Predicting landscape-scale biodiversity recovery by natural tropical forest regrowth

Natural forest regrowth is a cost-effective, nature-based solution for biodiversity recovery, yet different socioenvironmental factors can lead to variable outcomes. A critical knowledge gap in forest restoration planning is how to predict where natural forest regrowth is likely to lead to high levels of biodiversity recovery, which is an indicator of conservation value and the potential provisioning of diverse ecosystem services. We sought to predict and map landscape-scale recovery of species richness and total abundance of vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants in tropical and subtropical second-growth forests to inform spatial restoration planning. First, we conducted a global meta-analysis to quantify the extent to which recovery of species richness and total abundance in second-growth forests deviated from biodiversity values in reference old-growth forests in the same landscape. Second, we employed a machine-learning algorithm and a comprehensive set of socioenvironmental factors to spatially predict landscape-scale deviation and map it. Models explained on average 34% of observed variance in recovery (range 9–51%). Landscape-scale biodiversity recovery in second-growth forests was spatially predicted based on socioenvironmental landscape factors (human demography, land use and cover, anthropogenic and natural disturbance, ecosystem productivity, and topography and soil chemistry); was significantly higher for species richness than for total abundance for vertebrates (median range-adjusted predicted deviation 0.09 vs. 0.34) and invertebrates (0.2 vs. 0.35) but not for plants (which showed a similar recovery for both metrics [0.24 vs. 0.25]); and was positively correlated for total abundance of plant and vertebrate species (Pearson r = 0.45, p = 0.001). Our approach can help identify tropical and subtropical forest landscapes with high potential for biodiversity recovery through natural forest regrowth.     

成都碳质气溶胶变化特征及二次有机碳的估算

利用2020年6月~2021年5月在成都市观测的碳质气溶胶小时分辨率数据,分析了气溶胶中总碳(TC)、有机碳(OC)、元素碳(EC)和二次有机碳(SOC)的变化特征.结果表明:观测期间m(TC)、m(OC)、m(EC)和r(OC/EC)的年均值分别为(9.5±4.4)μg/m³,(6.4±3.2)μg/m³,(3.2±1.1)μg/m³,2.2±0.5.成都m(TC)、m (OC)、m (EC)均表现冬为季最高((15.8±8.2),(11.1±5.8),(4.6±2.5)μg/m³),春秋次之,夏季最低((6.1±0.9),(4.5±2.0),(2.7±1.4)μg/m³)的特征.r(OC/EC)季节均值(1.9~2.6)以及四个季节的m(TC)、m(OC)、m(EC)呈现早(07:00~09:00)晚(22:00~01:00)“双峰”的日变化特征,表明机动车排放源对成都碳质气溶胶的影响较大.春夏季OC与EC的相关性小于秋冬季,表明春夏季OC、EC来源差异较大.由EC示踪法和最小相关性法得到m(SOC),r(SOC/OC)在夏季最大(40.4%),冬季最小(27.3%).春、夏季SOC与O₃呈显著正相关,表明较强的光化学反应对SOC生成有重要贡献.选取各季节连续高m(TC)时段与季节平均作对比,发现碳质气溶胶有明显夜间积累过程,夏季高浓度时段二次生成使得m(OC)增长显著高于m(EC),r(OC/EC)也迅速上升.