Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

Martin J. P. Sullivan; Joey Talbot; Simon L. Lewis; Oliver L. Phillips; Lan Qie; Serge K. Begne; Jerôme Chave; Aida Cuni-Sanchez; Wannes Hubau; Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez; Lera Miles; Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza; Bonaventure Sonké; Terry Sunderland; Hans ter Steege; Lee J. T. White; Kofi Affum-Baffoe; Shin-Ichiro Aiba; Everton Cristo de Almeida; Edmar Almeida de Oliveira; Patricia Alvarez-Loayza; Ana Andrade; Luiz E. O. C. Aragão; Peter Ashton; Gerardo A. Aymard C.; Timothy R. Baker; Michael Balinga; Lindsay F. Banin; Christopher Baraloto; Jean-Francois Bastin; Nicholas Berry; Jan Bogaert; Damien Bonal; Frans Bongers; Roel Brienen; José Luís C. Camargo; Carlos Cerón; Victor Chama Moscoso; Eric Chezeaux; Connie J. Clark; James A. Comiskey; Fernando Cornejo Valverde; Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado; Greta Dargie; Stuart J. Davies; Charles de Canniere; Marie Noel Djuikouo K.; Jean-Louis Doucet; Terry L. Erwin; Javier Silva Espejo; Corneille E. N. Ewango; Sophie Fauset; Ted R. Feldpausch; Rafael Herrera; Martin Gilpin; Emanuel Gloor; Jefferson S. Hall; David J. Harris; Terese B. Hart; Kuswata Kartawinata; Lip Khoon Kho; Kanehiro Kitayama; Susan G. W. Laurance; William F. Laurance; Miguel E. Leal; Thomas Lovejoy; Jon C. Lovett; Faustin Mpanya Lukasu; Jean-Remy Makana; Yadvinder Malhi; Leandro Maracahipes; Beatriz S. Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon Junior; Andrew R. Marshall; Paulo S. Morandi; John Tshibamba Mukendi; Jaques Mukinzi; Reuben Nilus; Percy Núñez Vargas; Nadir C. Pallqui Camacho; Guido Pardo; Marielos Peña-Claros; Pascal Petronelli; Georgia C. Pickavance; Axel Dalberg Poulsen; John R. Poulsen; Richard B. Primack; Hari Priyadi; Carlos A. Quesada; Jan Reitsma; Maxime Réjou-Méchain; Zorayda Restrepo; Ervan Rutishauser; Kamariah Abu Salim; Rafael P. Salomão; Ismayadi Samsoedin; Douglas Sheil; Rodrigo Sierra; Marcos Silveira; J. W. Ferry Slik; Lisa Steel; Hermann Taedoumg; Sylvester Tan; John W. Terborgh; Sean C. Thomas; Marisol Toledo; Peter M. Umunay; Luis Valenzuela Gamarra; Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira; Vincent A. Vos; Ophelia Wang; Simon Willcock; Lise Zemagho

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Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

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Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

Martin J. P. Sullivan, Joey Talbot, Simon L. Lewis, Oliver L. Phillips, Lan Qie, Serge K. Begne, Jerôme Chave, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Wannes Hubau, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, …

Scientific Reports, Vol.7

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep39102

PMID: 28094794

Abstract

AFRICAN RAIN-FORESTS

TREE ALPHA-DIVERSITY

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS

AMAZONIAN FORESTS

WOOD PRODUCTION

BIODIVERSITY

PRODUCTIVITY

CLIMATE

COMPLEMENTARITY

CONSERVATION

tropical forest

forêt tropicale

biome

stockage du carbone

biodiversité

diversité variétale

structure de la canopée

forêt amazonienne

Tropical forests are global centres of biodiversity and carbon storage.Many tropical countries aspire to protect forest to fulfil biodiversity and climate mitigation policy targets, but the conservation strategies needed to achieve these two functions depend critically on the tropical forest tree diversity-carbon storage relationship. Assessing this relationship is challenging due to the scarcity of inventories where carbon stocks in aboveground biomass and species identifications have been simultaneously and robustly quantified.Here, we compile a unique pan-tropical dataset of 360 plots located in structurally intact old-growth closed-canopy forest, surveyed using standardised methods, allowing a multi-scale evaluation of diversity-carbon relationships in tropical forests. Diversity-carbon relationships among all plots at 1 ha scale across the tropics are absent, and within continents are either weak (Asia) or absent (Amazonia, Africa). A weak positive relationship is detectable within 1 ha plots, indicating that diversity effects in tropical forests may be scale dependent.The absence of clear diversity-carbon relationships at scales relevant to conservation planning means that carbon-centred conservation strategies will inevitably miss many high diversity ecosystems. As tropical forests can have any combination of tree diversity and carbon stocks both require explicit consideration when optimising policies to manage tropical carbon and biodiversity.

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Title: Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome
Creators - without role: Martin J. P. Sullivan - Supreme Council Of Health
Joey Talbot - Supreme Council Of Health
Simon L. Lewis - Supreme Council Of Health
Oliver L. Phillips - Supreme Council Of Health
Lan Qie - Supreme Council Of Health
Serge K. Begne - Supreme Council Of Health
Jerôme Chave - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
Aida Cuni-Sanchez - Dept Geog
Wannes Hubau - Supreme Council Of Health
Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez - Supreme Council Of Health
Lera Miles - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza - Missouri Botanical Garden
Bonaventure Sonké - Plant
Terry Sunderland - Center for International Forestry Research
Hans ter Steege - Leiden University
Lee J. T. White - Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux du Gabon
Kofi Affum-Baffoe - Mensurat Unit
Shin-Ichiro Aiba - Supreme Council Of Health
Everton Cristo de Almeida - Instituto Florestal
Edmar Almeida de Oliveira - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Patricia Alvarez-Loayza - Ctr Trop Conservat
Ana Andrade - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão - Coll Life & Environm Sci
Peter Ashton - Evolutionary Genomics
Gerardo A. Aymard C. - Agro
Timothy R. Baker - Supreme Council Of Health
Michael Balinga - Center for International Forestry Research
Lindsay F. Banin - Ctr Ecol & Hydrol
Christopher Baraloto - Dept Biol Sci, Int Ctr Trop Bot
Jean-Francois Bastin - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Nicholas Berry - Supreme Council Of Health
Jan Bogaert - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Damien Bonal - Université de Lorraine
Frans Bongers - Forest Ecol & Forest Management Grp
Roel Brienen - Supreme Council Of Health
José Luís C. Camargo - Projeto Dinam Biol Fragmentos Florestais
Carlos Cerón - Herbario Alfredo Paredes
Victor Chama Moscoso - National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Eric Chezeaux - Rougier Gabon
Connie J. Clark - Supreme Council Of Health
James A. Comiskey - Smithsonian Institution
Fernando Cornejo Valverde - Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Greta Dargie - Supreme Council Of Health
Stuart J. Davies - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Charles de Canniere - Landscape Ecol & Vegetal Prod Syst Unit
Marie Noel Djuikouo K. - Plant
Jean-Louis Doucet - University of Liège
Terry L. Erwin - Smithsonian Institution
Javier Silva Espejo - National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Corneille E. N. Ewango - Wildlife Conservation Society
Sophie Fauset - BioInnovation Institute
Ted R. Feldpausch - Coll Life & Environm Sci
Rafael Herrera - Ctr Ecol
Martin Gilpin - Supreme Council Of Health
Emanuel Gloor - Supreme Council Of Health
Jefferson S. Hall - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
David J. Harris - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Terese B. Hart - Lukuru Foundation
Kuswata Kartawinata - Integra
Lip Khoon Kho - Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Kanehiro Kitayama - Kyoto University
Susan G. W. Laurance - SpinalCure Australia
William F. Laurance - SpinalCure Australia
Miguel E. Leal - Wildlife Conservation Society
Thomas Lovejoy - Dept Environm Sci & Policy
Jon C. Lovett - Supreme Council Of Health
Faustin Mpanya Lukasu - Wildlife Conservation Society Congo
Jean-Remy Makana - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Yadvinder Malhi - Supreme Council Of Health
Leandro Maracahipes - Universidade Federal de Goiás
Beatriz S. Marimon - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Ben Hur Marimon Junior - Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso
Andrew R. Marshall - Circle
Paulo S. Morandi - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
John Tshibamba Mukendi - Wildlife Conservation Society Congo
Jaques Mukinzi - Lukuru Foundation
Reuben Nilus - Sabah Parks
Percy Núñez Vargas - National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Nadir C. Pallqui Camacho - Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Guido Pardo - Universidad Autónoma del Beni
Marielos Peña-Claros - Bolivian Forest Research Institute
Pascal Petronelli - Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Georgia C. Pickavance - Supreme Council Of Health
Axel Dalberg Poulsen - Natural History Museum [Oslo]
John R. Poulsen - Supreme Council Of Health
Richard B. Primack - Boston University
Hari Priyadi - Center for International Forestry Research
Carlos A. Quesada - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Jan Reitsma - Bur Waarderburg
Maxime Réjou-Méchain - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
Zorayda Restrepo - Fundación Con Vida
Ervan Rutishauser - CarboForExpert
Kamariah Abu Salim - Fac Sci, Environm & Life Sci
Rafael P. Salomão - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Ismayadi Samsoedin - Forestry Research and Development Agency
Douglas Sheil - Center for International Forestry Research
Rodrigo Sierra - Geoinformática y Sistemas , Cia. Ltda
Marcos Silveira - Museu da Amazonia
J. W. Ferry Slik - CarboForExpert
Lisa Steel - World Wide Fund for Nature
Hermann Taedoumg - Plant
Sylvester Tan - The Automobile Association
John W. Terborgh - Supreme Council Of Health
Sean C. Thomas - Fac Forestry
Marisol Toledo - Bolivian Forest Research Institute
Peter M. Umunay - ENVIRON
Luis Valenzuela Gamarra - Missouri Botanical Garden
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Vincent A. Vos - Universidad Autónoma del Beni
Ophelia Wang - Supreme Council Of Health
Simon Willcock - Supreme Council Of Health
Lise Zemagho - Plant
Publication Details: Scientific Reports, Vol.7
Grant note: European Research Council (ERC) ; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ; David and Lucile Packard Foundation ; European Union's Seventh Framework Programme 283080, 282664 ; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Urgency Grants ; NERC Consortium Grant 'AMAZONICA' NE/F005806/1 ; NERC Consortium Grant 'TROBIT' NE/D005590/1 ; NERC Consortium Grant 'BIO-RED' NE/N012542/1 ; NERC New Investigators Grant ; Royal Society ; Centre for International Forestry (CIFOR) ; Gabon's National Parks Agency (ANPN) ; NERC PhD Studentship ; UNEP-WCMC ; NERC research fellowship NE/I021160/1 ; Royal Society University Research Fellowship ERC Advanced Grant (T-FORCES) ; Phillip Leverhulme Prize ; Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award ; NERC studentship ; RGS-IBG Henrietta Hutton Grant ; National Council for Science and Technology Development of Brazil (CNPq) PELD/403725/2012-7, CNPq/PPBio/457602/2012-0 ; National Council for Science and Technology Development of Brazil (CNPq) Productivity Grant ; Leverhulme Trust under the Valuing the Arc project ; Missouri Botanical Garden ; Smithsonian Institution
Identifiers: 9935026009311
Academic Unit: BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-01594863