Biomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting

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dc.creatorSouza Oliveira, Maïri
dc.creatorFinegan, Bryan
dc.creatorCasanoves, Fernando
dc.creatorDelgado, Diego
dc.creatorSepulveda, Norvin
dc.creatorAguilar Porras, Adriana
dc.creatorChamorro, María Alejandra
dc.creatorMorales Aymerich, Jean Pierre
dc.creatorNgo-Bieng, Marie Ange
dc.date2021-06-25T21:43:14Z
dc.date2021-06-25T21:43:14Z
dc.date2021-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-09T02:07:43Z
dc.descriptionSustainable 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.
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dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119439
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/11018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2621
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos)
dc.relationForest Ecology and Management Volume 496 (2021)
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectBIOMASA
dc.subjectBOSQUE SECUNDARIO
dc.subjectMITIGACIÓN
dc.subjectCAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
dc.subjectMANEJO SOSTENIBLE
dc.subjectMADERA
dc.subjectPARCELA
dc.subjectPAISAJE
dc.subjectEXTRACCION
dc.subjectAMERICA CENTRAL
dc.titleBiomass of timber species in Central American secondary forests: Towards climate change mitigation through sustainable timber harvesting
dc.typeArtículo

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