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ArticleGlobal change biology2026

Multidimensional Recovery of Young Secondary Forests in Human-Modified Tropical Landscapes.

Tomonari Matsuo, Lourens Poorter, Lucy Amissah, Susan G W Laurance, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Jorge A Meave, Frans Bongers, Masha T van der Sande, Jazz Kok, Laura Marteijn and 2 more

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Article in Global change biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors.

Tomonari MatsuoForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7484-2329
Lourens PoorterForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1391-4875
Lucy AmissahCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana.
Susan G W LauranceCentre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS), James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Miguel Martínez-RamosInstituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, México.
Jorge A MeaveDepartamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Frans BongersForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8431-6189
Masha T van der SandeForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Jazz KokForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Laura MarteijnForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Luis Octavio ZavalaDepartamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Iris HordijkForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Funding

H2020 European Research Council 834775Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VI.Veni.192.027Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México PAPIIT-IN201020Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México PAPIIT-IN202323Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México PAPIIT-IN205624Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México PAPIIT-IN217620
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Abstract

Secondary succession is a widespread phenomenon in the Anthropocene due to global land-use and climate change. Our ability to predict successional trajectories remains limited due to key knowledge gaps related to early secondary succession and how successional trajectories vary across socio-ecological systems and multiple forest attributes. Therefore, we analyzed the first 5 years of secondary forest succession across six tropical landscapes (i.e., socio-ecological systems) in three countries (Australia, Ghana, and Mexico) that differ in land-use intensity and two main forest types (dry and wet). We established 122 permanent plots in recently abandoned agricultural fields, monitored them annually for up to 5 years, and quantified 12 forest attributes related to structure, diversity, functional composition, and biotic interactions. We found that a large variation in successional trajectories was explained by the six landscapes (average r

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesForestsTreesAgricultureBiodiversityClimate ChangeGhanaMexicoTropical Climatebiodiversitydry and wet forestsecosystem multifunctionalityglobal climate and land‐use changeland‐use historynature‐based solutionspantropical analysissecondary successiontropical forests

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PMID41999087
PMCPMC13090750

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