Key drivers of ecosystem recovery after disturbance in a neotropical forest

Forest Ecosystems

Table 1 Disturbance treatments (T1, T2, T3) implemented on the Paracou plots in 1986-1987

	Timber logging	Fuelwood logging	Thinning	% ACS loss
T1	DBH ≥ 50 cm, mean of 10 trees ·ha⁻¹	-	-	[12−33%]
T2	DBH ≥ 50 cm, mean of 10 trees ·ha⁻¹	-	DBH ≥ 40cm, all non-valuable species, mean of 30 trees ·ha⁻¹	[33−56%]
T3	DBH ≥ 50 cm, mean of 10 trees ·ha⁻¹	40 cm ≤ DBH ≤ 50 cm, all non-valuable species, mean of 20 trees ·ha⁻¹	DBH ≥ 40cm, all non-valuable species, mean of 15 trees ·ha⁻¹	[35−66%]

The percentage of Aboveground Carbon Stock loss (% ACS loss) is defined as the difference between the pre-disturbance ACS and its minimum value reached during the 4 years after the disturbance treatments