Journal Title
Title of Journal: Biodivers Conserv
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Abbravation: Biodiversity and Conservation
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Samuel J B Robinson Eduardo van den Berg Gabriela S Meirelles Nick Ostle
Publish Date: 2015/08/26
Volume: 24, Issue: 9, Pages: 2273-2291
Abstract
Ecologically relevant restoration of secondary Atlantic forest on abandoned land offers a potential means to recover biodiversity and improve crucial ecosystem services including carbon sequestration Early secondary successional trajectories are determined by a range of environmental factors that influence plant community development Contextspecific understanding of forest vegetation communities their dynamics and underlying drivers is needed for future restoration strategies In this study we examined relationships between soil chemical and physical and environmental landscape and topographical characteristics plant community attributes and carbon stocks during early secondary succession Data were collected at two sites undergoing early secondary succession in seasonallydry Atlantic Forest Rio de Janeiro State Brazil Both sites were previously used for pasture and abandoned at similar times but showed differing vegetation communities We found tree biomass and diversity and ecosystem carbon storage to be strongly positively related to the amount of surrounding forest less steep slopes and clay soils and negatively to the abundance of the shrub Leandra aurea Soil carbon pools significantly increased with aboveground tree biomass The only factor significantly affecting the metric of overall successional development combining tree biomass and diversity was total surrounding forest cover Our findings suggest recovery of secondary forest and below and aboveground carbon storage is limited by the amount of adjacent forest some soil properties and dense shrub establishment downregulating the succession process Overall we offer evidence of potential to improve recovery of Atlantic forest with ecologically relevant seeding/planting programmes and selective shrub removal that could benefit ecosystem carbon storageThis study was carried out as part of the project “Comparative analysis of fragments and restored areas surrounding the Funil reservoir to readjust EletrobrásFurnas restoration projects” “Análise comparativa dos fragmentos e reflorestamentos no entorno do reservatório visando à readequação de projetos de restauração na Eletrobrás Furnas” funded by FurnasAneel We thank the Centro de Recuperação de Itatiaia for granting access to study areas We acknowledge and thank Professors Rubens Manoel dos Santos and Mariana Esteves Mansanares Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA for plant species identification and the Departamento de Ciências Florestais for providing aerial imagery We express our thanks to those who assisted in the fieldwork and analyses including William dos Santos Ribeiro Luan Fereira Danilo Almeida Leonardo Tavares Flávia Freire de Siqueira and Guilherme Ramos Demetrio We are sincerely grateful to Professor Carlos Alberto Silva Departamento de Ciência do Solo Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA for valuable advice and the use of equipment
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