title: Carbon recovery dynamics following disturbance by selective logging in Amazonian forests.
abstract: When 2 Mha of Amazonian forests are disturbed by selective logging each year, more than 90 Tg of carbon (C) is emitted to the atmosphere. Emissions are then counterbalanced by forest regrowth. With an original modelling approach, calibrated on a network of 133 permanent forest plots (175 ha total) across Amazonia, we link regional differences in climate, soil and initial biomass with survivors' and recruits' C fluxes to provide Amazon-wide predictions of post-logging C recovery. We show that net aboveground C recovery over 10 years is higher in the Guiana Shield and in the west (21 ±3 Mg C ha-1) than in the south (12 ±3 Mg C ha-1) where environmental stress is high (low rainfall, high seasonality). We highlight the key role of survivors in the forest regrowth and elaborate a comprehensive map of post-disturbance C recovery potential in Amazonia.
authors.affiliation: Université de Guyane, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, Inra, Université des Antilles, Cirad), Kourou, French Guiana.|Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, Inra, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane), Kourou, French Guiana.|CNRS, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, Inra, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Cirad), Kourou, French Guiana.|Cirad, UR Forests and Societies, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3473-1982
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piponiot
authors.affiliation: Cirad, UR Forests and Societies, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Plinio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sist
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazzei
authors.affiliation: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marielos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peña-Claros
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States.
authors.forename: Francis E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Putz
authors.affiliation: CarbonForExpert, Hermance, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ervan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rutishauser
authors.affiliation: Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shenkin
authors.affiliation: Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
authors.forename: Nataly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ascarrunz
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Belém, Brazil.
authors.forename: Celso P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, International Center for Tropical Botany, Florida International University, Miami, United States.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baraloto
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Belém, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mabiane
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: França
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amapa, Macapa, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru.
authors.forename: Eurídice N
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2314-590X
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Honorio Coronado
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcus Vn
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: d'Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ademir R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ruschel
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Belém, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kátia E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amapa, Macapa, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eleneide
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Doff Sotta
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Belém, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cintia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Florestais, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States.
authors.forename: Thales Ap
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: West
authors.affiliation: Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, Inra, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane), Kourou, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6950-7286
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hérault
mesh_terms: D057486:Carbon Cycle; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016468:Forestry / Q000379:methods*; D065928:Forests; D013019:South Africa
keywords: Amazonia; carbon recovery; ecology; none; selective-logging distubance