%0 Journal Article
%4 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21d/2023/06.13.14.30
%2 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21d/2023/06.13.14.30.18
%@doi 10.3390/f14050924
%@issn 1999-4907
%T Spatial Distribution of Secondary Forests by Age Group and Biomass Accumulation in the Brazilian Amazon
%D 2023
%8 May
%9 journal article
%A Silva, Gabriel Máximo da,
%A Adami, Marcos,
%A Galbraith, Davi,
%A Nascimento, Rodrigo G. M.,
%A Wang, Yunxia,
%A Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir,
%A Emmert, Fabiano,
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation University of Leeds
%@affiliation Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
%@affiliation Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@electronicmailaddress gabriel.maximo@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress marcos.adami@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress d.r.galbraith@leeds.ac.uk
%@electronicmailaddress rodrigo.geroni@ufra.edu.br
%@electronicmailaddress ywang@rbge.org.uk
%@electronicmailaddress yosio.shimabukuro@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress fabiano.emmert@ufra.edu.br
%B Forests
%V 14
%N 5
%P e924
%K aboveground biomass, Amazon, carbon, secondary forests.
%X Secondary forests provide essential ecosystem services, especially in helping to mitigate climate change with the storage of carbon in the aboveground biomass of tree species. In this context, the present research aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of secondary forests and estimate the aboveground biomass accumulation of land cover of different ages in the state of Pará. The spatial patterns of the secondary forests in Pará state were evaluated with hot spot analysis algorithms using data from the TerraClass project for the 20042014 time period. The results showed that the spatial distribution of the secondary forests did not occur randomly in space, but suggested local geopolitical influences. The younger secondary forests had the most deforested areas during the study period. Approximately 5% of Pará had its secondary forests deforested in 2014. In general, the balance of the secondary forests was positive. The aboveground biomass accumulation differed according to the secondary forest ages during the study period as evaluated in two pilot areas. It was observed that the secondary forests > 10 years old in pilot area A had an average of 23% of old-growth forest aboveground biomass in the same area, while in pilot area B, the secondary forests > 10 years old had an average of 32.7% of old-growth forest aboveground biomass.
%@language en
%3 forests-14-00924.pdf