Authors: Robin L. Chazdon, Eben N. Broadbent, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Frans Bongers, Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano, T. Mitchell Aide, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Vanessa K. Boukili, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Dylan Craven, Jarcilene S. Almeida-Cortez, George A. L. Cabral, Ben de Jong, Julie S. Denslow, Daisy H. Dent, Saara J. DeWalt, Juan Manuel Dupuy, Sandra M. Durán, Mário M. Espírito-Santo, María C. Fandiño, Ricardo Gomes César, Jefferson S. Hall, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Catarina C. Jakovac, André Braga Junqueira, Deborah K. Kennard, Susan G. Letcher, Madelon Lohbeck, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca, Jorge A. Meave, Rita C. G. Mesquita, Francisco Mora, Rodrigo Muñoz, Robert Muscarella, Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Edith Orihuela-Belmonte, Marielos Peña-Claros, Eduardo A. Pérez-García, Daniel Piotto, Jennifer S. Powers, Jorge Rodríguez-Velázquez, Isabel Eunice Romero-Pérez, Jorge Ruiz, Juan Saldarriaga, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Naomi B. Schwartz, Marc K. Steininger, Nathan G. Swenson, María Uriarte, Michiel van Breugel, Hans van der Wal, Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso, Hans F. M. Vester, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Tony Vizcarra Bentos, G. Bruce Williamson, Lourens Poorter
Venue: Science Advances
Type: Publication
Abstract: Regrowth of tropical secondary forests following complete or nearly complete removal of forest vegetation actively stores carbon in aboveground biomass, partially counterbalancing carbon emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, burning of fossil fuels, and other anthropogenic sources. We estimate the age and spatial extent of lowland second-growth forests in the Latin American tropics and model their potential aboveground carbon accumulation over four decades. Our model shows that, in 2008, second-growth forests (1 to 60 years old) cov...
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Topics: 
Agroforestry
Forestry
Environmental protection
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