Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

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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Main Authors:	Rozendaal, Danaë M. A. autora, Bongers, Frans Doctor autor/a 22512, Aide, T. Mitchell autor/a, Álvarez Dávila, Esteban autor, Ascarrunz, Nataly autora, Balvanera, Patricia autora 12604, Becknell, Justin M. autor/a, Bentos, Tony V. autor/a, Brancalion, Pedro H. S. autor, Cabral, George A. L. autor/a 12608, Calvo Rodríguez, Sofía autora, Chave, Jerome autor/a, César, Ricardo G. autor, Chazdon, Robin L. autor 12605, Condit, Richard autor, Dallinga, Jorn S. autor/a, Almeida Cortez, Jarcilene Silva autor/a 12607, De Jong, Bernardus Hendricus Jozeph Doctor autor 2038, Oliveira, Alexandre A. de autor, Denslow, Julie S. autor, Dent, Daisy H. autor/a 12609, DeWalt, Saara J. Doctora autora 22574, Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel Doctor autor 22546, Durán, Sandra M. Doctora autora 22581, Dutrieux, Loïc P. autor/a, Espírito Santo, Mario M. autor, Fandino, María C. autora, Fernandes, G. Wilson autor, Finegan, Bryan autor/a, García, Hernando autor, González Valdivia, Noel Antonio Doctor autor 12366, Granda Moser, Vanessa autora, Hall, Jefferson S. autor, Hernández Stefanoni, José Luis autor 12602, Hubbell, Stephen autor, Jakovac, Catarina C. autora, Hernández, Alma Johanna autora, Junqueira, André B. autor, Kennard, Deborah autor/a, Larpin, Denis autora, Letcher, Susan G. autora, Licona, Juan Carlos autor, Lebrija Trejos, Edwin autor, Marín Spiotta, Erika autora 14093, Martínez Ramos, Miguel Doctor autor 21149, Massoca, Paulo E. S. autor, Meave, Jorge A. autor 12600, Mesquita, Rita C. G. autora, Mora Ardila, Francisco Doctor autor 21285, Müller, Sandra C. autora, Muñoz, Rodrigo autor, Nolasco de Oliveira Neto, Silvio autor, Norden, Natalia autora, Nunes, Yule R. F. autor/a, Ochoa Gaona, Susana Doctora autora 72, Ortiz Malavassi, Edgar autor, Ostertag, Rebecca autora, Peña Claros, Marielos autor, Pérez García, Eduardo A. autor, Piotto, Daniel autor, Powers, Jennifer S. autora, Aguilar Cano, José autor, Rodríguez Buritica, Susana autora, Rodríguez Velázquez, Jorge autor, Romero Romero, Marco Antonio autor, Ruíz, Jorge autor, Sánchez Azofeifa, Gerardo Arturo autor, Silva de Almeida, Arlete autor, Silver, Whendee L. autor/a, Schwartz, Naomi B. autor/a, Thomas, William Wayt autor/a, Toledo, Marisol autora, Uriarte, María autora, Valadares de Sá Sampaio, Everardo autor, van Breugel, Michiel autor 13510, Van Der Wal, Hans Doctor autor 2020, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio autor, Veloso, María D. M. autora, Vester, Hans F. M. autor/a, Vicentini, Alberto autor, Vieira, Ima C. G. autor/a, Villa, Pedro autor, Williamson, G. Bruce autor, Zanini, Kátia J. autora, Zimmerman, Jess autor/a, Poorter, Lourens autor/a
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Bosque secundario, Conservación del hábitat, Paisajes, Conservación de la diversidad biológica,
Online Access:	https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/3/eaau3114.full
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