Canopy structure and forest understory conditions in a wet Amazonian forest—No change over the last 20 years

Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Renato Valencia

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Abstract

Climate change is altering forest dynamics in the tropics, with large potential impacts on forest structure and understory conditions. However, we found that canopy height distribution and openness remained stable over two decades in the western Amazon, and that gap creation rates would need to increase 300% before affecting equilibrium. Abstract in Spanish is available with online material.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1121-1126
Number of pages6
JournalBiotropica
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Oct 2020

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© 2020 The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

Keywords

  • Canopy openness
  • Yasuní National Park, Ecuador
  • climate change impacts
  • equilibrium canopy height
  • forest dynamics
  • transition matrix model
  • understory light

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