Disturbance intensity is a stronger driver of biomass recovery than remaining tree-community attributes in a managed Amazonian forest

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1647 - 1657
• Main Authors: de Avila, Angela L., van der Sande, Masha T., Dormann, Carsten F., Peña-Claros, Marielos, Poorter, Lourens, Mazzei, Lucas, Ruschel, Ademir R., Silva, José N. M., de Carvalho, João O. P., Bauhus, Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.07.2018; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Amazonia; Biomass; biomass and forest recovery; biomass production; biomass‐ratio hypothesis; Bosecologie en Bosbeheer; Brazil; Communities; Complementarity; Data processing; Disturbance; disturbance intensity; Disturbances; Dominant species; Ecological function; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Forest biomass; Forest Ecology and Forest Management; Forest management; Forests; functional traits; Harvesting; Hypotheses; inventories; laws and regulations; Leaf area; Leaves; Leerstoelgroep Bosecologie en bosbeheer; Legislation; Logging; Niches; niche‐complementarity hypothesis; nitrogen; PE&RC; phosphorus; Recovery; Recruitment; Reduction; Redundancy; Regression analysis; Resource availability; selective logging; species and structural diversity; stand basal area; stand thinning; structural equation modeling; Structure-function relationships; Thinning; Trees; Tropical forests; wood density; Brazil; Amazonia

1. Forest recovery following management interventions is important to maintain ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services. It remains, however, largely unclear how above-ground biomass (AGB) recovery of species-rich tropical forests is affected by disturbance intensity and post-di...