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Changes in floristic and vegetation structure in a chronosequence of abandoned gold-mining lands in a tropical Amazon forest.
Garate-Quispe, Jorge; Canahuire-Robles, Ramiro; Alarcón-Aguirre, Gabriel; Dueñas-Linares, Hugo; Roman-Dañobeytia, Francisco.
Afiliação
  • Garate-Quispe J; Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre Dios, Departamento Académico de Ingeniería Forestal y Medio Ambiente, Av. Jorge Chavez 1160, Puerto Maldonado, 17001, Peru.
  • Canahuire-Robles R; Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica, Jr. Ucayali 750, Puerto Maldonado, 17001, Peru.
  • Alarcón-Aguirre G; Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona. Av Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Dueñas-Linares H; Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre Dios, Departamento Académico de Ingeniería Forestal y Medio Ambiente, Av. Jorge Chavez 1160, Puerto Maldonado, 17001, Peru.
  • Roman-Dañobeytia F; Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre Dios, Departamento Académico de Ingeniería Forestal y Medio Ambiente, Av. Jorge Chavez 1160, Puerto Maldonado, 17001, Peru.
Heliyon ; 10(9): e29908, 2024 May 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38699023
ABSTRACT
This study analyzes floristic and vegetation structure changes during forest succession after disturbances caused by small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios (Peru). We compared the floristic and vegetation structure of a reference forest against three sites with different periods of abandonment after mining (5, 11 and 23-years). Three 20 × 60 m plots were defined on each site, and all tree species with a DBH >1 cm within the plots were inventoried. To evaluate species diversity and similarity, the Importance Value, effective numbers of species (0D, 1D, and 2D), and Chao-Jaccard similarity index were calculated. We used the Nonmetric multidimensional scaling for similarity ordination and the PERMANOVA test to evaluate differences in floristic composition. We recorded 129 tree species in the study areas and statistically significant differences between initial and intermediate stages were observed regarding floristic composition, basal area, height, and DBH. The transition from the initial successional stage to the reference forest produces an increase in basal area, species diversity, and floristic similarity. The 23-year-old stand had more species in common with the 11-year-old stand than the reference forest. Our results showed a high proportion of pioneer species and anemochory dispersal syndrome in the initial successional stages, but they decreased in later stages of the chronosequence. The floristic and structural attributes of forests throughout the chronosequence showed a fast recovery during secondary succession. After 23 years, the recovery of tree species density was 77 % of reference forest, while the relative recovery of species composition was much slower, on average 23 %. These results provide essential information to guide the selection of suitable species in ecological restoration projects after abandonment. Implementing forest restoration strategies based on reliable information to accelerate the process of vegetation succession is critical for recuperating areas degraded by gold mining at the Peruvian Amazon.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Heliyon Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Peru País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Heliyon Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Peru País de publicação: Reino Unido