Removing climbers more than doubles tree growth and biomass in degraded tropical forests.
biomass
climber
forest
liana
logged
tropic
Journal
Ecology and evolution
ISSN: 2045-7758
Titre abrégé: Ecol Evol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101566408
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
09
09
2021
revised:
03
02
2022
accepted:
09
03
2022
entrez:
31
3
2022
pubmed:
1
4
2022
medline:
1
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Huge areas of tropical forests are degraded, reducing their biodiversity, carbon, and timber value. The recovery of these degraded forests can be significantly inhibited by climbing plants such as lianas. Removal of super-abundant climbers thus represents a restoration action with huge potential for application across the tropics. While experimental studies largely report positive impacts of climber removal on tree growth and biomass accumulation, the efficacy of climber removal varies widely, with high uncertainty as to where and how to apply the technique. Using meta-analytic techniques, we synthesize results from 26 studies to quantify the efficacy of climber removal for promoting tree growth and biomass accumulation. We find that climber removal increases tree growth by 156% and biomass accumulation by 209% compared to untreated forest, and that efficacy remains for at least 19 years. Extrapolating from these results, climber removal could sequester an additional 32 Gigatons of CO
Identifiants
pubmed: 35356565
doi: 10.1002/ece3.8758
pii: ECE38758
pmc: PMC8948070
doi:
Banques de données
Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.zs7h44jb2']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e8758Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The corresponding author confirms on the behalf of all authors that there are no competing interests.
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