The ephemerality of secondary forests in southern Costa Rica

dc.contributor.authorReid, J. Leighton
dc.contributor.authorFagan, Matthew E.
dc.contributor.authorLucas, James
dc.contributor.authorSlaughter, Joshua
dc.contributor.authorZahawi, Rakan A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-23T13:07:44Z
dc.date.available2018-10-23T13:07:44Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-26
dc.description.abstractSecondary forests are increasingly recognized for conserving biodiversity and mitigating global climate change, but these and other desired outcomes can only be achieved after decades of regeneration, and secondary forests are frequently recleared before they recover to predisturbance conditions. We used a time series of aerial photographs (1947‐2014) to evaluate multidecadal persistence of secondary forests across a 320 km² landscape in southern Costa Rica. Secondary forests had relatively short lifespans, with 50% recleared within 20 years and 85% recleared within 54 years of when they were first observed. Larger forest fragments and forests near rivers had a lower reclearance hazard, but forest persistence did not differ over time, indicating that regional forest regeneration may be generally ephemeral. Costa Rica has made an international commitment to restore 1 million ha of degraded land by 2020. Depending on how this is achieved, only half that target may remain forested by 2040.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: DEB-1313788en_US
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/conl.12607en_US
dc.format.extent7 pagesen_US
dc.genreJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2XS5JM4G
dc.identifier.citationJ. Leighton Reid , Matthew E. Fagan , James Lucas, Joshua Slaughter, Rakan A. Zahawi ,The ephemerality of secondary forests in southern Costa Rica. Conservation Letters. e12607, 2018, DOI: 10.1111/conl.12607en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1111/conl.12607
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11633
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicalsen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Geography and Environmental Systems Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/*
dc.subjectbiodiversity conservationen_US
dc.subjectBonn Challengeen_US
dc.subjectcarbon storageen_US
dc.subjectdeforestationen_US
dc.subjectforest restorationen_US
dc.subjectforest transitionsen_US
dc.subjectlongevityen_US
dc.subjectpermanenceen_US
dc.subjectpersistenceen_US
dc.subjectreforestationen_US
dc.subjectsurvival analysisen_US
dc.titleThe ephemerality of secondary forests in southern Costa Ricaen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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