Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots

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Moonlight, Peter W. ^[1] ; Banda-R, Karina ^{[2, 3]} ; Phillips, Oliver L. ^[2] ; Dexter, Kyle G. ^{[4, 1]} ; Pennington, R. Toby ^{[5, 1]} ; Baker, Tim R. ^[2] ; de Lima, Haroldo C. ^[6] ; Fajardo, Laurie ^[7] ; Gonzalez-M, Roy ^[8] ; Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo ^{[9, 10]} ; Lloyd, Jon ^[11] ; Nascimento, Marcelo ^[12] ; Prado, Darien ^[13] ; Quintana, Catalina ^[14] ; Riina, Ricarda ^[15] ; Rodriguez, Gina M. M. ^[3] ; Villela, Dora Maria ^[16] ; Aquino, Ana Carla M. M. ^[17] ; Arroyo, Luzmila ^[18] ; Bezerra, Cidney ^[19] ; Brunello, Alexandre Tadeu ^[17] ; Brienen, Roel J. W. ^[2] ; Cardoso, Domingos ^[20] ; Chao, Kuo-Jung ^[21] ; Cotta Coutinho, Italo Antonio ^[22] ; Cunha, John ^[23] ; Domingues, Tomas ^[17] ; Espirito Santo, Mario Marcos ^[24] ; Feldpausch, Ted R. ^[5] ; Fernandes, Moabe Ferreira ^[25] ; Goodwin, Zoe A. ^[1] ; Jimenez, Eliana Maria ^[26] ; Levesley, Aurora ^[2] ; Lopez-Toledo, Leonel ^[27] ; Marimon, Beatriz ^[28] ; Miatto, Raquel C. ^[17] ; Mizushima, Marcelo ^[25] ; Monteagudo, Abel ^[29] ; Beserra de Moura, Magna Soelma ^[30] ; Murakami, Alejandro ^[18] ; Neves, Danilo ^[31] ; Chequin, Renata Nicora ^[13] ; de Sousa Oliveira, Tony Cesar ^[17] ; de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida ^[28] ; de Queiroz, Luciano P. ^[25] ; Pilon, Alan ^[32] ; Ramos, Desiree Marques ^[33] ; Reynel, Carlos ^[9] ; Rodrigues, Priscyla M. S. ^[34] ; Santos, Rubens ^[35] ; Sarkinen, Tiina ^[1] ; da Silva, Valdemir Fernando ^[36] ; Souza, Rodolfo M. S. ^{[36, 37]} ; Vasquez, Rodolfo ^[29] ; Veenendaal, Elmar ^[38]

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^[1] Royal Bot Garden Edinburgh, Trop Biodivers, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Midlothian - Scotland

^[2] Univ Leeds, Fac Environm, Sch Geog, Leeds, W Yorkshire - England

^[3] Fdn Ecosistemas Secos Colombia, Barranquilla - Colombia

^[4] Univ Edinburgh, Sch GeoSci, Edinburgh, Midlothian - Scotland

^[5] Univ Exeter, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Geog, Exeter, Devon - England

^[6] Inst Pesquisas Jardim Bot Rio de Janeiro, Inst Pesquisas, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

^[7] Inst Venezolano Invest Cient, Ctr Ecol, Caracas - Venezuela

^[8] Inst Invest Recursos Biol Alexander von Humboldt, Clencias Basicas Biodiversidad, Bogota - Colombia

^[9] Univ Nacl Agr La Molina, Dept Acad Biol, Herbario, Lima - Peru

^[10] Smithsonian Conservat Biol Inst, Ctr Conservat & Sustainabil, Washington, DC - USA

^[11] Imperial Coll London, Dept Life Sci, Ascot, Berks - England

^[12] Univ Estadual Norte Fluminense, Lab Ciencias Ambientais, Campos Dos Goytacazes - Brazil

^[13] Univ Nacl Rosario, Fac Ciencias Agr, Inst Invest Ciencias Agr Rosario IICAR, UNR, Santa Fe - Argentina

^[14] Pontificia Univ Catolica Ecuador, Fac Ciencias Exactas, Escuela Biol, Quito - Ecuador

^[15] CSIC, Real Jardin Bot, Madrid - Spain

^[16] Univ Estadual Norte Fluminense, Lab Ciencias Ambientas, Campos Dos Goytacazes - Brazil

^[17] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Dept Biol, Ribeirao Preto - Brazil

^[18] Univ Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Museo Hist Nat Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

^[19] Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Unidade Acad Garanhuns, Recife, PE - Brazil

^[20] Univ Fed Bahia, Inst Biol, Salvador, BA - Brazil

^[21] Natl Chung Hsing Univ, Int Master Program Agr, Taichung - Taiwan

^[22] Univ Fed Ceara, Dept Biol Vegetal, Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil

^[23] Univ Fed Campina Grande, Ctr Tecnol & Recursos Nat CTRN, Campina Grande, Paraiba - Brazil

^[24] Univ Estadual Montes Claros, Ctr Ciencias Biol & Saude, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol PPGCB, Montes Claros, MG - Brazil

^[25] Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, Ciencias Biol, Feira De Santana, BA - Brazil

^[26] Univ Nacl Colombia, Grp Ecol & Conservac Fauna & Flora Silvestre, Fac Ciencias, Bogota - Colombia

^[27] Univ Michoacana, Inst Invest Recursos Nat, Morelia, Michoacan - Mexico

^[28] Univ Estado Mato Grosso, Campus Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT - Brazil

^[29] Jardin Bot Missouri, Herbario HOXA, Oxapampa - Peru

^[30] EMBRAPA, Embrapa Semiarido, Petrolina - Brazil

^[31] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Biol Vegetal, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

^[32] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto - Brazil

^[33] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Bot, Lab Fenol, Rio Claro - Brazil

^[34] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Biol Vegetal, Vicosa, MG - Brazil

^[35] Univ Fed Lavras, Dept Ciencias Florestais, Lavras - Brazil

^[36] Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Forest Sci, Recife, PE - Brazil

^[37] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Astron Geofifis & Ciencias Atmosfer, Dept Ciencias Atmosfer, Ribeirao Preto - Brazil

^[38] Wageningen Univ & Res, Plant Ecol & Nat Conservat, Wageningen - Netherlands

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET; v. 3, n. 3, SI, p. 295-300, MAY 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 6

Abstract

Societal Impact Statement Understanding of tropical forests has been revolutionized by monitoring in permanent plots. Data from global plot networks have transformed our knowledge of forests' diversity, function, contribution to global biogeochemical cycles, and sensitivity to climate change. Monitoring has thus far been concentrated in rain forests. Despite increasing appreciation of their threatened status, biodiversity, and importance to the global carbon cycle, monitoring in tropical dry forests is still in its infancy. We provide a protocol for permanent monitoring plots in tropical dry forests. Expanding monitoring into dry biomes is critical for overcoming the linked challenges of climate change, land use change, and the biodiversity crisis. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/50488-5 - Nordeste: new science for a neglected biome
• Grantee: Jonathan James Lloyd
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - SPEC Program