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Disturbed Tropical Forests Store Carbon But Are Slow to Regain Plant Biodiversity, Study Says
2013-11-06 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In tropical forests that are regrowing after major disturbances, the ability to store carbon recovers more quickly than plant biodiversity, researchers from the U.K. have found. However, even after 80 years, recovering forests store less carbon than old-growth forests, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. This is likely because regenerating forests are often dominated by small, fast-growing trees and it may take centuries for larger trees, which hold more carbon,...
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