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Simon Besnard1, Viola H A Heinrich2,3, Nuno Carvalhais4,5,6
1GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany. simon.besnard@gfz.de.
Nature ecology & evolution
|August 20, 2025
Resumen
La edad global de los bosques está disminuyendo, especialmente en las regiones tropicales, debido a las perturbaciones. Esto conduce a una pérdida significativa de carbono, ya que los bosques jóvenes no reemplazan el carbono almacenado en los bosques viejos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ecología forestal
- Ciencias del clima
- Investigación del ciclo del carbono
Sus antecedentes:
- La dinámica de la edad de los bosques es crucial para el equilibrio global de carbono, pero sigue siendo poco conocida.
- La cuantificación del impacto de las transiciones de edad de los bosques en las reservas y flujos de carbono es esencial para la mitigación del cambio climático.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Analizar la dinámica de la edad global de los bosques de 2010 a 2020.
- Evaluar la influencia de estas dinámicas en las reservas de carbono en superficie (AGC) y los flujos netos de CO2.
- Evaluar las implicaciones a largo plazo para el secuestro de carbono y la mitigación del clima.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó el conjunto de datos Global Age Mapping Integration v2.0 para la dinámica de la edad del bosque.
- Datos integrados de carbono extraído por satélite (AGC).
- Datos de flujo neto de CO2 derivados de la inversión atmosférica empleados.
Principales resultados:
- Disminución generalizada de la edad de los bosques observada en el Amazonas, la cuenca del Congo, el sudeste asiático y Siberia debido a perturbaciones como incendios y cosechas.
- Pérdida neta global de aproximadamente 0,14 PgC por año debido a la transición de bosques viejos a bosques más jóvenes y pobres en carbono.
- Fortalecimiento temporal del sumidero de carbono en áreas con un rápido crecimiento de los grupos jóvenes, aunque insuficiente para compensar las pérdidas de bosques viejos.
Conclusiones:
- La protección de los bosques antiguos es vital para mantener un almacenamiento sustancial de carbono.
- La optimización de las estrategias de manejo forestal es necesaria para maximizar las ganancias de carbono y mejorar los esfuerzos de mitigación del clima.
- El rápido crecimiento de los bosques jóvenes no compensa la capacidad de secuestro de carbono a largo plazo de los bosques maduros y viejos.
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