Recovery of logged forest fragments in a human-modified tropical landscape during the 2015-16 El Niño

Matheus Henrique Nunes; Tommaso Jucker; Terhi Riutta; Martin Svátek; Jakub Kvasnica; Martin Rejžek; Radim Matula; Noreen Majalap; Robert M. Ewers; Tom Swinfield; Rubén Valbuena; Nicholas R. Vaughn; Gregory P. Asner; David A. Coomes

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20811-y

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Recovery of logged forest fragments in a human-modified tropical landscape during the 2015-16 El Niño

Matheus Henrique Nunes,
Tommaso Jucker,
Terhi Riutta,
Martin Svátek,
Jakub Kvasnica,
Martin Rejžek,
Radim Matula,
Noreen Majalap,
Robert M. Ewers,
Tom Swinfield,
Rubén Valbuena,
Nicholas R. Vaughn,
Gregory P. Asner,
David A. Coomes

Affiliations

Matheus Henrique Nunes: Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Tommaso Jucker: Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Terhi Riutta: Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus
Martin Svátek: Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno
Jakub Kvasnica: Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno
Martin Rejžek: Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno
Radim Matula: Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Noreen Majalap: Sabah Forestry Department
Robert M. Ewers: Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus
Tom Swinfield: Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Rubén Valbuena: Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Nicholas R. Vaughn: Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ and Hilo
Gregory P. Asner: Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ and Hilo
David A. Coomes: Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20811-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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It is unclear whether tropical forest fragments within plantation landscapes are resilient to drought. Here the authors analyse LiDAR and ground-based data from the 2015-16 El Niño event across a logging intensity gradient in Borneo. Although regenerating forests continued to grow, canopy height near oil palm plantations decreased, and a strong edge effect extended up to at least 300 m away.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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