Disturbance history mediates climate change effects on subtropical forest biomass and dynamics.

ABSTRACT: The responses of forest communities to interacting anthropogenic disturbances like climate change and logging are poorly known. Subtropical forests have been heavily modified by humans and their response to climate change is poorly understood. We investigated the 9-year change observed in a mixed conifer-hardwood Atlantic forest mosaic that included both mature and selectively logged forest patches in subtropical South America. We used demographic monitoring data within 10 1 ha plots that were subjected to distinct management histories (plots logged until 1955, until 1987, and unlogged) to test the hypothesis that climate change affected forest structure and dynamics differentially depending on past disturbances. We determined the functional group of all species based on life-history affin

SUBMITTER: Souza AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662394 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature