Associations between socio-environmental factors and landscape-scale biodiversity recovery in naturally regenerating tropical and subtropical forests

Renato Crouzeilles; Daniel Maurenza; Pablo V Prieto; Felipe S M Barros; Catarina Jakovac; Mariana S Ferreira; Robin Chazdon; David B Lindenmayer; Pedro H. S Brancalion; Eliane Ceccon; Cristina Adams; Elena Lazos-Chavero; Lara Monteiro; André B Junqueira; Bernardo B N Strassburg; Manuel R Guariguata

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Associations between socio-environmental factors and landscape-scale biodiversity recovery in naturally regenerating tropical and subtropical forests

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Associations between socio-environmental factors and landscape-scale biodiversity recovery in naturally regenerating tropical and subtropical forests

Renato Crouzeilles, Daniel Maurenza, Pablo V Prieto, Felipe S M Barros, Catarina Jakovac, Mariana S Ferreira, Robin Chazdon, David B Lindenmayer, Pedro H. S Brancalion, Eliane Ceccon, …

Conservation Letters, Vol.14(2), pp.1-9

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12768

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Abstract

forest landscape restoration

meta-analysis

socioeconomic and biophysical factors

restoration benefits

natural regeneration

Natural regeneration is key for large-scale forest restoration, yet it may lead to different biodiversity outcomes depending on socio-environmental context. We combined the results of a global meta-analysis to quantify how biodiversity recovery in naturally regenerating forests deviates from biodiversity values in reference old-growth forests, with structural equation modeling, to identify direct and indirect associations between socioeconomic, biophysical and ecological factors and deviation in biodiversity recovery at a landscape scale. Low deviation within a landscape means higher chances of multiple sites in naturally regenerating forests successfully recovering biodiversity compared to reference forests. Deviation in biodiversity recovery was directly negatively associated with the percentage of cropland, forest cover, and positively associated with the percentage of urban areas in the surrounding landscape. These three factors mediated the indirect associations with rural population size, recent gross deforestation, time since natural regeneration started, mean annual temperature, mean annual water deficit, road density, land opportunity cost, percentage cover of strictly protected forest areas, and human population variation in the surrounding landscape. We suggest that natural forest restoration should be prioritized in landscapes with both low socioeconomic pressures on land use conversion to pasturelands and urban areas, and high percentage of forest cover.

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Title: Associations between socio-environmental factors and landscape-scale biodiversity recovery in naturally regenerating tropical and subtropical forests
Authors: Renato Crouzeilles (Corresponding Author) - Universidade Veiga de Almeida
Daniel Maurenza (Author) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Pablo V Prieto (Author) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Felipe S M Barros (Author) - International Institute for Sustainability Australia
Catarina Jakovac (Author) - Wageningen University & Research
Mariana S Ferreira (Author) - Universidade Veiga de Almeida
Robin Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
David B Lindenmayer (Author) - Australian National University
Pedro H. S Brancalion (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Eliane Ceccon (Author) - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Cristina Adams (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Elena Lazos-Chavero (Author) - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Lara Monteiro (Author) - International Institute for Sustainability
André B Junqueira (Author) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Bernardo B N Strassburg (Author) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Manuel R Guariguata (Author) - Center for International Forestry Research
Publication details: Conservation Letters, Vol.14(2), pp.1-9
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12768
ISSN: 1755-263X
Copyright note: © 2020 The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99482299802621
Output Type: Letter/Communication

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