da Silva, G.M., Adami, M., Galbraith, D. orcid.org/0000-0002-5555-4823 et al. (4 more authors) (2023) Spatial Distribution of Secondary Forests by Age Group and Biomass Accumulation in the Brazilian Amazon. Forests, 14 (5). 924. ISSN 1999-4907
Abstract
Secondary forests provide essential ecosystem services, especially in helping to mitigate climate change with the storage of carbon in the aboveground biomass of tree species. In this context, the present research aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of secondary forests and estimate the aboveground biomass accumulation of land cover of different ages in the state of Pará. The spatial patterns of the secondary forests in Pará state were evaluated with hot spot analysis algorithms using data from the TerraClass project for the 2004–2014 time period. The results showed that the spatial distribution of the secondary forests did not occur randomly in space, but suggested local geopolitical influences. The younger secondary forests had the most deforested areas during the study period. Approximately 5% of Pará had its secondary forests deforested in 2014. In general, the balance of the secondary forests was positive. The aboveground biomass accumulation differed according to the secondary forest ages during the study period as evaluated in two pilot areas. It was observed that the secondary forests > 10 years old in pilot area A had an average of 23% of old-growth forest aboveground biomass in the same area, while in pilot area B, the secondary forests > 10 years old had an average of 32.7% of old-growth forest aboveground biomass.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | secondary forests; Amazon; carbon; aboveground biomass |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Ecology & Global Change (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Royal Society NAF\R1\180405 NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) 2022GCBCARBOLES |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2024 13:01 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 13:01 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/f14050924 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218787 |