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1. Determinants of biogeographical distribution of grasses in grasslands of South America

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Streit, Helena, Bergamin, Rodrigo S., Andrade, Bianca O., Altesor, Alice, Lezama, Felipe, Perelman, Susana, Müller, Sandra C., Overbeck, Gerhard E., Streit, Helena, Bergamin, Rodrigo S., Andrade, Bianca O., Altesor, Alice, Lezama, Felipe, Perelman, Susana, Müller, Sandra C., and Overbeck, Gerhard E.

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Current distribution of C3 and C4 grasses is often explained by contrasting environmental conditions. Regions where C3 and C4 grasses coexist, as the Southeastern South America grasslands (SESA grasslands), provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the evolutionary imprints of grasses through clade distribution patterns. Here, we aimed to understand how ecological and evolutionary processes affect the phylogenetic diversity of grass communities along 666 sites located in a latitudinal gradient ranging from 26°S to 38°S in SESA grasslands (Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay). We applied generalized linear models (GLM) to understand the role of the different environmental and historical drivers that shape the proportion of C3 grasses distribution in SESA grasslands. The effect of latitude on phylogenetic beta-diversity patterns among the vegetation surveys was evaluated through principal coordinates of phylogenetic structure. Contribution of C3 species increased southwards (R² = 0.40, P<0.001). C3 species are more likely to occur in colder areas with higher historical temperature stability, reflecting lineages that have specialized and radiated in cold environments (GLM results: R² = 0.37, P<0.01). Climatically stable areas are the coldest, while unstable areas include warmer habitats, which enabled colonization by C4 species. Regarding soil conditions, C3 grasses are more likely to occur in more fertile soils and with low capacity to retain water (GLM results: pseudo-R² = 0.37, P<0.01). We found that phylogeny has an important role as a structuring agent of grass communities across our study region, indicating turnover of grass lineages along the latitudinal gradient. Grass species found at the northern portion of the gradient belong mostly to the clade which contain both C4 and C3 species. At the southern part of the gradient, communities are dominated by grasses belonging to a C3-exclusive clade. The distribution of grass clades across the SESA grasslan

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2024
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2. Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests

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Jakovac, Catarina C., Meave, Jorge A., Bongers, Frans, Letcher, Susan G., Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Piotto, Daniel, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Peña-Claros, Marielos, Craven, Dylan, Santos, Braulio A., Siminski, Alexandre, Fantini, Alfredo C., Rodrigues, Alice C., Hernández-Jaramillo, Alma, Idárraga, Alvaro, Junqueira, André B., Zambrano, Angelica María Almeyda, De Jong, Ben H.J., Pinho, Bruno Ximenes, Finegan, Bryan, Castellano-Castro, Carolina, Zambiazi, Daisy Christiane, Dent, Daisy H., García, Daniel Hernán, Kennard, Deborah, Delgado, Diego, Broadbent, Eben N., Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Berenguer, Erika, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, De Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, Melo, Felipe, Elias, Fernando, França, Filipe, Oberleitner, Florian, Mora, Francisco, Williamson, Bruce, Dalla Colletta, Gabriel, Cabral, George A.L., Derroire, Géraldine, Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Van Der Wal, Hans, Teixeira, Heitor Mancini, Vester, Henricus F.M., García, Hernando, Vieira, Ima C.G., Jiménez-Montoya, Jaider, De Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Hall, Jefferson S., Chave, Jerome, Zimmerman, Jess K., Nieto, Jhon Edison, Ferreira, Joice, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Ruíz, Jorge, Barlow, Jos, Aguilar-Cano, José, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Engel, Julien, Becknell, Justin M., Zanini, Kátia, Lohbeck, Madelon, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Uriarte, Maria, Veloso, Maria D.M., Espírito-Santo, Mário M., Van Der Sande, Masha T., Van Breugel, Michiel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Schwartz, Naomi B., Norden, Natalia, Pérez-Cárdenas, Nathalia, González-Valdivia, Noel, Petronelli, Pascal, Balvanera, Patricia, Massoca, Paulo, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Villa, Pedro M., Hietz, Peter, Ostertag, Rebecca, López-Camacho, René, César, Ricardo G., Mesquita, Rita, Chazdon, Robin L., Muñoz, Rodrigo, DeWalt, Saara J., Müller, Sandra C., Durán, Sandra M., Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Rodríguez-Buritica, Susana, Aide, Mitchell, Bentos, Tony Vizcarra, Moreno, Vanessa De S., Granda, Vanessa, Thomas, Wayt, Silver, Whendee L., Nunes, Yule R.F., Poorter, Lourens, Jakovac, Catarina C., Meave, Jorge A., Bongers, Frans, Letcher, Susan G., Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Piotto, Daniel, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Peña-Claros, Marielos, Craven, Dylan, Santos, Braulio A., Siminski, Alexandre, Fantini, Alfredo C., Rodrigues, Alice C., Hernández-Jaramillo, Alma, Idárraga, Alvaro, Junqueira, André B., Zambrano, Angelica María Almeyda, De Jong, Ben H.J., Pinho, Bruno Ximenes, Finegan, Bryan, Castellano-Castro, Carolina, Zambiazi, Daisy Christiane, Dent, Daisy H., García, Daniel Hernán, Kennard, Deborah, Delgado, Diego, Broadbent, Eben N., Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Berenguer, Erika, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, De Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, Melo, Felipe, Elias, Fernando, França, Filipe, Oberleitner, Florian, Mora, Francisco, Williamson, Bruce, Dalla Colletta, Gabriel, Cabral, George A.L., Derroire, Géraldine, Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Van Der Wal, Hans, Teixeira, Heitor Mancini, Vester, Henricus F.M., García, Hernando, Vieira, Ima C.G., Jiménez-Montoya, Jaider, De Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Hall, Jefferson S., Chave, Jerome, Zimmerman, Jess K., Nieto, Jhon Edison, Ferreira, Joice, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Ruíz, Jorge, Barlow, Jos, Aguilar-Cano, José, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Engel, Julien, Becknell, Justin M., Zanini, Kátia, Lohbeck, Madelon, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Uriarte, Maria, Veloso, Maria D.M., Espírito-Santo, Mário M., Van Der Sande, Masha T., Van Breugel, Michiel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Schwartz, Naomi B., Norden, Natalia, Pérez-Cárdenas, Nathalia, González-Valdivia, Noel, Petronelli, Pascal, Balvanera, Patricia, Massoca, Paulo, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Villa, Pedro M., Hietz, Peter, Ostertag, Rebecca, López-Camacho, René, César, Ricardo G., Mesquita, Rita, Chazdon, Robin L., Muñoz, Rodrigo, DeWalt, Saara J., Müller, Sandra C., Durán, Sandra M., Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Rodríguez-Buritica, Susana, Aide, Mitchell, Bentos, Tony Vizcarra, Moreno, Vanessa De S., Granda, Vanessa, Thomas, Wayt, Silver, Whendee L., Nunes, Yule R.F., and Poorter, Lourens

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Forests that regrow naturally on abandoned fields are important for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services, but can they also preserve the distinct regional tree floras? Using the floristic composition of 1215 early successional forests (≤20 years) in 75 human-modified landscapes across the Neotropic realm, we identified 14 distinct floristic groups, with a between-group dissimilarity of 0.97. Floristic groups were associated with location, bioregions, soil pH, temperature seasonality, and water availability. Hence, there is large continental-scale variation in the species composition of early successional forests, which is mainly associated with biogeographic and environmental factors but not with human disturbance indicators. This floristic distinctiveness is partially driven by regionally restricted species belonging to widespread genera. Early secondary forests contribute therefore to restoring and conserving the distinctiveness of bioregions across the Neotropical realm, and forest restoration initiatives should use local species to assure that these distinct floras are maintained.

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2022

3. Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests : Trait–climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities

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Pinho, Bruno X., Tabarelli, Marcelo, Braak, Cajo J.F., ter, Wright, S.J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Benchimol, Maíra, Engelbrecht, Bettina M.J., Pierce, Simon, Hietz, Peter, Santos, Bráulio A., Peres, Carlos A., Müller, Sandra C., Wright, Ian J., Bongers, Frans, Lohbeck, Madelon, Niinemets, Ülo, Slot, Martijn, Jansen, Steven, Jamelli, Davi, Lima, Renato A.F., de, Swenson, Nathan, Condit, Richard, Barlow, Jos, Slik, Ferry, Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A., Mendes, Gabriel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Pitman, Nigel, Kraft, Nathan, Garwood, Nancy, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Faria, Deborah, Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Mariano-Neto, Eduardo, Júnior, Valdecir, Kattge, Jens, Melo, Felipe P.L., Pinho, Bruno X., Tabarelli, Marcelo, Braak, Cajo J.F., ter, Wright, S.J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Benchimol, Maíra, Engelbrecht, Bettina M.J., Pierce, Simon, Hietz, Peter, Santos, Bráulio A., Peres, Carlos A., Müller, Sandra C., Wright, Ian J., Bongers, Frans, Lohbeck, Madelon, Niinemets, Ülo, Slot, Martijn, Jansen, Steven, Jamelli, Davi, Lima, Renato A.F., de, Swenson, Nathan, Condit, Richard, Barlow, Jos, Slik, Ferry, Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A., Mendes, Gabriel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Pitman, Nigel, Kraft, Nathan, Garwood, Nancy, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Faria, Deborah, Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Mariano-Neto, Eduardo, Júnior, Valdecir, Kattge, Jens, and Melo, Felipe P.L.

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Aim: Here we examine the functional profile of regional tree species pools across the latitudinal distribution of Neotropical moist forests, and test trait–climate relationships among local communities. We expected opportunistic strategies (acquisitive traits, small seeds) to be overrepresented in species pools further from the equator, but also in terms of abundance in local communities in currently wetter, warmer and more seasonal climates. Location: Neotropics. Time period: Recent. Major taxa studied: Trees. Methods: We obtained abundance data from 471 plots across nine Neotropical regions, including c. 100,000 trees of 3,417 species, in addition to six functional traits. We compared occurrence-based trait distributions among regional species pools, and evaluated single trait–climate relationships across local communities using community abundance-weighted means (CWMs). Multivariate trait–climate relationships were assessed by a double-constrained correspondence analysis that tests both how CWMs relate to climate and how species distributions, parameterized by niche centroids in climate space, relate to their traits. Results: Regional species pools were undistinguished in functional terms, but opportunistic strategies dominated local communities further from the equator, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. Climate explained up to 57% of the variation in CWM traits, with increasing prevalence of lower-statured, light-wooded and softer-leaved species bearing smaller seeds in more seasonal, wetter and warmer climates. Species distributions were significantly but weakly related to functional traits. Main conclusions: Neotropical moist forest regions share similar sets of functional strategies, from which local assembly processes, driven by current climatic conditions, select for species with different functional strategies. We can thus expect functional responses to climate change driven by changes in relative abundances of species already present regionally.

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2021

4. Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests

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Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M. A., Bongers, Frans, Almeida, de Jarcilene S., Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Arreola Villa, Luis Felipe, Becknell, Justin M., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., César, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Dalla Colletta, Gabriel, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H. J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Díaz García, Elisa, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário M., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Granda Moser, Vanessa, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A., Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, Nunes, Yule R. F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Oliveira, Rafael S., Paz, Horacio, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, Toledo, Marisol, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M. A., Bongers, Frans, Almeida, de Jarcilene S., Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Arreola Villa, Luis Felipe, Becknell, Justin M., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., César, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Dalla Colletta, Gabriel, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H. J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Díaz García, Elisa, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário M., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Granda Moser, Vanessa, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A., Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, Nunes, Yule R. F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Oliveira, Rafael S., Paz, Horacio, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, and Toledo, Marisol

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One-third of all Neotropical forests are secondary forests that regrow naturally after agricultural use through secondary succession. We need to understand better how and why succession varies across environmental gradients and broad geographic scales. Here, we analyze functional recovery using community data on seven plant characteristics (traits) of 1,016 forest plots from 30 chronosequence sites across the Neotropics. By analyzing communities in terms of their traits, we enhance understanding of the mechanisms of succession, assess ecosystem recovery, and use these insights to propose successful forest restoration strategies. Wet and dry forests diverged markedly for several traits that increase growth rate in wet forests but come at the expense of reduced drought tolerance, delay, or avoidance, which is important in seasonally dry forests. Dry and wet forests showed different successional pathways for several traits. In dry forests, species turnover is driven by drought tolerance traits that are important early in succession and in wet forests by shade tolerance traits that are important later in succession. In both forests, deciduous and compound-leaved trees decreased with forest age, probably because microclimatic conditions became less hot and dry. Our results suggest that climatic water availability drives functional recovery by influencing the start and trajectory of succession, resulting in a convergence of community trait values with forest age when vegetation cover builds up. Within plots, the range in functional trait values increased with age. Based on the observed successional trait changes, we indicate the consequences for carbon and nutrient cycling and propose an ecologically sound strategy to improve forest restoration success.

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2021
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5. Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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Poorter, Lourens, Craven, Dylan, Jakovac, Catarina C., van der Sande, Masha T., Amissah, Lucy, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L., Farrior, Caroline E., Kambach, Stephan, Meave, Jorge A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Norden, Natalia, Rüger, Nadja, van Breugel, Michiel, Zambrano, Angélica María Almeyda, Amani, Bienvenu, Andrade, José Luis, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Broadbent, Eben N., de Foresta, Hubert, Dent, Daisy H., Derroire, Géraldine, DeWalt, Saara J., Dupuy, Juan M., Durán, Sandra M., Fantini, Alfredo C., Finegan, Bryan, Hernández-Jaramillo, Alma, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hietz, Peter, Junqueira, André B., N’dja, Justin Kassi, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, López-Camacho, René, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Melo, Felipe P.L., Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C., N’Guessan, Anny E., Oberleitner, Florian, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pinho, Bruno X., Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S., Rodríguez-Buriticá, Susana, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Ruíz, Jorge, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Teixeira, Heitor Mancini, de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van der Wal, Hans, Villa, Pedro M., Fernandes, Geraldo W., Santos, Braulio A., Aguilar-Cano, José, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, Arreola-Villa, Felipe, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Cabral, George A.L., Castellanos-Castro, Carolina, de Jong, Ben H.J., Nieto, Jhon Edison, Espírito-Santo, Mário M., Fandino, Maria C., García, Hernando, García-Villalobos, Daniel, Hall, Jefferson S., Idárraga, Alvaro, Jiménez-Montoya, Jaider, Kennard, Deborah, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Mesquita, Rita, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Pérez-Cárdenas, Nathalia, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Villanueva, Lucía Sanaphre, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Veloso, Maria D.M., Vester, Henricus F.M., Vieira, Ima C.G., Williamson, Bruce, Zanini, Kátia, Hérault, Bruno, Poorter, Lourens, Craven, Dylan, Jakovac, Catarina C., van der Sande, Masha T., Amissah, Lucy, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L., Farrior, Caroline E., Kambach, Stephan, Meave, Jorge A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Norden, Natalia, Rüger, Nadja, van Breugel, Michiel, Zambrano, Angélica María Almeyda, Amani, Bienvenu, Andrade, José Luis, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Broadbent, Eben N., de Foresta, Hubert, Dent, Daisy H., Derroire, Géraldine, DeWalt, Saara J., Dupuy, Juan M., Durán, Sandra M., Fantini, Alfredo C., Finegan, Bryan, Hernández-Jaramillo, Alma, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hietz, Peter, Junqueira, André B., N’dja, Justin Kassi, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, López-Camacho, René, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Melo, Felipe P.L., Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C., N’Guessan, Anny E., Oberleitner, Florian, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pinho, Bruno X., Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S., Rodríguez-Buriticá, Susana, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Ruíz, Jorge, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Teixeira, Heitor Mancini, de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van der Wal, Hans, Villa, Pedro M., Fernandes, Geraldo W., Santos, Braulio A., Aguilar-Cano, José, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, Arreola-Villa, Felipe, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Cabral, George A.L., Castellanos-Castro, Carolina, de Jong, Ben H.J., Nieto, Jhon Edison, Espírito-Santo, Mário M., Fandino, Maria C., García, Hernando, García-Villalobos, Daniel, Hall, Jefferson S., Idárraga, Alvaro, Jiménez-Montoya, Jaider, Kennard, Deborah, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Mesquita, Rita, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Pérez-Cárdenas, Nathalia, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Villanueva, Lucía Sanaphre, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Veloso, Maria D.M., Vester, Henricus F.M., Vieira, Ima C.G., Williamson, Bruce, Zanini, Kátia, and Hérault, Bruno

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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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2021

6. Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests: trait-climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities

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Pinho, Bruno X., Tabarelli, Marcelo, ter Braak, Cajo J.F., Wright, S.J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Benchimol, Maíra, Engelbrecht, Bettina M.J., Pierce, Simon, Hietz, Peter, Santos, Bráulio A., Peres, Carlos A., Müller, Sandra C., Wright, Ian J., Bongers, Frans, Lohbeck, Madelon, Niinemets, Ülo, Slot, Martijn, Jansen, Steven, Jamelli, Davi, de Lima, Renato A.F., Swenson, Nathan, Condit, Richard, Barlow, Jos, Slik, Ferry, Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A., Mendes, Gabriel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Pitman, Nigel, Kraft, Nathan, Garwood, Nancy, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Faria, Deborah, Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Mariano-Neto, Eduardo, Júnior, Valdecir, Kattge, Jens, Melo, Felipe P.L., Pinho, Bruno X., Tabarelli, Marcelo, ter Braak, Cajo J.F., Wright, S.J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Benchimol, Maíra, Engelbrecht, Bettina M.J., Pierce, Simon, Hietz, Peter, Santos, Bráulio A., Peres, Carlos A., Müller, Sandra C., Wright, Ian J., Bongers, Frans, Lohbeck, Madelon, Niinemets, Ülo, Slot, Martijn, Jansen, Steven, Jamelli, Davi, de Lima, Renato A.F., Swenson, Nathan, Condit, Richard, Barlow, Jos, Slik, Ferry, Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A., Mendes, Gabriel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Pitman, Nigel, Kraft, Nathan, Garwood, Nancy, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Faria, Deborah, Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Mariano-Neto, Eduardo, Júnior, Valdecir, Kattge, Jens, and Melo, Felipe P.L.

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Aim: Here we examine the functional profile of regional tree species pools across the latitudinal distribution of Neotropical moist forests, and test trait-climate relationships among local communities. We expected opportunistic strategies (acquisitive traits, small seeds) to be overrepresented in species pools further from the equator due to long-term instability, but also in terms of abundance in local communities in currently wetter, warmer and more seasonal climates. Location: Neotropics. Time period: Recent. Major taxa studied: Trees. Methods: We obtained abundance data from 471 plots across nine Neotropical regions, including ~100,000 trees of 3,417 species, in addition to six functional traits. We compared occurrence-based trait distributions among regional species pools, and evaluated single trait-climate relationships across local communities using community abundance-weighted means (CWM). Multivariate trait-climate relationships were assessed by a double-constrained correspondence analysis that tests both how CWMs relate to climate and how species distributions, parameterized by niche centroids in climate space, relate to their traits. Results: Regional species pools were undistinguished in functional terms, but opportunistic strategies dominated local communities further from the equator, particularly in the northern hemisphere. Climate explained up to 57% of the variation in CWM traits, with increasing prevalence of lower-statured, light-wooded and softer-leaved species bearing smaller seeds in more seasonal, wetter and warmer climates. Species distribution were significantly but weakly related to functional traits. Main conclusions: Neotropical moist forest regions share similar sets of functional strategies, from which local assembly processes, driven by current climatic conditions, select for species with different functional strategies. We can thus expect functional responses to climate change driven by changes in relative abundances of species alrea, Aim: Here we examine the functional profile of regional tree species pools across the latitudinal distribution of Neotropical moist forests, and test trait-climate relationships among local communities. We expected opportunistic strategies (acquisitive traits, small seeds) to be overrepresented in species pools further from the equator due to long-term instability, but also in terms of abundance in local communities in currently wetter, warmer and more seasonal climates. Location: Neotropics. Time period: Recent. Major taxa studied: Trees. Methods: We obtained abundance data from 471 plots across nine Neotropical regions, including ~100,000 trees of 3,417 species, in addition to six functional traits. We compared occurrence-based trait distributions among regional species pools, and evaluated single trait-climate relationships across local communities using community abundance-weighted means (CWM). Multivariate trait-climate relationships were assessed by a double-constrained correspondence analysis that tests both how CWMs relate to climate and how species distributions, parameterized by niche centroids in climate space, relate to their traits. Results: Regional species pools were undistinguished in functional terms, but opportunistic strategies dominated local communities further from the equator, particularly in the northern hemisphere. Climate explained up to 57% of the variation in CWM traits, with increasing prevalence of lower-statured, light-wooded and softer-leaved species bearing smaller seeds in more seasonal, wetter and warmer climates. Species distribution were significantly but weakly related to functional traits. Main conclusions: Neotropical moist forest regions share similar sets of functional strategies, from which local assembly processes, driven by current climatic conditions, select for species with different functional strategies. We can thus expect functional responses to climate change driven by changes in relative abundances of species alrea

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2021

7. Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests

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Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, Almeida de Jarcilene, S., Àlvarez, Francisco S., Luìs Andrade, Josè, Arreola Villa, Luis F., Becknell, Justin M., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Cèsar, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Dìaz Garcìa, Elisa, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Duràn, Sandra M., Espìrito Santo, Màrio M., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernàndez-Stefanoni, Josè Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marìn-Spiotta, Erika, Martìnez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A., Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Oliveira, Rafael S., Paz, Horacio, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucìa, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., Veloso, Maria D.M., Wright, Joseph, Zanini, Kàtia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., Westoby, Mark, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, Almeida de Jarcilene, S., Àlvarez, Francisco S., Luìs Andrade, Josè, Arreola Villa, Luis F., Becknell, Justin M., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Cèsar, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Dìaz Garcìa, Elisa, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Duràn, Sandra M., Espìrito Santo, Màrio M., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernàndez-Stefanoni, Josè Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marìn-Spiotta, Erika, Martìnez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A., Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Oliveira, Rafael S., Paz, Horacio, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucìa, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., Veloso, Maria D.M., Wright, Joseph, Zanini, Kàtia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., and Westoby, Mark

Abstract

One-third of all Neotropical forests are secondary forests that regrow naturally after agricultural use through secondary succession. We need to understand better how and why succession varies across environmental gradients and broad geographic scales. Here we present data on functional recovery, using community data on seven plant characteristics (traits) of 1016 forest plots from 30 chronosequence sites across the Neotropics. By analyzing communities in terms of their traits one can enhance understanding of the mechanisms of succession and assess ecosystem recovery., One-third of all Neotropical forests are secondary forests that regrow naturally after agricultural use through secondary succession. We need to understand better how and why succession varies across environmental gradients and broad geographic scales. Here we present data on functional recovery, using community data on seven plant characteristics (traits) of 1016 forest plots from 30 chronosequence sites across the Neotropics. By analyzing communities in terms of their traits one can enhance understanding of the mechanisms of succession and assess ecosystem recovery.

Published
2021

8. Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests

Author

Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, Almeida de Jarcilene, S., Àlvarez, Francisco S., Luìs Andrade, Josè, Arreola Villa, Luis F., Becknell, Justin M., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Cèsar, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Dìaz Garcìa, Elisa, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Duràn, Sandra M., Espìrito Santo, Màrio M., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernàndez-Stefanoni, Josè Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marìn-Spiotta, Erika, Martìnez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A., Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Oliveira, Rafael S., Paz, Horacio, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucìa, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., Veloso, Maria D.M., Wright, Joseph, Zanini, Kàtia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., Westoby, Mark, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, Almeida de Jarcilene, S., Àlvarez, Francisco S., Luìs Andrade, Josè, Arreola Villa, Luis F., Becknell, Justin M., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Cèsar, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Dìaz Garcìa, Elisa, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Duràn, Sandra M., Espìrito Santo, Màrio M., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernàndez-Stefanoni, Josè Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marìn-Spiotta, Erika, Martìnez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A., Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Oliveira, Rafael S., Paz, Horacio, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucìa, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., Veloso, Maria D.M., Wright, Joseph, Zanini, Kàtia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., and Westoby, Mark

Abstract

One-third of all Neotropical forests are secondary forests that regrow naturally after agricultural use through secondary succession. We need to understand better how and why succession varies across environmental gradients and broad geographic scales. Here, we analyze functional recovery using community data on seven plant characteristics (traits) of 1,016 forest plots from 30 chronosequence sites across the Neotropics. By analyzing communities in terms of their traits, we enhance understanding of the mechanisms of succession, assess ecosystem recovery, and use these insights to propose successful forest restoration strategies. Wet and dry forests diverged markedly for several traits that increase growth rate in wet forests but come at the expense of reduced drought tolerance, delay, or avoidance, which is important in seasonally dry forests. Dry and wet forests showed different successional pathways for several traits. In dry forests, species turnover is driven by drought tolerance traits that are important early in succession and in wet forests by shade tolerance traits that are important later in succession. In both forests, deciduous and compound-leaved trees decreased with forest age, probably because microclimatic conditions became less hot and dry. Our results suggest that climatic water availability drives functional recovery by influencing the start and trajectory of succession, resulting in a convergence of community trait values with forest age when vegetation cover builds up. Within plots, the range in functional trait values increased with age. Based on the observed successional trait changes, we indicate the consequences for carbon and nutrient cycling and propose an ecologically sound strategy to improve forest restoration success.

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2021

9. Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests : Trait–climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities

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Pinho, Bruno X., Tabarelli, Marcelo, ter Braak, Cajo J.F., Wright, S.J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Benchimol, Maíra, Engelbrecht, Bettina M.J., Pierce, Simon, Hietz, Peter, Santos, Bráulio A., Peres, Carlos A., Müller, Sandra C., Wright, Ian J., Bongers, Frans, Lohbeck, Madelon, Niinemets, Ülo, Slot, Martijn, Jansen, Steven, Jamelli, Davi, de Lima, Renato A.F., Swenson, Nathan, Condit, Richard, Barlow, Jos, Slik, Ferry, Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A., Mendes, Gabriel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Pitman, Nigel, Kraft, Nathan, Garwood, Nancy, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Faria, Deborah, Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Mariano-Neto, Eduardo, Júnior, Valdecir, Kattge, Jens, Melo, Felipe P.L., Pinho, Bruno X., Tabarelli, Marcelo, ter Braak, Cajo J.F., Wright, S.J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Benchimol, Maíra, Engelbrecht, Bettina M.J., Pierce, Simon, Hietz, Peter, Santos, Bráulio A., Peres, Carlos A., Müller, Sandra C., Wright, Ian J., Bongers, Frans, Lohbeck, Madelon, Niinemets, Ülo, Slot, Martijn, Jansen, Steven, Jamelli, Davi, de Lima, Renato A.F., Swenson, Nathan, Condit, Richard, Barlow, Jos, Slik, Ferry, Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A., Mendes, Gabriel, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Pitman, Nigel, Kraft, Nathan, Garwood, Nancy, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Faria, Deborah, Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Mariano-Neto, Eduardo, Júnior, Valdecir, Kattge, Jens, and Melo, Felipe P.L.

Abstract

Aim: Here we examine the functional profile of regional tree species pools across the latitudinal distribution of Neotropical moist forests, and test trait–climate relationships among local communities. We expected opportunistic strategies (acquisitive traits, small seeds) to be overrepresented in species pools further from the equator, but also in terms of abundance in local communities in currently wetter, warmer and more seasonal climates. Location: Neotropics. Time period: Recent. Major taxa studied: Trees. Methods: We obtained abundance data from 471 plots across nine Neotropical regions, including c. 100,000 trees of 3,417 species, in addition to six functional traits. We compared occurrence-based trait distributions among regional species pools, and evaluated single trait–climate relationships across local communities using community abundance-weighted means (CWMs). Multivariate trait–climate relationships were assessed by a double-constrained correspondence analysis that tests both how CWMs relate to climate and how species distributions, parameterized by niche centroids in climate space, relate to their traits. Results: Regional species pools were undistinguished in functional terms, but opportunistic strategies dominated local communities further from the equator, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. Climate explained up to 57% of the variation in CWM traits, with increasing prevalence of lower-statured, light-wooded and softer-leaved species bearing smaller seeds in more seasonal, wetter and warmer climates. Species distributions were significantly but weakly related to functional traits. Main conclusions: Neotropical moist forest regions share similar sets of functional strategies, from which local assembly processes, driven by current climatic conditions, select for species with different functional strategies. We can thus expect functional responses to climate change driven by changes in relative abundances of species already present regionally. Pa

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2021

10. Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

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Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M. A., Bongers, Frans, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica María, Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Villa, Luis Felipe Arreola, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Broadbent, Eben N., César, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H. J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., García, Elisa Díaz, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário M., Fandiño, María C., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Martins, Sebastião V., Massoca, Paulo E. S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita, Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Nunes, Yule R. F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Paz, Horacio, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Piotto, Daniel, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., van der Wal, Hans, Veloso, Maria D. M., Vester, Hans F. M., Vieira, Ima C. G., Villa, Pedro Manuel, Williamson, G. Bruce, Wright, S. Joseph, Zanini, Kátia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., Westoby, Mark, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M. A., Bongers, Frans, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica María, Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Villa, Luis Felipe Arreola, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Broadbent, Eben N., César, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H. J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., García, Elisa Díaz, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário M., Fandiño, María C., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Martins, Sebastião V., Massoca, Paulo E. S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita, Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Nunes, Yule R. F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Paz, Horacio, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Piotto, Daniel, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., van der Wal, Hans, Veloso, Maria D. M., Vester, Hans F. M., Vieira, Ima C. G., Villa, Pedro Manuel, Williamson, G. Bruce, Wright, S. Joseph, Zanini, Kátia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., and Westoby, Mark

Abstract

Tropical forests are converted at an alarming rate for agricultural use and pastureland, but also regrow naturally through secondary succession. For successful forest restoration, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of secondary succession. These mechanisms may vary across forest types, but analyses across broad spatial scales are lacking. Here, we analyse forest recovery using 1,403 plots that differ in age since agricultural abandonment from 50 sites across the Neotropics. We analyse changes in community composition using species-specific stem wood density (WD), which is a key trait for plant growth, survival and forest carbon storage. In wet forest, succession proceeds from low towards high community WD (acquisitive towards conservative trait values), in line with standard successional theory. However, in dry forest, succession proceeds from high towards low community WD (conservative towards acquisitive trait values), probably because high WD reflects drought tolerance in harsh early successional environments. Dry season intensity drives WD recovery by influencing the start and trajectory of succession, resulting in convergence of the community WD over time as vegetation cover builds up. These ecological insights can be used to improve species selection for reforestation. Reforestation species selected to establish a first protective canopy layer should, among other criteria, ideally have a similar WD to the early successional communities that dominate under the prevailing macroclimatic conditions.

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2019
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11. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests.

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Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Bongers, Frans, Aide, T Mitchell, Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M, Bentos, Tony V, Brancalion, Pedro HS, Cabral, George AL, Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia, Chave, Jerome, César, Ricardo G, Chazdon, Robin L, Condit, Richard, Dallinga, Jorn S, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S, de Jong, Ben, de Oliveira, Alexandre, Denslow, Julie S, Dent, Daisy H, DeWalt, Saara J, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M, Dutrieux, Loïc P, Espírito-Santo, Mario M, Fandino, María C, Fernandes, G Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, García, Hernando, Gonzalez, Noel, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hubbell, Stephen, Jakovac, Catarina C, Hernández, Alma Johanna, Junqueira, André B, Kennard, Deborah, Larpin, Denis, Letcher, Susan G, Licona, Juan-Carlos, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Massoca, Paulo ES, Meave, Jorge A, Mesquita, Rita CG, Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C, Muñoz, Rodrigo, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Norden, Natalia, Nunes, Yule RF, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Ostertag, Rebecca, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Pérez-García, Eduardo A, Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S, Aguilar-Cano, José, Rodriguez-Buritica, Susana, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, de Almeida, Arlete Silva, Silver, Whendee L, Schwartz, Naomi B, Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, de Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Veloso, Maria DM, Vester, Hans FM, Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima CG, Villa, Pedro, Williamson, G Bruce, Zanini, Kátia J, Zimmerman, Jess, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Bongers, Frans, Aide, T Mitchell, Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M, Bentos, Tony V, Brancalion, Pedro HS, Cabral, George AL, Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia, Chave, Jerome, César, Ricardo G, Chazdon, Robin L, Condit, Richard, Dallinga, Jorn S, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S, de Jong, Ben, de Oliveira, Alexandre, Denslow, Julie S, Dent, Daisy H, DeWalt, Saara J, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M, Dutrieux, Loïc P, Espírito-Santo, Mario M, Fandino, María C, Fernandes, G Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, García, Hernando, Gonzalez, Noel, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hubbell, Stephen, Jakovac, Catarina C, Hernández, Alma Johanna, Junqueira, André B, Kennard, Deborah, Larpin, Denis, Letcher, Susan G, Licona, Juan-Carlos, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Massoca, Paulo ES, Meave, Jorge A, Mesquita, Rita CG, Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C, Muñoz, Rodrigo, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Norden, Natalia, Nunes, Yule RF, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Ostertag, Rebecca, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Pérez-García, Eduardo A, Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S, Aguilar-Cano, José, Rodriguez-Buritica, Susana, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, de Almeida, Arlete Silva, Silver, Whendee L, Schwartz, Naomi B, Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, de Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Veloso, Maria DM, Vester, Hans FM, Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima CG, Villa, Pedro, Williamson, G Bruce, Zanini, Kátia J, Zimmerman, Jess, and Poorter, Lourens

Abstract

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. Secondary forests recover remarkably fast in species richness but slowly in species composition. Secondary forests take a median time of five decades to recover the species richness of old-growth forest (80% recovery after 20 years) based on rarefaction analysis. Full recovery of species composition takes centuries (only 34% recovery after 20 years). A dual strategy that maintains both old-growth forests and species-rich secondary forests is therefore crucial for biodiversity conservation in human-modified tropical landscapes.

Published
2019

12. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests.

Author

Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Bongers, Frans, Aide, T Mitchell, Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M, Bentos, Tony V, Brancalion, Pedro HS, Cabral, George AL, Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia, Chave, Jerome, César, Ricardo G, Chazdon, Robin L, Condit, Richard, Dallinga, Jorn S, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S, de Jong, Ben, de Oliveira, Alexandre, Denslow, Julie S, Dent, Daisy H, DeWalt, Saara J, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M, Dutrieux, Loïc P, Espírito-Santo, Mario M, Fandino, María C, Fernandes, G Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, García, Hernando, Gonzalez, Noel, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hubbell, Stephen, Jakovac, Catarina C, Hernández, Alma Johanna, Junqueira, André B, Kennard, Deborah, Larpin, Denis, Letcher, Susan G, Licona, Juan-Carlos, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Massoca, Paulo ES, Meave, Jorge A, Mesquita, Rita CG, Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C, Muñoz, Rodrigo, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Norden, Natalia, Nunes, Yule RF, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Ostertag, Rebecca, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Pérez-García, Eduardo A, Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S, Aguilar-Cano, José, Rodriguez-Buritica, Susana, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, de Almeida, Arlete Silva, Silver, Whendee L, Schwartz, Naomi B, Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, de Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Veloso, Maria DM, Vester, Hans FM, Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima CG, Villa, Pedro, Williamson, G Bruce, Zanini, Kátia J, Zimmerman, Jess, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Rozendaal, Danaë MA, Bongers, Frans, Aide, T Mitchell, Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M, Bentos, Tony V, Brancalion, Pedro HS, Cabral, George AL, Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia, Chave, Jerome, César, Ricardo G, Chazdon, Robin L, Condit, Richard, Dallinga, Jorn S, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S, de Jong, Ben, de Oliveira, Alexandre, Denslow, Julie S, Dent, Daisy H, DeWalt, Saara J, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M, Dutrieux, Loïc P, Espírito-Santo, Mario M, Fandino, María C, Fernandes, G Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, García, Hernando, Gonzalez, Noel, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hubbell, Stephen, Jakovac, Catarina C, Hernández, Alma Johanna, Junqueira, André B, Kennard, Deborah, Larpin, Denis, Letcher, Susan G, Licona, Juan-Carlos, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Massoca, Paulo ES, Meave, Jorge A, Mesquita, Rita CG, Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C, Muñoz, Rodrigo, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Norden, Natalia, Nunes, Yule RF, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Ostertag, Rebecca, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Pérez-García, Eduardo A, Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S, Aguilar-Cano, José, Rodriguez-Buritica, Susana, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, de Almeida, Arlete Silva, Silver, Whendee L, Schwartz, Naomi B, Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, de Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Veloso, Maria DM, Vester, Hans FM, Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima CG, Villa, Pedro, Williamson, G Bruce, Zanini, Kátia J, Zimmerman, Jess, and Poorter, Lourens

Abstract

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. Secondary forests recover remarkably fast in species richness but slowly in species composition. Secondary forests take a median time of five decades to recover the species richness of old-growth forest (80% recovery after 20 years) based on rarefaction analysis. Full recovery of species composition takes centuries (only 34% recovery after 20 years). A dual strategy that maintains both old-growth forests and species-rich secondary forests is therefore crucial for biodiversity conservation in human-modified tropical landscapes.

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2019

13. Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

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Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica María, Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Villa, Luis Felipe Arreola, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Broadbent, Eben N., César, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., García, Elisa Díaz, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário M., Fandiño, María C., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Martins, Sebastião V., Massoca, Paulo E.S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita, Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Paz, Horacio, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Piotto, Daniel, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., van der Wal, Hans, Veloso, Maria D.M., Vester, Hans F.M., Vieira, Ima C.G., Villa, Pedro Manuel, Williamson, G.B., Wright, S.J., Zanini, Kátia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., Westoby, Mark, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica María, Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Villa, Luis Felipe Arreola, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Broadbent, Eben N., César, Ricardo G., Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., García, Elisa Díaz, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário M., Fandiño, María C., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, Madelon, Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Martins, Sebastião V., Massoca, Paulo E.S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita, Mora, Francisco, de Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, de Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Paz, Horacio, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Piotto, Daniel, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, Utrera, Luis P., van Breugel, Michiel, van der Sande, Masha T., van der Wal, Hans, Veloso, Maria D.M., Vester, Hans F.M., Vieira, Ima C.G., Villa, Pedro Manuel, Williamson, G.B., Wright, S.J., Zanini, Kátia J., Zimmerman, Jess K., and Westoby, Mark

Abstract

Tropical forests are converted at an alarming rate for agricultural use and pastureland, but also regrow naturally through secondary succession. For successful forest restoration, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of secondary succession. These mechanisms may vary across forest types, but analyses across broad spatial scales are lacking. Here, we analyse forest recovery using 1,403 plots that differ in age since agricultural abandonment from 50 sites across the Neotropics. We analyse changes in community composition using species-specific stem wood density (WD), which is a key trait for plant growth, survival and forest carbon storage. In wet forest, succession proceeds from low towards high community WD (acquisitive towards conservative trait values), in line with standard successional theory. However, in dry forest, succession proceeds from high towards low community WD (conservative towards acquisitive trait values), probably because high WD reflects drought tolerance in harsh early successional environments. Dry season intensity drives WD recovery by influencing the start and trajectory of succession, resulting in convergence of the community WD over time as vegetation cover builds up. These ecological insights can be used to improve species selection for reforestation. Reforestation species selected to establish a first protective canopy layer should, among other criteria, ideally have a similar WD to the early successional communities that dominate under the prevailing macroclimatic conditions.

Published
2019

14. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

Author

Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, Aide, T.M., Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Cabral, George A.L., Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia, Chave, Jerome, César, Ricardo G., Chazdon, Robin L., Condit, Richard, Dallinga, Jorn S., De Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., de Jong, Ben, De Oliveira, Alexandre, Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., Dewalt, Saara J., Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Dutrieux, Loïc P., Espírito-Santo, Mario M., Fandino, María C., Fernandes, G.W., Finegan, Bryan, García, Hernando, Gonzalez, Noel, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hubbell, Stephen, Jakovac, Catarina C., Hernández, Alma Johanna, Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Larpin, Denis, Letcher, Susan G., Licona, Juan-Carlos, Lebrija-trejos, Edwin, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Massoca, Paulo E.S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita C.G., Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, De Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Norden, Natalia, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Ostertag, Rebecca, Peña-Caros, Marielos, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S., Aguilar-Cano, José, Rodriguez-Buritica, Susana, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, De Almeida, Arlete Silva, Silver, Whendee L., Schwartz, Naomi B., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, De Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Veloso, Maria D.M., Vester, Hans F.M., Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima C.G., Villa, Pedro, Williamson, G.B., Zanini, Kátia J., Zimmerman, Jess, Poorter, Lourens, Rozendaal, Danaë M.A., Bongers, Frans, Aide, T.M., Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Cabral, George A.L., Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia, Chave, Jerome, César, Ricardo G., Chazdon, Robin L., Condit, Richard, Dallinga, Jorn S., De Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., de Jong, Ben, De Oliveira, Alexandre, Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., Dewalt, Saara J., Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Durán, Sandra M., Dutrieux, Loïc P., Espírito-Santo, Mario M., Fandino, María C., Fernandes, G.W., Finegan, Bryan, García, Hernando, Gonzalez, Noel, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Hubbell, Stephen, Jakovac, Catarina C., Hernández, Alma Johanna, Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Larpin, Denis, Letcher, Susan G., Licona, Juan-Carlos, Lebrija-trejos, Edwin, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Massoca, Paulo E.S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita C.G., Mora, Francisco, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, De Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Norden, Natalia, Nunes, Yule R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Ostertag, Rebecca, Peña-Caros, Marielos, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S., Aguilar-Cano, José, Rodriguez-Buritica, Susana, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Romero-Romero, Marco Antonio, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, De Almeida, Arlete Silva, Silver, Whendee L., Schwartz, Naomi B., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, De Sá Sampaio, Everardo Valadares, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Veloso, Maria D.M., Vester, Hans F.M., Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima C.G., Villa, Pedro, Williamson, G.B., Zanini, Kátia J., Zimmerman, Jess, and Poorter, Lourens

Abstract

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. Secondary forests recover remarkably fast in species richness but slowly in species composition. Secondary forests take a median time of five decades to recover the species richness of old-growth forest (80% recovery after 20 years) based on rarefaction analysis. Full recovery of species composition takes centuries (only 34% recovery after 20 years). A dual strategy that maintains both old-growth forests and species-rich secondary forests is therefore crucial for biodiversity conservation in human-modified tropical landscapes.

Published
2019

15. Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

Author

Poorter, L., Rozendaal, Danaë, Bongers, F., Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica María, Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Villa, Luis Felipe Arreola, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Broadbent, Eben N., César, Ricardo Gomes, Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., García, Elisa Díaz, Dupuy, Juan M., Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário Marcos, Fandiño, María C., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, A.C., Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, M.W.M., Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Massoca, Paulo E.S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita, Mora, Francisco, De Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, De Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Paz, Horacio, Pena Claros, M., Piotto, Daniel, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Poorter, L., Rozendaal, Danaë, Bongers, F., Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica María, Álvarez, Francisco S., Andrade, José Luís, Villa, Luis Felipe Arreola, Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Bentos, Tony V., Bhaskar, Radika, Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Broadbent, Eben N., César, Ricardo Gomes, Chave, Jerome, Chazdon, Robin L., Colletta, Gabriel Dalla, Craven, Dylan, de Jong, Ben H.J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., García, Elisa Díaz, Dupuy, Juan M., Durán, Sandra M., Espírito Santo, Mário Marcos, Fandiño, María C., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Finegan, Bryan, Moser, Vanessa Granda, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, A.C., Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Letcher, Susan G., Lohbeck, M.W.M., Lopez, Omar R., Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Massoca, Paulo E.S., Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita, Mora, Francisco, De Souza Moreno, Vanessa, Müller, Sandra C., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, De Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco, Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Paz, Horacio, Pena Claros, M., Piotto, Daniel, Ruíz, Jorge, Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Thomas, William Wayt, Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, van Breugel, Michiel, and van der Wal, Hans

Abstract

We analyse how community wood density (WD) recovers during secondary tropical forest succession. In wet forests succession proceeds from low to high WD, in dry forests from high to low WD, resulting in convergence of community WD of dry and wet forests over time, as vegetation cover builds up.

Published
2019

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