@article{fdi:010092535,
  title = {{D}iverse anthropogenic disturbances shift {A}mazon forests along a structural spectrum},
  author = {{S}mith, {M}.{N}. and {S}tark, {S}.{C}. and {T}aylor, {T}.{C}. and {S}chietti, {J}. and de {A}lmeida, {D}.{R}.{A}. and {A}ragón, {S}. and {T}orralvo, {K}. and {L}ima, {A}.{P}. and de {O}liveira, {G}. and de {A}ssis, {R}.{L}. and {L}eitold, {V}. and {P}ontes-{L}opes, {A}. and {S}coles, {R}. and de {S}ousa {V}ieira, {L}.{C}. and {R}esende, {A}.{F}. and {C}oppola, {A}.{I}. and {B}randão, {D}.{O}. and de {A}thaydes {S}ilva {J}unior, {J}. and {L}obato, {L}.{F}. and {F}reitas, {W}. and {A}lmeida, {D}. and {S}ouza, {M}.{S}. and {M}inor, {D}.{M}. and {V}illegas, {J}.{C}. and {L}aw, {D}.{J}. and {G}on{\c{c}}alves, {N}. and da {R}ocha, {D}.{G}. and {G}uedes, {M}.{C}. and {T}onini, {H}. and da {S}ilva, {K}.{E}. and van {H}aren, {J}. and {R}osa, {D}.{M}. and do {V}alle, {D}.{F}. and {C}ordeiro, {C}.{L}. and de {L}ima, {N}.{Z}. and {S}hao, {G}. and {O}liveras {M}enor, {I}mma and {C}onti, {G}. and {F}lorentino, {A}.{P}. and {M}ontti, {L}. and {A}ragão, {L}.{E}. and {M}c{M}ahon, {S}.{M}. and {P}arker, {G}.{G}. and {B}reshears, {D}.{D}. and da {C}osta, {A}.{C}.{L}. and {M}agnusson, {W}.{E}. and {M}esquita, {R}. and {C}amargo, {J}.{L}.{C}. and de {O}liveira, {R}.{C}. and de {C}amargo, {P}.{B}. and {S}aleska, {S}.{R}. and {W}alker {N}elson, {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}mazon forests are being degraded by myriad anthropogenic disturbances, altering ecosystem and climate function. {W}e analyzed the effects of a range of land-use and climate-change disturbances on fine-scale canopy structure using a large database of profiling canopy lidar collected from disturbed and mature {A}mazon forest plots. {A}t most of the disturbed sites, surveys were conducted 10-30 years after disturbance,











with many exhibiting signs of recovery. {S}tructural impacts differed in magnitude more than in character among disturbance types, producing a gradient of impacts. {S}tructural changes were highly coordinated in a manner consistent across disturbance types, indicating commonalities in regeneration pathways. {A}t the most severely affected site - burned igapó (seasonally flooded forest) - no signs of canopy regeneration











were observed, indicating a sustained alteration of microclimates and consequently greater vulnerability to transitioning to a more open-canopy, savanna-like state. {N}otably, disturbances rarely shifted forests beyond the natural background of structural variation within mature plots, highlighting the similarities between anthropogenic and natural disturbance regimes, and indicating a degree of resilience among {A}mazon











forests. {S}tudying diverse disturbance types within an integrated analytical framework builds capacity to predict the risk of degradation-driven forest transitions.},
  keywords = {{AMAZONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}rontiers in {E}cology and the {E}nvironment},
  volume = {21},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {24--32},
  ISSN = {1540-9295},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1002/fee.2590},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010092535},
}