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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Carbon recovery dynamics following disturbance by selective logging in Amazonian forests

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Piponiot, Camille ; Sist, Plinio ; Mazzei, Lucas ; Pena-Claros, Marielos ; Pute, Francis E. ; Rutishauser, Ervan ; Shenkin, Alexander ; Ascarrunz, Nataly ; de Azevedo, Celso P. ; Baraloto, Christopher ; Franca, Mabiane ; Guedes, Marcelino ; Honorio Coronado, Euridice N. ; d'Oliveira, Marcus V. N. ; Ruschel, Ademir R. ; da Silva, Katie E. ; Sotta, Eleneide Doff ; de Souza, Cintia R. ; Vidal, Edson ; West, Thales A. P. ; Herault, Bruno
Total Authors: 21
Document type: Journal article
Source: eLIFE; v. 5, DEC 20 2016.
Web of Science Citations: 16
Abstract

When 2 Mha of Amazonian forests are disturbed by selective logging each year, more than 90 Tg of carbon (C) is emitted to the atmosphere. Emissions are then counterbalanced by forest regrowth. With an original modelling approach, calibrated on a network of 133 permanent forest plots (175 ha total) across Amazonia, we link regional differences in climate, soil and initial biomass with survivors' and recruits' C fluxes to provide Amazon-wide predictions of post-logging C recovery. We show that net aboveground C recovery over 10 years is higher in the Guiana Shield and in the west (21 +/- 3 Mg C ha(-1)) than in the south (12 +/- 3 Mg C ha(-1)) where environmental stress is high (low rainfall, high seasonality). We highlight the key role of survivors in the forest regrowth and elaborate a comprehensive map of post-disturbance C recovery potential in Amazonia. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/50718-5 - Ecological restoration of riparian forests, native forest of economic production and of degraded forest fragments (in APP and RL) based on restoration ecology of reference ecosystems in order to scientifically test the precepts of the New Brazilian Forest Code
Grantee:Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 13/16262-4 - Long-term monitoring of the dynamics of an logging forest conventional and forest management techniques in the Eastern Amazon and its relationship with climate change in forests managed for wood production
Grantee:Edson José Vidal da Silva
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants