Soil carbon storage is related to tree functional composition in naturally regenerating tropical forests.

ABSTRACT: Regenerating tropical forests are increasingly important for their role in the global carbon cycle. Carbon stocks in above-ground biomass can recover to old-growth forest levels within 60-100 years. However, more than half of all carbon in tropical forests is stored below-ground, and our understanding of carbon storage in soils during tropical forest recovery is limited.Importantly, soil carbon accumulation does not necessarily reflect patterns in above-ground biomass carbon accrual during secondary forest succession, and factors related to past land use, species composition and soil characteristics may influence soil carbon storage during forest regrowth.Using tree census data and a measure of tree community shade tolerance (species-specific light response values), we assessed the relatio

SUBMITTER: Wallwork A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature