title: Rapid tree carbon stock recovery in managed Amazonian forests.
abstract: While around 20% of the Amazonian forest has been cleared for pastures and agriculture, one fourth of the remaining forest is dedicated to wood production. Most of these production forests have been or will be selectively harvested for commercial timber, but recent studies show that even soon after logging, harvested stands retain much of their tree-biomass carbon and biodiversity. Comparing species richness of various animal taxa among logged and unlogged forests across the tropics, Burivalova et al. found that despite some variability among taxa, biodiversity loss was generally explained by logging intensity (the number of trees extracted). Here, we use a network of 79 permanent sample plots (376 ha total) located at 10 sites across the Amazon Basin to assess the main drivers of time-to-recovery of post-logging tree carbon (Table S1). Recovery time is of direct relevance to policies governing management practices (i.e., allowable volumes cut and cutting cycle lengths), and indirectly to forest-based climate change mitigation interventions.
authors.affiliation: CarboForExpert, Hermance, 1248, Switzerland; UR BSEF, CIRAD, Montpellier, 34398, France. Electronic address: er.rutishauser@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ervan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rutishauser
authors.affiliation: UMR Ecofog, CIRAD, Kourou, 97310, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hérault
authors.affiliation: UMR Ecofog, Inra, Kourou, 97310, France; International Center for Tropical Botany, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baraloto
authors.affiliation: UR BSEF, CIRAD, Montpellier, 34398, France.
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.affiliation: ONF-Guyane, Cayenne, 97300, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Descroix
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Macapá, Amapá, 68903, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eleneide Doff
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Sotta
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Belém, Pará, 66095, Brazil.
authors.forename: Joice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Belém, Pará, 66095, Brazil.
authors.forename: Milton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanashiro
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Belém, Pará, 66095, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazzei
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Rio Branco, Acre, 69900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcus V N
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: d'Oliveira
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Rio Branco, Acre, 69900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luis C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6700AA, the Netherlands; Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 10260, Bolivia.
authors.forename: Marielos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peña-Claros
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, FL 32611-8525, USA.
authors.forename: Francis E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Putz
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Belém, Pará, 66095, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ademir R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ruschel
authors.affiliation: Iwokrama, Hight St, Georgetown, Guyana.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rodney
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, FL 32611-8525, USA; Iwokrama, Hight St, Georgetown, Guyana.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roopsind
authors.affiliation: Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shenkin
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Manaus, Amazonas, 69011, Brazil.
authors.forename: Katia E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA, Manaus, Amazonas, 69011, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cintia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 10260, Bolivia.
authors.forename: Marisol
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 01002, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, FL 32611-8525, USA.
authors.forename: Thales A P
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: West
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Department, CELOS, Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname.
authors.forename: Verginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wortel
authors.affiliation: UR BSEF, CIRAD, Montpellier, 34398, France.
authors.forename: Plinio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sist
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001838:Bolivia; D001938:Brazil; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D016468:Forestry; D065928:Forests; D013532:Suriname
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon