ferreira, Socorro / Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni / Freitas, Maria Aparecida / García, Queila S. / Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto / Graça, Paulo / Guilherme, Frederico / Hase, Eduardo / Higuchi, Niro / Iguatemy, Mariana / Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio / Jaramillo, Margarita / Joly, Carlos / Klipel, Joice / Amaral, Iêda Leão do / Levis, Carolina / Lima, Antonio S. / Dan, Maurício Lima / Lopes, Aline / Madeiros, Herison / Magnusson, William E. / dos Santos, Rubens Manoel / Marimon, Beatriz / Junior, Ben Hur Marimon / Grillo, Roberta Marotti Martelletti / Martinelli, Luiz / Reis, Simone Matias / Medeiros, Salomão / Meira-Junior, Milton / Metzker, Thiago / Morandi, Paulo / do Nascimento, Natanael Moreira / Moura, Magna / Müller, Sandra Cristina / Nagy, László / Nascimento, Henrique / Nascimento, Marcelo / Lima, Adriano Nogueira / de Araújo, Raimunda Oliveira / Silva, Jhonathan Oliveira / Pansonato, Marcelo / Sabino, Gabriel Pavan / de Abreu, Karla Maria Pedra / Rodrigues, Pablo José Francisco Pena / Piedade, Maria / Rodrigues, Domingos / Rodrigues Pinto, José Roberto / Quesada, Carlos / Ramos, Eliana / Ramos, Rafael / Rodrigues, Priscyla / de Sousa, Thaiane Rodrigues / Salomão, Rafael / Santana, Flávia / Scaranello, Marcos / Bergamin, Rodrigo Scarton / Schietti, Juliana / Schöngart, Jochen / Schwartz, Gustavo / Silva, Natalino / Silveira, Marcos / Seixas, Cristiana Simão / Simbine, Marta / Souza, Ana Claudia / Souza, Priscila / Souza, Rodolfo / Sposito, Tereza / Junior, Edson Stefani / do Vale, Julio Daniel / Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães / Villela, Dora / Vital, Marcos / Xaud, Haron / Zanini, Katia / Zartman, Charles E. / Ideris, Nur Khalish Hafizhah / Metali, Faizah binti Hj / Salim, Kamariah Abu / Saparudin, Muhd Shahruney / Serudin, Rafizah Mat / Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria / Begne, Serge / Chuyong, George / Djuikouo, Marie Noel / Gonmadje, Christelle / Simo-Droissart, Murielle / Sonké, Bonaventure / Taedoumg, Hermann / Zemagho, Lise / Thomas, Sean / Baya, Fidèle / Saiz, Gustavo / Espejo, Javier Silva / Chen, Dexiang / Hamilton, Alan / Li, Yide / Luo, Tushou / Niu, Shukui / Xu, Han / Zhou, Zhang / Álvarez-Dávila, Esteban / Escobar, Juan Carlos Andrés / Arellano-Peña, Henry / Duarte, Jaime Cabezas / Calderón, Jhon / Bravo, Lina Maria Corrales / Cuadrado, Borish / Cuadros, Hermes / Duque, Alvaro / Duque, Luisa Fernanda / Espinosa, Sandra Milena / Franke-Ante, Rebeca / García, Hernando / Gómez, Alejandro / González-M., Roy / Idárraga-Piedrahíta, Álvaro / Jimenez, Eliana / Jurado, Rubén / Oviedo, Wilmar López / López Camacho, René / Cruz, Omar Aurelio Melo / Polo, Irina Mendoza / Paky, Edwin / Perez, Karen / Pijachi, Angel / Pizano, Camila / Prieto, Adriana / Ramos, Laura / Correa, Zorayda Restrepo / Richardson, James / Rodríguez, Elkin / Rodriguez M., Gina M. / Rudas, Agustín / Stevenson, Pablo / Chudomelová, Markéta / Dancak, Martin / Hédl, Radim / Lhota, Stanislav / Svatek, Martin / Mukinzi, Jacques / Ewango, Corneille / Hart, Terese / Yakusu, Emmanuel Kasongo / Lisingo, Janvier / Makana, Jean-Remy / Mbayu, Faustin / Toirambe, Benjamin / Mukendi, John Tshibamba / Kvist, Lars / Nebel, Gustav / Baéz, Selene / Céron, Carlos / Griffith, Daniel M. / Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara / Neill, David / Palacios, Walter / Peñuela-Mora, Maria Cristina / Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo / Villa, Gorky / Demissie, Sheleme / Gole, Tadesse / Gonfa, Techane / Ruokolainen, Kalle / Baisie, Michel / Bénédet, Fabrice / Betian, Wemo / Bezard, Vincent / Bonal, Damien / Chave, Jérôme / Droissart, Vincent / Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie / Hladik, Annette / Labrière, Nicolas / Naisso, Pétrus / Réjou-Méchain, Maxime / Sist, Plinio / Blanc, Lilian / Burban, Benoit / Derroire, Géraldine / Dourdain, Aurélie / Stahl, Clement / Bengone, Natacha Nssi / Chezeaux, Eric / Ondo, Fidèle Evouna / Medjibe, Vincent / Mihindou, Vianet / White, Lee / Culmsee, Heike / Rangel, Cristabel Durán / Horna, Viviana / Wittmann, Florian 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García / Cabrera, Karina Garcia / Soria, Diego García / Saboya, Leticia Gatica / Rios, Julio Miguel Grandez / Pizango, Gabriel Hidalgo / Coronado, Eurídice Honorio / Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau / Huasco, Walter Huaraca / Aedo, Yuri Tomas Huillca / Peña, Jose Luis Marcelo / Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo / Rodriguez, Vanesa Moreano / Vargas, Percy Núñez / Ramos, Sonia Cesarina Palacios / Camacho, Nadir Pallqui / Cruz, Antonio Peña / Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez / Huaymacari, José Reyna / Reynel, Carlos / Paredes, Marcos Antonio Ríos / Bayona, Lily Rodriguez / del Pilar Rojas Gonzales, Rocio / Peña, Maria Elena Rojas / Revilla, Norma Salinas / Shareva, Yahn Carlos Soto / Trujillo, Raul Tupayachi / Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela / Vásquez, Rodolfo / Arenas, Jim Vega / Amani, Christian / Ifo, Suspense Averti / Bocko, Yannick / Boundja, Patrick / Ekoungoulou, Romeo / Hockemba, Mireille / Nzala, Donatien / Fofanah, Alusine / Taylor, David / Bañares-de Dios, Guillermo / Cayuela, Luis / Granzow de la Cerda, Iñigo / Macia, Manuel / Stropp, Juliana / Playfair, Maureen / Wortel, Verginia / Gardner, Toby / Muscarella, Robert / Rutishauser, Ervan / Zhao, Guorong / Munishi, Pantaleo / Bánki, Olaf / Bongers, Frans / Boot, Rene / Fredriksson, Gabriella / Reitsma, Jan / Steege, Hans ter / van Andel, Tinde / van de Meer, Peter / van der Hout, Peter / van Nieuwstadt, Mark / van Ulft, Bert / Veenendaal, Elmar / Vernimmen, Ronald / Zuidema, Pieter / Zwerts, Joeri / Akite, Perpetra / Bitariho, Robert / Chapman, Colin / Gerald, Eilu / Leal, Miguel / Mucunguzi, Patrick / Abernethy, Katharine / Alexiades, Miguel / Baker, Timothy R. / Banda, Karina / Banin, Lindsay / Barlow, Jos / Bennett, Amy / Berenguer, Erika / Berry, Nicholas O. / Bird, Neil M. / Blackburn, George A. / Brearley, Francis / Brienen, Roel / Burslem, David / Carvalho, Lidiany / Cho, Percival / Coelho, Fernanda / Collins, Murray / Coomes, David / Cuni-Sanchez, Aida / Dargie, Greta / Dexter, Kyle / Disney, Mat / Draper, Freddie / Duan, Muying / Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane / Ewers, Robert / Fadrique, Belen / Fauset, Sophie / Feldpausch, Ted R. / França, Filipe / Galbraith, D. / Gilpin, Martin / Gloor, Emanuel / Grace, John / Hamer, Keith / Harris, David / Jeffery, Kath / Jucker, Tommaso / Kalamandeen, Michelle / Klitgaard, B. B. / Levesley, Aurora / Lewis, Simon L. / Lindsell, Jeremy / Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela / Lovett, Jon / Malhi, Y. / Marthews, Toby / McIntosh, Emma / Melgaço, Karina / Milliken, William / Mitchard, Edward / Moonlight, Peter / Moore, Sam / Morel, Alexandra / Peacock, Julie / Peh, Kelvin / Pendry, Colin / Pennington, Toby / de Oliveira Pereira, Luciana / Peres, Carlos / Phillips, Oliver L. / Pickavance, Georgia / Pugh, Thomas / Qie, Lan / Riutta, Terhi / Roucoux, Katherine / Ryan, Casey / Särkinen, Tiina / Valeria, Camila Silva / Spracklen, Dominick / Stas, Suzanne / Sullivan, Martin / Swaine, Michael / Talbot, Joey / Taplin, James / van der Heijden, Geertje / Vedovato, Laura / Willcock, Simon / Williams, Mathew / Alves, Luciana / Loayza, Patricia Alvarez / Arellano, Gabriel / Asa, Cheryl / Ashton, Peter / Asner, Gregory / Brncic, Terry / Brown, Foster / Burnham, Robyn / Clark, Connie / Comiskey, James / Damasco, Gabriel / Davies, Stuart / Di Fiore, Tony / Erwin, Terry / Farfan-Rios, William / Hall, Jefferson / Kenfack, David / Lovejoy, Thomas / Martin, Roberta / Montiel, Olga Martha / Pipoly, John / Pitman, Nigel / Poulsen, John / Primack, Richard / Silman, Miles / Steininger, Marc / Swamy, Varun / Terborgh, John / Thomas, Duncan / Umunay, Peter / Uriarte, Maria / Torre, Emilio Vilanova / Wang, Ophelia / Young, Kenneth / Aymard C., Gerardo A. / Hernández, Lionel / Fernández, Rafael Herrera / Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma / Salcedo, Pedro / Sanoja, Elio / Serrano, Julio / Torres-Lezama, Armando / Le, Tinh Cong / Le, Trai Trong / Tran, Hieu Dang

    Biological conservation. 2020 Oct. 23, p.108849-

    2020  , Page(s) 108849–

    Abstract: Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understanding of these forests is critical for our collective future, until quite recently efforts to measure and monitor them have been largely disconnected. ... ...

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    Abstract Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understanding of these forests is critical for our collective future, until quite recently efforts to measure and monitor them have been largely disconnected. Networking is essential to discover the answers to questions that transcend borders and the horizons of funding agencies. Here we show how a global community is responding to the challenges of tropical ecosystem research with diverse teams measuring forests tree-by-tree in thousands of long-term plots. We review the major scientific discoveries of this work and show how this process is changing tropical forest science. Our core approach involves linking long-term grassroots initiatives with standardized protocols and data management to generate robust scaled-up results. By connecting tropical researchers and elevating their status, our Social Research Network model recognises the key role of the data originator in scientific discovery. Conceived in 1999 with RAINFOR (South America), our permanent plot networks have been adapted to Africa (AfriTRON) and Southeast Asia (T-FORCES) and widely emulated worldwide. Now these multiple initiatives are integrated via ForestPlots.net cyber-infrastructure, linking colleagues from 54 countries across 24 plot networks. Collectively these are transforming understanding of tropical forests and their biospheric role. Together we have discovered how, where and why forest carbon and biodiversity are responding to climate change, and how they feedback on it. This long-term pan-tropical collaboration has revealed a large long-term carbon sink and its trends, as well as making clear which drivers are most important, which forest processes are affected, where they are changing, what the lags are, and the likely future responses of tropical forests as the climate continues to change. By leveraging a remarkably old technology, plot networks are sparking a very modern revolution in tropical forest science. In the future, humanity can benefit greatly by nurturing the grassroots communities now collectively capable of generating unique, long-term understanding of Earth's most precious forests.
    Keywords biodiversity ; biosphere ; carbon ; carbon sinks ; climate ; climate change ; ecosystems ; information management ; models ; tropical forests ; Africa ; South America ; South East Asia ; Amazonia ; Southeast Asia ; Rainforest ; RAINFOR ; AfriTRON ; Species richness ; Forest plots ; Permanent sample plots ; Monitoring ; Dynamics ; Carbon sink ; Global change ; Ecology
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-1023
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean ; Pre-press version
    ISSN 0006-3207
    DOI 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849
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