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<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-77442019000601220</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v67i6.31977</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Successional trajectories of secondary forests and tree plantations in Costa Rican lowlands]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Longworth]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Benjamin]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Williamson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G. Bruce]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Louisiana State University Department of Biological Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>67</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>1220</fpage>
<lpage>1234</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442019000601220&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442019000601220&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442019000601220&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Tree plantations used for carbon sequestration or forest restoration often support diverse plant communities. However, it is unknown how rates of successional change in tree plantations compare to secondary forests. In this study, we compared the successional trajectory of tree plantations to that of secondary forests that were between 8 and 23 years old. Censuses of woody plants (&#8805; 2 cm dbh [diameter at breast height]) in seven tree plantation plots and seven secondary forest plots (30 × 30 m) were conducted over three years (May 2013-July 2016) in a lowland tropical forest. Secondary forests were naturally regenerating from abandoned cattle pastures. Tree plantations were monocultures of two different native species (Vochysia guatemalensis and Hieronyma alchorneoides), planted for carbon sequestration. We measured the change in stem density, basal area, species density, rarefied species richness, and relative abundance of different growth forms and regeneration guilds. We found that differences in stem density and basal area between these two forest types were declining. Nevertheless, we did not find evidence for differences between forest types in the rate of accumulation of species richness when accounting for sample size. On the other hand, even though the successional trajectory in tree plantations was very similar to secondary forests, there were differences between forest types in species composition. The rate of change in relative abundance of different growth forms and regeneration guilds was similar in both forest types. Overall, our results suggest that structural - but not compositional differences - between tree plantations and secondary forests are converging during the second decade of succession.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las plantaciones forestales usadas para el secuestro de carbono o restauración forestal pueden sostener comunidades de plantas de alta diversidad. Sin embargo, no se sabe si las tasas de cambio sucesionales de plantaciones forestales son comparables con las de bosques secundarios. En este estudio, examinamos las trayectorias sucesionales en plantaciones forestales y bosques secundarios que tenían entren 8 y 23 años de edad. Realizamos inventarios de plantas leñosas (&#8805; 2 cm dap) en siete parcelas de plantaciones forestales y siete parcelas de bosques secundarios durante un periodo tres años (mayo 2013 - julio 2016) en un bosque tropical de tierras bajas. Estos últimos se regeneraron naturalmente en potreros abandonados, mientras que las plantaciones forestales fueron monocultivos de dos especies nativas (Vochysia guatemalensis y Hieronyma alchorneoides), sembradas para el secuestro de carbono. Medimos el cambio en densidad de tallos, área basal, densidad de especies, riqueza de especies y abundancia relativa de diferentes grupos funcionales. Encontramos que las diferencias en densidad de tallos y área basal, entre los dos tipos de bosques, estaban disminuyendo. No obstante, no hubo evidencia de diferencias entre los tipos de bosques en relación con la acumulación de riqueza de especies cuando se consideró el tamaño de la muestra, aunque había diferencias en la composición de especies, entre los dos tipos de bosque. Asimismo, en ambas zonas, la trayectoria sucesional en plantaciones forestales se parecía mucho. Por otro lado, la tasa de cambio en la abundancia relativa de grupos funcionales fue similar en ambos tipos de bosque. Por lo tanto, nuestros resultados sugieren que la diferencia en la composición de especies entre los tipos de bosque no disminuyó durante la segunda década de sucesión.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[species composition]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[riqueza de especies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[composición de especies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[densidad de tallos]]></kwd>
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