Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting
Sustainable management of secondary forests for timber production offers the opportunity to combine nature-based climate change mitigation with direct improvement of human livelihoods in the tropics, but this dual potential has rarely been explored. We characterized aboveground biomass (AGB) in seco...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos)
2021
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/11018 |
| id |
RepoCATIE11018 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
RepoCATIE110182022-03-29T15:34:55Z Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting Souza Oliveira, Maïri Finegan, Bryan Casanoves, Fernando Delgado, Diego Sepulveda, Norvin Aguilar Porras, Adriana Chamorro, María Alejandra Morales Aymerich, Jean Pierre Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange BIOMASA BOSQUE SECUNDARIO MITIGACIÓN CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO MANEJO SOSTENIBLE MADERA PARCELA PAISAJE EXTRACCION AMERICA CENTRAL Sustainable management of secondary forests for timber production offers the opportunity to combine nature-based climate change mitigation with direct improvement of human livelihoods in the tropics, but this dual potential has rarely been explored. We characterized aboveground biomass (AGB) in secondary forests (SF) in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in whole stands (ecological potential), individual trees of timber species (total timber potential), and currently harvestable timber (harvestable timber potential). We also linked the three types of AGB potential to climate and soil factors. Data on 302 sample plots were collected, most from national forest inventories (NFIs) concerning 168 plots in Nicaragua and 134 plots in Costa Rica. We analyzed data from individuals ≥20 cm dbh, estimating biomass from field measurements of stem diameters, and wood density and tree height estimates from the BIOMASS package in R. We obtained climate data from CHELSA, soil data from the ISRIC world soils database and determined the relationship between the three AGB potentials and environmental variables using exploratory principal components analysis and general linear mixed models (GLMMs). A mean 51 Mg ha 1 AGB was found to be stored in trees ≥20 cm dbh in dry forests and 68 Mg ha 1 in wet forests. Maximum values were > 250 Mg ha 1 in both biomes, similar to primary forest values from the NFIs. Timber potential was high at 84% of the mean ecological potential of the study plots, with 73% in the currently harvestable category. 2021-06-25T21:43:14Z 2021-06-25T21:43:14Z 2021-06 Artículo https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/11018 en Forest Ecology and Management Volume 496 (2021) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos) |
| institution |
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza |
| collection |
Repositorio CATIE |
| language |
Inglés |
| topic |
BIOMASA BOSQUE SECUNDARIO MITIGACIÓN CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO MANEJO SOSTENIBLE MADERA PARCELA PAISAJE EXTRACCION AMERICA CENTRAL |
| spellingShingle |
BIOMASA BOSQUE SECUNDARIO MITIGACIÓN CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO MANEJO SOSTENIBLE MADERA PARCELA PAISAJE EXTRACCION AMERICA CENTRAL Souza Oliveira, Maïri Finegan, Bryan Casanoves, Fernando Delgado, Diego Sepulveda, Norvin Aguilar Porras, Adriana Chamorro, María Alejandra Morales Aymerich, Jean Pierre Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
| description |
Sustainable management of secondary forests for timber production offers the opportunity to combine nature-based climate change mitigation with direct improvement of human livelihoods in the tropics, but this dual potential has rarely been explored. We characterized aboveground biomass (AGB) in secondary forests (SF) in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in whole stands (ecological potential), individual trees of timber species (total timber potential), and currently harvestable timber (harvestable timber potential). We also linked the three types of AGB potential to climate and soil factors. Data on 302 sample plots were collected, most from national forest inventories (NFIs) concerning 168 plots in Nicaragua and 134 plots in Costa Rica. We analyzed data from individuals ≥20 cm dbh, estimating biomass from field measurements of stem diameters, and wood density and tree height estimates from the BIOMASS package in R. We obtained climate data from CHELSA, soil data from the ISRIC world soils database and determined the relationship between the three AGB potentials and environmental variables using exploratory principal components analysis and general linear mixed models (GLMMs). A mean 51 Mg ha 1 AGB was found to be stored in trees ≥20 cm dbh in dry forests and 68 Mg ha 1 in wet forests. Maximum values were > 250 Mg ha 1 in both biomes, similar to primary forest values from the NFIs. Timber potential was high at 84% of the mean ecological potential of the study plots, with 73% in the currently harvestable category. |
| format |
Artículo |
| author |
Souza Oliveira, Maïri Finegan, Bryan Casanoves, Fernando Delgado, Diego Sepulveda, Norvin Aguilar Porras, Adriana Chamorro, María Alejandra Morales Aymerich, Jean Pierre Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange |
| author_facet |
Souza Oliveira, Maïri Finegan, Bryan Casanoves, Fernando Delgado, Diego Sepulveda, Norvin Aguilar Porras, Adriana Chamorro, María Alejandra Morales Aymerich, Jean Pierre Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange |
| author_sort |
Souza Oliveira, Maïri |
| title |
Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
| title_short |
Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
| title_full |
Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
| title_fullStr |
Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
| title_sort |
biomass of timber species in central american secondary forests: towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting |
| publisher |
Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos) |
| publishDate |
2021 |
| url |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/11018 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT souzaoliveiramairi biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT fineganbryan biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT casanovesfernando biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT delgadodiego biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT sepulvedanorvin biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT aguilarporrasadriana biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT chamorromariaalejandra biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT moralesaymerichjeanpierre biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting AT ngobiengmarieange biomassoftimberspeciesincentralamericansecondaryforeststowardsclimatechangemitigationthroughsustainabletimberharvesting |
| _version_ |
1808116424387854336 |