Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting
Sustainable management of secondary forests for timber production offers the opportunity to combine nature-based climate change mitigation with direct improvement of human livelihoods in the tropics, but this dual potential has rarely been explored. We characterized aboveground biomass (AGB) in secondary forests (SF) in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in whole stands (ecological potential), individual trees of timber species (total timber potential), and currently harvestable timber (harvestable timber potential). We also linked the three types of AGB potential to climate and soil factors. Data on 302 sample plots were collected, most from national forest inventories (NFIs) concerning 168 plots in Nicaragua and 134 plots in Costa Rica. We analyzed data from individuals ≥20 cm dbh, estimating biomass from field measurements of stem diameters, and wood density and tree height estimates from the BIOMASS package in R. We obtained climate data from CHELSA, soil data from the ISRIC world soils database and determined the relationship between the three AGB potentials and environmental variables using exploratory principal components analysis and general linear mixed models (GLMMs). A mean 51 Mg ha−1 AGB was found to be stored in trees ≥20 cm dbh in dry forests and 68 Mg ha−1 in wet forests. Maximum values were > 250 Mg ha−1 in both biomes, similar to primary forest values from the NFIs. Timber potential was high at 84% of the mean ecological potential of the study plots, with 73% in the currently harvestable category. Overall, both ecological and total timber potential AGB were significantly higher in wet than in dry forests, whereas currently harvestable timber potential was significantly higher in dry than in wet forests. The best GLMMs showed R2 = 0.31, 0.24 and 0.27 for ecological, total timber and harvestable timber potentials, respectively (P < 0.0001). All three models included soil clay and silt fractions, soil C/N ratio, mean annual precipitation and temperature seasonality. The GLMM for ecological potential included soil pH and climatic water deficit, while those for the two timber potentials included mean annual temperature. Overall, GLMMs indicate increasing timber AGB potential with increasing rainfall, decreasing climatic seasonality, and soil fertility. All three AGB potentials were significantly higher in Costa Rica than in Nicaragua in both biomes. This observed non-environmental “country effect” requires further study.
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Sustainable management of secondary forests for timber production offers the opportunity to combine nature-based climate change mitigation with direct improvement of human livelihoods in the tropics, but this dual potential has rarely been explored. We characterized aboveground biomass (AGB) in secondary forests (SF) in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in whole stands (ecological potential), individual trees of timber species (total timber potential), and currently harvestable timber (harvestable timber potential). We also linked the three types of AGB potential to climate and soil factors. Data on 302 sample plots were collected, most from national forest inventories (NFIs) concerning 168 plots in Nicaragua and 134 plots in Costa Rica. We analyzed data from individuals ≥20 cm dbh, estimating biomass from field measurements of stem diameters, and wood density and tree height estimates from the BIOMASS package in R. We obtained climate data from CHELSA, soil data from the ISRIC world soils database and determined the relationship between the three AGB potentials and environmental variables using exploratory principal components analysis and general linear mixed models (GLMMs). A mean 51 Mg ha−1 AGB was found to be stored in trees ≥20 cm dbh in dry forests and 68 Mg ha−1 in wet forests. Maximum values were > 250 Mg ha−1 in both biomes, similar to primary forest values from the NFIs. Timber potential was high at 84% of the mean ecological potential of the study plots, with 73% in the currently harvestable category. Overall, both ecological and total timber potential AGB were significantly higher in wet than in dry forests, whereas currently harvestable timber potential was significantly higher in dry than in wet forests. The best GLMMs showed R2 = 0.31, 0.24 and 0.27 for ecological, total timber and harvestable timber potentials, respectively (P < 0.0001). All three models included soil clay and silt fractions, soil C/N ratio, mean annual precipitation and temperature seasonality. The GLMM for ecological potential included soil pH and climatic water deficit, while those for the two timber potentials included mean annual temperature. Overall, GLMMs indicate increasing timber AGB potential with increasing rainfall, decreasing climatic seasonality, and soil fertility. All three AGB potentials were significantly higher in Costa Rica than in Nicaragua in both biomes. This observed non-environmental “country effect” requires further study. |
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Souza Oliveira, Maïri Finegan, Bryan Casanoves, Fernando Delgado, Diego Sepulveda, Norvin Aguilar Porras, Adriana Chamorro, María Alejandra Morales Aymerich, Jean Pierre Ngo Bieng, Marie-Ange |
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Souza Oliveira, Maïri Finegan, Bryan Casanoves, Fernando Delgado, Diego Sepulveda, Norvin Aguilar Porras, Adriana Chamorro, María Alejandra Morales Aymerich, Jean Pierre Ngo Bieng, Marie-Ange |
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Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
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Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
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dig-cirad-fr-6031112024-01-29T05:49:38Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/603111/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/603111/ Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting. Souza Oliveira Maïri, Finegan Bryan, Casanoves Fernando, Delgado Diego, Sepulveda Norvin, Aguilar Porras Adriana, Chamorro María Alejandra, Morales Aymerich Jean Pierre, Ngo Bieng Marie-Ange. 2021. Forest Ecology and Management, 496:119439, 9 p.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439> Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting Souza Oliveira, Maïri Finegan, Bryan Casanoves, Fernando Delgado, Diego Sepulveda, Norvin Aguilar Porras, Adriana Chamorro, María Alejandra Morales Aymerich, Jean Pierre Ngo Bieng, Marie-Ange eng 2021 Forest Ecology and Management forêt tropicale changement climatique produit forestier non ligneux aménagement forestier biomasse séquestration du carbone déboisement bois inventaire forestier atténuation des effets du changement climatique moyens d'existence durables forêt collective écologie http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24904 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1666 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5211 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16129 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_926 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331583 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15590 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8421 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24174 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1374571087594 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000157 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15955 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2467 Nicaragua Costa Rica http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5171 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1920 Sustainable management of secondary forests for timber production offers the opportunity to combine nature-based climate change mitigation with direct improvement of human livelihoods in the tropics, but this dual potential has rarely been explored. We characterized aboveground biomass (AGB) in secondary forests (SF) in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in whole stands (ecological potential), individual trees of timber species (total timber potential), and currently harvestable timber (harvestable timber potential). We also linked the three types of AGB potential to climate and soil factors. Data on 302 sample plots were collected, most from national forest inventories (NFIs) concerning 168 plots in Nicaragua and 134 plots in Costa Rica. We analyzed data from individuals ≥20 cm dbh, estimating biomass from field measurements of stem diameters, and wood density and tree height estimates from the BIOMASS package in R. We obtained climate data from CHELSA, soil data from the ISRIC world soils database and determined the relationship between the three AGB potentials and environmental variables using exploratory principal components analysis and general linear mixed models (GLMMs). A mean 51 Mg ha−1 AGB was found to be stored in trees ≥20 cm dbh in dry forests and 68 Mg ha−1 in wet forests. Maximum values were > 250 Mg ha−1 in both biomes, similar to primary forest values from the NFIs. Timber potential was high at 84% of the mean ecological potential of the study plots, with 73% in the currently harvestable category. Overall, both ecological and total timber potential AGB were significantly higher in wet than in dry forests, whereas currently harvestable timber potential was significantly higher in dry than in wet forests. The best GLMMs showed R2 = 0.31, 0.24 and 0.27 for ecological, total timber and harvestable timber potentials, respectively (P < 0.0001). All three models included soil clay and silt fractions, soil C/N ratio, mean annual precipitation and temperature seasonality. The GLMM for ecological potential included soil pH and climatic water deficit, while those for the two timber potentials included mean annual temperature. Overall, GLMMs indicate increasing timber AGB potential with increasing rainfall, decreasing climatic seasonality, and soil fertility. All three AGB potentials were significantly higher in Costa Rica than in Nicaragua in both biomes. This observed non-environmental “country effect” requires further study. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/603111/1/Biomass%20of%20timber%20species%20in%20Central%20American%20secondary%20forests_Souza%20et%20al_2021.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 |