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Bastos JR, Capellesso ES, Marcilio-Silva V, Zwiener VP, Vibrans AC, Marques MCM. Mixed effects of climate and species richness on aboveground carbon stock in subtropical Atlantic forests. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 945:174156. [PMID: 38909803 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Tropical forests are global biodiversity hotspots and are crucial in the global carbon (C) cycle. Understanding the drivers of aboveground carbon stock (AGC) in a heterogeneous and biodiverse system can shed light on the processes underlying the relationship between biodiversity and carbon accumulation. Here, we investigate how biodiversity, environment, and landscape structure affect AGC. We examined such associations in 349 plots comprising over 95,346 km2 the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil, encompassing three forest types: Dense Ombrophylous Forest (DF), Mixed Ombrophylous Forest (MF), and Seasonal Deciduous Forest (SF). Each plot was described by environmental variables, landscape metrics, and biodiversity (species richness and functional diversity). We used diversity, environmental, and landscape variables to build generalized linear mixed models and understand which can affect the forest AGC. We found that species richness is associated positively with AGC in all forest types, combined and separately. Seasonal temperature and isothermality affect AGC in all forest types; additionally, stocks are positively influenced by annual precipitation in SF and isothermality in MF. Among landscape metrics, total fragment edge negatively affects carbon stocks in MF. Our results show the importance of species diversity for carbon stocks in subtropical forests. The climate effect was also relevant, showing the importance of these factors, especially in a world where climate change tends to affect forest stock capacity negatively.
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- Júlio R Bastos
- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia de Plantas, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Setor Palotina, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2153, 85950-000 Palotina, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Rua São Paulo, 3250, 89030-000 Blumenau, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Oliveira MPA, Ferreira RL. Extending beyond individual caves: a graph theory approach broadening conservation priorities in Amazon iron ore caves. PeerJ 2024; 12:e16877. [PMID: 38313035 PMCID: PMC10838110 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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The Amazon is renowned worldwide for its biological significance, but it also harbors substantial mineral reserves. Among these, the ferruginous geosystems of the region are critical for iron ore extraction, accounting for 10% of Brazil's export revenue. Additionally, this region holds a significant speleological heritage with more than 1,000 caves. However, cave conservation efforts are often in conflict with land use, necessitating mediation through environmental regulations. While conservation decisions typically consider only the caves' characteristics, such an approach fails to account for the interactions among cave communities and their surrounding landscape. This poses a challenge to reserve design for cave conservation purposes. To address this issue, we assessed the predictors that influence the similarity among cave communities, suggesting the use of this parameter as a proxy for subterranean connectivity. Applying graph theory, we proposed a tool to aid in the selection of priority caves for conservation purposes. Our study involved the sampling of invertebrates in 69 iron ore caves and analyzing 28 environmental variables related to these subterranean habitats and adjacent landscape. Our analysis revealed that landscape and habitat characteristics are more important than geographical distance in determining patterns of similarity among caves. Our graph approach highlighted densely interconnected clusters based on similarity. However, specific caves stood out for harboring exclusive fauna and/or exhibiting habitat specificity, making them unique in the study area. Thus, we recommend prioritizing cave clusters for conservation, assembling both singular caves and others that influence them. It is crucial to note that protocols for the protection of subterranean biodiversity must consider measures that encompass both the caves and the surrounding landscape. Our methodology provides insights into the connectivity among caves, identifies existing groups, highlights singular (or unique) cavities that require preservation, and recognizes those influencing these unique habitats. This methodological advancement is crucial for the development of better conservation policies for the speleological heritage in areas under constant economic pressure.
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- Center of Studies in Subterranean Biology, Ecology and Conservation Departament, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil
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Maure LA, Diniz MF, Pacheco Coelho MT, Molin PG, Rodrigues da Silva F, Hasui E. Biodiversity and carbon conservation under the ecosystem stability of tropical forests. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 345:118929. [PMID: 37690251 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Although efforts to protect high levels of biodiversity and carbon storage can greatly increase the effectiveness of species loss and climate change mitigation, there is evidence indicating a trade-off scenario for their conservation at regional scale. Decisions making in trade-off scenarios can be supported by including information on the ecosystem stability of tropical forests (i.e., the ability of the ecosystem to maintain its function over time). Forest stability may affect biodiversity integrity and the residence time of carbon stored in tree biomass. Here, we assess the stability of old-growth forests' productivity by analyzing a 19-year time series of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). We also used geoprocessing tools to analyze the overlap among forest-specialist vertebrate species richness, carbon density, and stability of old-growth forest throughout the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We used model selection to find environmental predictors of the stability of primary productivity and build a predictive map of potential stability. Then, we overlapped maps of potential stability, species richness of forest-specialist vertebrates, and carbon density to identify hotspot areas of biodiversity and carbon density occurring at highest and lowest potential stability. We found that forest stability increases from north to south along the Atlantic Forest. High biodiversity occurs mainly at low stability while high carbon stock at high stability. Spatial overlap of the hotspots, where conservation co-benefits high biodiversity and carbon stock, occurs mostly at high stability in a large area along part of the coast and in smaller inland areas of the southern region. Most of the hotspots with low stability for biodiversity, carbon stock and combination of both are found in unprotected areas. Hence, the strategic mitigation of species loss and carbon emissions lies in three approaches: prioritizing forest protection in unprotected hotspots; implementing forest management practices in protected hotspots with low stability; and enforcing a comprehensive regime of protection and management in hotspots that exhibit low stability. Focused on forest stability, these approaches involve ecosystem-based planning offering Brazil's government effective strategies to fulfill its commitments in biodiversity conservation and carbon emission reduction.
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- Lucas Andrigo Maure
- Programa de Pós-graduação Em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais (PPGERN), Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Laboratório de Ecologia Teórica: Integrando Tempo, Biologia e Espaço (LET.IT.BE), Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goânia, GO, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Buri, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Teórica: Integrando Tempo, Biologia e Espaço (LET.IT.BE), Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Fragmentos (EcoFrag), Instituto de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas-MG, Brazil.
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Matos FAR, Edwards DP, S. Magnago LF, Heringer G, Viana Neri A, Buttschardt T, Dudeque Zenni R, Tavares de Menezes LF, Zamborlini Saiter F, Reynaud Schaefer CEG, Vieira Hissa Safar N, Pacheco Da Silva M, Simonelli M, Martins SV, Brancalion PHS, A. Meira-Neto JA. Invasive alien acacias rapidly stock carbon, but threaten biodiversity recovery in young second-growth forests. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20210072. [PMID: 36373928 PMCID: PMC9661951 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Under the UN-Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and Bonn Challenge, second-growth forest is promoted as a global solution to climate change, degradation and associated losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Second growth is often invaded by alien tree species and understanding how this impacts carbon stock and biodiversity recovery is key for restoration planning. We assessed carbon stock and tree diversity recovery in second growth invaded by two Acacia species and non-invaded second growth, with associated edge effects, in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Carbon stock recovery in non-invaded forests was threefold lower than in invaded forests. Increasingly isolated, fragmented and deforested areas had low carbon stocks when non-invaded, whereas the opposite was true when invaded. Non-invaded forests recovered threefold to sixfold higher taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity than invaded forest. Higher species turnover and lower nestedness in non-invaded than invaded forests underpinned higher abundance of threatened and endemic species in non-invaded forest. Non-invaded forests presented positive relationships between carbon and biodiversity, whereas in the invaded forests we did not detect any relationship, indicating that more carbon does not equal more biodiversity in landscapes with high vulnerability to invasive acacias. To deliver on combined climate change and biodiversity goals, restoration planning and management must consider biological invasion risk. This article is part of the theme issue 'Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration'.
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- Fabio A. R. Matos
- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants (LEEP), Botany graduate program (PPGBot), Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, CEP: 36.570-000, Brazil
- Federal University of Espírito Santo (CEUNES/DCAB), BR 101 Norte, Km 60 - Bairro Litorâneo, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, CEP: 29.932-900, Brazil
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, CEP: 37.200-900, Lavras, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants (LEEP), Botany graduate program (PPGBot), Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, CEP: 36.570-000, Brazil
- Institute of Landscape Ecology—ILÖK, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants (LEEP), Botany graduate program (PPGBot), Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, CEP: 36.570-000, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, campus Cariacica, Cariacica-ES, CEP: 29.150-410, Brazil
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology—ILÖK, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Federal University of Espírito Santo (CEUNES/DCAB), BR 101 Norte, Km 60 - Bairro Litorâneo, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, CEP: 29.932-900, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica (INMA). Av. José Ruschi, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, CEP: 29.650-000, Brazil
- Department of Soil Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, CEP: 36.570-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Department of Plant Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, CEP: 36.570-900, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Januária, MG, CEP: 39.480-000, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, campus Vitória, Vitória - ES, CEP: 29.056-264, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, CEP: 36.570-900 Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, CEP: 13.418-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants (LEEP), Botany graduate program (PPGBot), Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, CEP: 36.570-000, Brazil
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Dar JA, Kothandaraman S, Khare PK, Khan ML. Sacred groves of Central India: Diversity status, carbon storage, and conservation strategies. Biotropica 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.13157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Javid Ahmad Dar
- Forest Ecology and Ecosystems Lab, Department of Botany Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) Sagar Madhya Pradesh India
- Department of Environmental Science School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University‐AP Guntur District Andhra Pradesh India
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- Forest Ecology and Ecosystems Lab, Department of Botany Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) Sagar Madhya Pradesh India
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- Forest Ecology and Ecosystems Lab, Department of Botany Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) Sagar Madhya Pradesh India
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- Forest Ecology and Ecosystems Lab, Department of Botany Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) Sagar Madhya Pradesh India
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Pires Coelho AJ, Ribeiro Matos FA, Villa PM, Heringer G, Pontara V, de Paula Almado R, Alves Meira-Neto JA. Multiple drivers influence tree species diversity and above-ground carbon stock in second-growth Atlantic forests: Implications for passive restoration. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 318:115588. [PMID: 35779299 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Second-growth forests (SGF) are critical components for limiting biodiversity loss and climate change mitigation. However, these forests were established after anthropic disturbances such as land use for planting, and in highly human-modified landscapes. These interventions can decrease the ability of biological communities to recover naturally, and it is necessary to understand how multiple drivers, from local scale to landscape scale influence the diversity and carbon stock of these forests in natural regeneration. For this, we used data from 37 SGF growing on areas previously used for eucalyptus plantations in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, after the last cut cycle. For each SGF, the forest tree species diversity was calculated based on the Hills number, and we also calculated the above-ground carbon stock. Then, we evaluated the influence of multiple environmental factors on these indexes: soil properties, past-management intensity, patch configuration, and landscape composition. Little influence of soil properties was found, only soil fertility negatively influenced above-ground carbon stock. However, past-management intensity negatively influenced tree species diversity and carbon stock. The isolation of other forests and tree species propagules source distance (>500 ha) also negatively influenced the diversity of species. This is probably due to the favoring of tree pioneer species in highly human-modified landscapes because they are more tolerant of environmental changes, less dependent on animal dispersal, and have low carbon stock capacity. Thus, areas with higher past-management intensity and more isolated areas are less effective for passive restoration and may require intervention to recover tree diversity and carbon stock in the Atlantic Forest. The approach, which had not yet been applied in the Atlantic Forest, brought similar results to that found in other forests, and serves as a theoretical basis for choosing priority areas for passive restoration in the biome.
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- Alex Josélio Pires Coelho
- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (CEUNES/DCAB), São Mateus, Espírito Santo, 29932-540, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil; Associação para Conservação da Biodiversidade - Probiodiversa Brasil, Viçosa, Minas Gerias, 36570-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, 37200-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Macroecologia e Evolução, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, 79240-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants - LEEP, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus UFV, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil.
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Yamashita S, Salleh H, Wasli ME, Alias MA, Itioka T, Kenzo T, Ichie T. Coarse woody debris provides cobenefits between carbon stock and diversity of polypore fungi in Malaysian forest stands. TROPICS 2022. [DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms21-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
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Cardoso FCG, Capellesso ES, de Britez RM, Inague G, Marques MCM. Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: Lessons from a long‐term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest. J Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Fernanda C. G. Cardoso
- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba Brazil
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Climate change threatens native potential agroforestry plant species in Brazil. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2267. [PMID: 35145191 PMCID: PMC8831634 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06234-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Climate change is one of the main drivers of species extinction in the twentyfirst-century. Here, we (1) quantify potential changes in species' bioclimatic area of habitat (BAH) of 135 native potential agroforestry species from the Brazilian flora, using two different climate change scenarios (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5) and dispersal scenarios, where species have no ability to disperse and reach new areas (non-dispersal) and where species can migrate within the estimated BAH (full dispersal) for 2041–2060 and 2061–2080. We then (2) assess the preliminary conservation status of each species based on IUCN criteria. Current and future potential habitats for species were predicted using MaxEnt, a machine-learning algorithm used to estimate species' probability distribution. Future climate is predicted to trigger a mean decline in BAH between 38.5–56.3% under the non-dispersal scenario and between 22.3–41.9% under the full dispersal scenario for 135 native potential agroforestry species. Additionally, we found that only 4.3% of the studied species could be threatened under the IUCN Red List criteria B1 and B2. However, when considering the predicted quantitative habitat loss due to climate change (A3c criterion) the percentages increased between 68.8–84.4% under the non-dispersal scenario and between 40.7–64.4% under the full dispersal scenario. To lessen such threats, we argue that encouraging the use of these species in rural and peri-urban agroecosystems are promising, complementary strategies for their long-term conservation.
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Zanini AM, Mayrinck RC, Vieira SA, Rodrigues RR. Carbon content and allometric models to estimate aboveground biomass for forest areas under restoration. Restor Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.13591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Anani M. Zanini
- Departamento de Biologia ESALQ/USP—Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz Av Padua Dias 11, Sao Dimas, Piracicaba São Paulo 13418 260 Brazil
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- Environment and Sustainability SENS/University of Saskatchewan 116‐110 Science Place, Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7N 5C9 Canada
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- Instituto de Biologia Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Unicamp, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Campinas, SP CEP 13083‐862 Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia ESALQ/USP—Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz Av Padua Dias 11, Sao Dimas, Piracicaba São Paulo 13418 260 Brazil
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César RG, Moreno VDS, Coletta GD, Schweizer D, Chazdon RL, Barlow J, Ferraz SFB, Crouzeilles R, Brancalion PHS. It is not just about time: Agricultural practices and surrounding forest cover affect secondary forest recovery in agricultural landscapes. Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Ricardo G. César
- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Plant Biology Graduate Program, Biology Institute University of Campinas Campinas Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
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- Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Lancaster UK
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra ACT Australia
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente Universidade Veiga de Almeida Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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Lima VP, Marchioro CA, Joner F, Steege H, Siddique I. Extinction threat to neglected
Plinia edulis
exacerbated by climate change, yet likely mitigated by conservation through sustainable use. AUSTRAL ECOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Valdeir Pereira Lima
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais Centro de Ciências Agrárias Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianópolis 88034-000 Santa Catarina Brazil
- Departamento de Fitotecnia Centro de Ciências Agrárias Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianópolis 88034-000 Santa Catarina Brazil
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- Departamento de Agricultura, Biodiversidade e Florestas Centro de Ciências Rurais Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Curitibanos Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia Centro de Ciências Agrárias Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianópolis 88034-000 Santa Catarina Brazil
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden The Netherlands
- Systems Ecology Free University Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais Centro de Ciências Agrárias Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianópolis 88034-000 Santa Catarina Brazil
- Departamento de Fitotecnia Centro de Ciências Agrárias Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianópolis 88034-000 Santa Catarina Brazil
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Matos FAR, Magnago LFS, Aquila Chan Miranda C, de Menezes LFT, Gastauer M, Safar NVH, Schaefer CEGR, da Silva MP, Simonelli M, Edwards FA, Martins SV, Meira-Neto JAA, Edwards DP. Secondary forest fragments offer important carbon and biodiversity cobenefits. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2020; 26:509-522. [PMID: 31486174 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tropical forests store large amounts of carbon and high biodiversity, but are being degraded at alarming rates. The emerging global Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) agenda seeks to limit global climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the growth of trees. In doing so, it may also protect biodiversity as a free cobenefit, which is vital given the massive shortfall in funding for biodiversity conservation. We investigated whether natural forest regeneration on abandoned pastureland offers such cobenefits, focusing for the first time on the recovery of taxonomic diversity (TD), phylogenetic diversity (PD) and functional diversity (FD) of trees, including the recovery of threatened and endemic species richness, within isolated secondary forest (SF) fragments. We focused on the globally threatened Brazilian Atlantic Forest, where commitments have been made to restore 1 million hectares under FLR. Three decades after land abandonment, regenerating forests had recovered ~20% (72 Mg/ha) of the above-ground carbon stocks of a primary forest (PF), with cattle pasture containing just 3% of stocks relative to PFs. Over this period, SF recovered ~76% of TD, 84% of PD and 96% of FD found within PFs. In addition, SFs had on average recovered 65% of threatened and ~30% of endemic species richness of primary Atlantic forest. Finally, we find positive relationships between carbon stock and tree diversity recovery. Our results emphasize that SF fragments offer cobenefits under FLR and other carbon-based payments for ecosystem service schemes (e.g. carbon enhancements under REDD+). They also indicate that even isolated patches of SF could help to mitigate climate change and the biodiversity extinction crisis by recovering species of high conservation concern and improving landscape connectivity.
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- Fabio A R Matos
- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants (LEEP), Botany Graduate Program (PPGBot), Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Faculdade Zacaria de Góes, Valença, Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (CEUNES/DCAB), São Mateus, Brazil
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- Centro de Formação em Ciências e Tecnologias Agroflorestais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano, Valença, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants (LEEP), Botany Graduate Program (PPGBot), Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Osuri AM, Machado S, Ratnam J, Sankaran M, Ayyappan N, Muthuramkumar S, Parthasarathy N, Pélissier R, Ramesh BR, DeFries R, Naeem S. Tree diversity and carbon storage cobenefits in tropical human‐dominated landscapes. Conserv Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Anand M. Osuri
- The Earth InstituteColumbia University New York New York
- The Nature Conservancy Arlington Virginia
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- School of Forest Resources and ConservationUniversity of Florida Gainesville Florida
- National Centre for Biological SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore Karnataka India
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- National Centre for Biological SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore Karnataka India
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- National Centre for Biological SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore Karnataka India
- School of BiologyUniversity of Leeds Leeds UK
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- Department of EcologyFrench Institute of Pondicherry Puducherry India
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- Department of BotanyV. H. N. S. N. College (Autonomous) Virudhunagar Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental SciencesPondicherry University Puducherry India
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- Department of EcologyFrench Institute of Pondicherry Puducherry India
- AMAP Lab, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAUniversity of Montpellier Montpellier France
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- Department of EcologyFrench Institute of Pondicherry Puducherry India
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental BiologyColumbia University New York New York
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental BiologyColumbia University New York New York
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Heringer G, Bueno ML, Meira-Neto JAA, Matos FAR, Neri AV. Can Acacia mangium and Acacia auriculiformis hinder restoration efforts in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest under current and future climate conditions? Biol Invasions 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sabatini FM, de Andrade RB, Paillet Y, Ódor P, Bouget C, Campagnaro T, Gosselin F, Janssen P, Mattioli W, Nascimbene J, Sitzia T, Kuemmerle T, Burrascano S. Trade-offs between carbon stocks and biodiversity in European temperate forests. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2019; 25:536-548. [PMID: 30565806 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Policies to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss often assume that protecting carbon-rich forests provides co-benefits in terms of biodiversity, due to the spatial congruence of carbon stocks and biodiversity at biogeographic scales. However, it remains unclear whether this holds at the scales relevant for management, and particularly large knowledge gaps exist for temperate forests and for taxa other than trees. We built a comprehensive dataset of Central European temperate forest structure and multi-taxonomic diversity (beetles, birds, bryophytes, fungi, lichens, and plants) across 352 plots. We used Boosted Regression Trees (BRTs) to assess the relationship between above-ground live carbon stocks and (a) taxon-specific richness, (b) a unified multidiversity index. We used Threshold Indicator Taxa ANalysis to explore individual species' responses to changing above-ground carbon stocks and to detect change-points in species composition along the carbon-stock gradient. Our results reveal an overall weak and highly variable relationship between richness and carbon stock at the stand scale, both for individual taxonomic groups and for multidiversity. Similarly, the proportion of win-win and trade-off species (i.e., species favored or disadvantaged by increasing carbon stock, respectively) varied substantially across taxa. Win-win species gradually replaced trade-off species with increasing carbon, without clear thresholds along the above-ground carbon gradient, suggesting that community-level surrogates (e.g., richness) might fail to detect critical changes in biodiversity. Collectively, our analyses highlight that leveraging co-benefits between carbon and biodiversity in temperate forest may require stand-scale management that prioritizes either biodiversity or carbon in order to maximize co-benefits at broader scales. Importantly, this contrasts with tropical forests, where climate and biodiversity objectives can be integrated at the stand scale, thus highlighting the need for context-specificity when managing for multiple objectives. Accounting for critical change-points of target taxa can help to deal with this specificity, by defining a safe operating space to manipulate carbon while avoiding biodiversity losses.
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- Francesco Maria Sabatini
- Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) - Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institut für Biologie, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, Università degli Studi di Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Irstea, UR LESSEM, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood (CREA-FL), Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, Università degli Studi di Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Integrative Research Institute for Human Environment Transformation (IRI THESys), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Dybala KE, Steger K, Walsh RG, Smart DR, Gardali T, Seavy NE. Optimizing carbon storage and biodiversity co‐benefits in reforested riparian zones. J Appl Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- College of Agricultural and Environmental SciencesDepartment of Viticulture and EnologyUniversity of California, Davis Davis California
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- College of Agricultural and Environmental SciencesDepartment of Viticulture and EnologyUniversity of California, Davis Davis California
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Melito M, Metzger JP, de Oliveira AA. Landscape-level effects on aboveground biomass of tropical forests: A conceptual framework. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2018; 24:597-607. [PMID: 29095549 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Despite the general recognition that fragmentation can reduce forest biomass through edge effects, a systematic review of the literature does not reveal a clear role of edges in modulating biomass loss. Additionally, the edge effects appear to be constrained by matrix type, suggesting that landscape composition has an influence on biomass stocks. The lack of empirical evidence of pervasive edge-related biomass losses across tropical forests highlights the necessity for a general framework linking landscape structure with aboveground biomass. Here, we propose a conceptual model in which landscape composition and configuration mediate the magnitude of edge effects and seed-flux among forest patches, which ultimately has an influence on biomass. Our model hypothesizes that a rapid reduction of biomass can occur below a threshold of forest cover loss. Just below this threshold, we predict that changes in landscape configuration can strongly influence the patch's isolation, thus enhancing biomass loss. Moreover, we expect a synergism between landscape composition and patch attributes, where matrix type mediates the effects of edges on species decline, particularly for shade-tolerant species. To test our conceptual framework, we propose a sampling protocol where the effects of edges, forest amount, forest isolation, fragment size, and matrix type on biomass stocks can be assessed both collectively and individually. The proposed model unifies the combined effects of landscape and patch structure on biomass into a single framework, providing a new set of main drivers of biomass loss in human-modified landscapes. We argue that carbon trading agendas (e.g., REDD+) and carbon-conservation initiatives must go beyond the effects of forest loss and edges on biomass, considering the whole set of effects on biomass related to changes in landscape composition and configuration.
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- Melina Melito
- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Deere NJ, Guillera‐Arroita G, Baking EL, Bernard H, Pfeifer M, Reynolds G, Wearn OR, Davies ZG, Struebig MJ. High Carbon Stock forests provide co‐benefits for tropical biodiversity. J Appl Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nicolas J. Deere
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) School of Anthropology and Conservation University of Kent Canterbury UK
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- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia
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- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia
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- School of Biology Newcastle University Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
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- South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP) Danum Valley Field Centre Lahad Datu Sabah Malaysia
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) School of Anthropology and Conservation University of Kent Canterbury UK
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) School of Anthropology and Conservation University of Kent Canterbury UK
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Ecosystem carbon storage in forest fragments of differing patch size. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13173. [PMID: 29030630 PMCID: PMC5640670 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13598-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Forest fragmentation threatens the ecosystem carbon (C) storage. The distribution patterns of ecosystem C density are poorly documented for fragmented forests of differing patch size. The objectives of this study were to examine C density in these forest ecosystems and the influence of edge effects on C density. Allometric equations were used to quantify aboveground biomass. Carbon density was estimated by analyzing the C concentration of each component. We found that ecosystem carbon density ranged from 173.9 Mg ha−1 in the small sized forest fragments, to 341.1 Mg ha−1 in the contiguous evergreen sub-tropical forest. Trees (46.5%) and mineral soil (50.2%) were the two largest contributors to the total ecosystem C pool in all fragments. Both C and nitrogen (N) in soil and fine roots were highly heterogeneous among the different fragment sizes and soil depths. We concluded that ecosystem C density of forest fragments were significantly influenced by patch size and edge effects. The fragmented forests in southern China play an important role in the C budget, and need urgent conservation. These results are likely to be further integrated into forest management plans and generalized into other contexts, to evaluate C stocks at the landscape scale.
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Li R, Xu M, Powers R, Zhao F, Jetz W, Wen H, Sheng Q. Quantifying the evidence for co-benefits between species conservation and climate change mitigation in giant panda habitats. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12705. [PMID: 28983118 PMCID: PMC5629209 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12843-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Conservationists strive for practical, cost-effective management solutions to forest-based species conservation and climate change mitigation. However, this is compromised by insufficient information about the effectiveness of protected areas in increasing carbon storage, and the co-benefits of species and carbon conservation remain poorly understood. Here, we present the first rigorous quantitative assessment of the roles of giant panda nature reserves (NRs) in carbon sequestration, and explore the co-benefits of habitat conservation and climate change mitigation. Results show that more than 90% of the studied panda NRs are effective in increasing carbon storage, with the mean biomass carbon density of the whole NRs exhibiting a 4.2% higher growth rate compared with lands not declared as NRs over the period 1988-2012, while this effectiveness in carbon storage masks important patterns of spatial heterogeneity across the giant panda habitats. Moreover, the significant associations have been identified between biomass carbon density and panda's habitat suitability in ~85% NRs and at the NR level. These findings suggest that the planning for carbon and species conservation co-benefits would enhance the greatest return on limited conservation investments, which is a critical need for the giant panda after its conservation status has been downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable".
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- Renqiang Li
- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, 06520, CT, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, 06520, CT, USA
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- College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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Edwards FA, Finan J, Graham LK, Larsen TH, Wilcove DS, Hsu WW, Chey V, Hamer KC. The impact of logging roads on dung beetle assemblages in a tropical rainforest reserve. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 2017; 205:85-92. [PMID: 28133389 PMCID: PMC5239768 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The demand for timber products is facilitating the degradation and opening up of large areas of intact habitats rich in biodiversity. Logging creates an extensive network of access roads within the forest, yet these are commonly ignored or excluded when assessing impacts of logging on forest biodiversity. Here we determine the impact of these roads on the overall condition of selectively logged forests in Borneo, Southeast Asia. Focusing on dung beetles along > 40 km logging roads we determine: (i) the magnitude and extent of edge effects alongside logging roads; (ii) whether vegetation characteristics can explain patterns in dung beetle communities, and; (iii) how the inclusion of road edge forest impacts dung beetle assemblages within the overall logged landscape. We found that while vegetation structure was significantly affected up to 34 m from the road edge, impacts on dung beetle communities penetrated much further and were discernible up to 170 m into the forest interior. We found larger species and particularly tunnelling species responded more than other functional groups which were also influenced by micro-habitat variation. We provide important new insights into the long-term ecological impacts of tropical logging. We also support calls for improved logging road design both during and after timber extraction to conserve more effectively biodiversity in production forests, for instance, by considering the minimum volume of timber, per unit length of logging road needed to justify road construction. In particular, we suggest that governments and certification bodies need to highlight more clearly the biodiversity and environmental impacts of logging roads.
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Woodrow Wilson School, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA
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- Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, P.O. Box 1407, 90715 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Magnago LFS, Magrach A, Barlow J, Schaefer CEGR, Laurance WF, Martins SV, Edwards DP. Do fragment size and edge effects predict carbon stocks in trees and lianas in tropical forests? Funct Ecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Luiz Fernando Silva Magnago
- Departamento de Biologia Setor de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) Lavras37200‐000 Minas Gerais Brazil
- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Tropical and Marine Biology James Cook University Cairns Queensland4878 Australia
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal Universidade Federal de Viçosa Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Tropical and Marine Biology James Cook University Cairns Queensland4878 Australia
- Integrative Ecology Department Doñana Biological Station (EBD‐CSIC) Avd. Américo Vespucio s/n 41092 Isla de la Cartuja Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Biologia Setor de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) Lavras37200‐000 Minas Gerais Brazil
- Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University LancasterLA1 4YQ UK
- MCTI/Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Belém66040‐170 Pará Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Tropical and Marine Biology James Cook University Cairns Queensland4878 Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Tropical and Marine Biology James Cook University Cairns Queensland4878 Australia
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield SheffieldS10 2TN UK
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Basham EW, González del Pliego P, Acosta-Galvis AR, Woodcock P, Medina Uribe CA, Haugaasen T, Gilroy JJ, Edwards DP. Quantifying carbon and amphibian co-benefits from secondary forest regeneration in the Tropical Andes. Anim Conserv 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- E. W. Basham
- Department of Geography; University of Sheffield; Sheffield South Yorkshire UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences; University of Sheffield; Sheffield South Yorkshire UK
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt; Bogota Colombia
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management; Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Ås Norway
- School of Biology; University of Leeds; Leeds UK
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt; Bogota Colombia
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management; Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Ås Norway
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management; Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Ås Norway
- School of Environmental Science; University of East Anglia; Norwich UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences; University of Sheffield; Sheffield South Yorkshire UK
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Labrière N, Locatelli B, Vieilledent G, Kharisma S, Basuki I, Gond V, Laumonier Y. Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo. Glob Ecol Conserv 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2016.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Osuri AM, Sankaran M. Seed size predicts community composition and carbon storage potential of tree communities in rain forest fragments in India's Western Ghats. J Appl Ecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Anand M. Osuri
- National Centre for Biological Sciences; Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; GKVK Campus Bellary Road Bangalore Karnataka 560065 India
- Nature Conservation Foundation; 3076/5 IV Cross Gokulam Park Mysore Karnataka 570002 India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences; Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; GKVK Campus Bellary Road Bangalore Karnataka 560065 India
- School of Biology; University of Leeds; Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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