Claim · model-written summary
Species richness and diversity indices were similar between old-growth and regrowth forests.
- Taxon
- old-growth and regrowth forestse0
- Outcome
- Species richness and diversity indices valuese0
- Direction
- similare0
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Verbatim
e0“Species richness and diversity indices values were similar, but abundance and species composition were significantly different between old-growth and regrowth forests”
Title
Eshetu Yirdaw; Adrian Monge Monge; Denis Austin; et al. New Forests 2019. doi:10.1007/s11056-019-09711-2
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Old-growth forests had higher structural heterogeneity than regrowth forests.
- Observation Abundance and species composition differed significantly between old-growth and regrowth forests.
- Observation Species richness appears to recover before forest structure and species composition.
- Observation Regrowth forests can conserve tropical biodiversity and aid restoration of degraded forests.
- Observation Regrowth forests provide habitat, buffer zones, propagules, and landscape connectivity.
- Observation Using regrowth forests for restoration is comparatively inexpensive.
- Recommendation Regrowth forests should receive consideration in Laos forest conservation and restoration policy.