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Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia

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  • Christopher E. Doughty

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK)

  • D. B. Metcalfe

    (Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden)

  • C. A. J. Girardin

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK)

  • F. Farfán Amézquita

    (Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco, Apartado Postal Nro 921, Cusco, Perú)

  • D. Galiano Cabrera

    (Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco, Apartado Postal Nro 921, Cusco, Perú)

  • W. Huaraca Huasco

    (Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco, Apartado Postal Nro 921, Cusco, Perú)

  • J. E. Silva-Espejo

    (Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco, Apartado Postal Nro 921, Cusco, Perú)

  • A. Araujo-Murakami

    (Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Av. Irala 565, Casilla 2489, Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

  • M. C. da Costa

    (Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Geociências, Faculdade de Meteorologia, Rua Augusto Correa, n° 01, CEP 66075 - 110, Belém, Pará, Brazil)

  • W. Rocha

    (IPAM Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia Rua Horizontina, 104, Centro, 78640-000 Canarana, Mato Grosso, Brazil)

  • T. R. Feldpausch

    (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK)

  • A. L. M. Mendoza

    (Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco, Apartado Postal Nro 921, Cusco, Perú)

  • A. C. L. da Costa

    (Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Geociências, Faculdade de Meteorologia, Rua Augusto Correa, n° 01, CEP 66075 - 110, Belém, Pará, Brazil)

  • P. Meir

    (School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
    Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia)

  • O. L. Phillips

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK)

  • Y. Malhi

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK)

Abstract

Severe drought in a tropical forest ecosystem suppresses photosynthetic carbon uptake and plant maintenance respiration, but growth is maintained, suggesting that, overall, less carbon is available for tree tissue maintenance and defence, which may cause the subsequent observed increase in tree mortality.

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  • Christopher E. Doughty & D. B. Metcalfe & C. A. J. Girardin & F. Farfán Amézquita & D. Galiano Cabrera & W. Huaraca Huasco & J. E. Silva-Espejo & A. Araujo-Murakami & M. C. da Costa & W. Rocha & T. R., 2015. "Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia," Nature, Nature, vol. 519(7541), pages 78-82, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:519:y:2015:i:7541:d:10.1038_nature14213
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14213
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    1. de Assis Prado, Carlos Henrique Britto & de Brito Melo Trovão, Dilma Maria, 2023. "The woody crown network model incorporates maximum height," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 481(C).
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    3. Rong Leng & Quanzhi Yuan & Yushuang Wang & Qian Kuang & Ping Ren, 2020. "Carbon Balance of Grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under Future Climate Change: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-21, January.
    4. Matheus Henrique Nunes & José Luís Campana Camargo & Grégoire Vincent & Kim Calders & Rafael S. Oliveira & Alfredo Huete & Yhasmin Mendes de Moura & Bruce Nelson & Marielle N. Smith & Scott C. Stark &, 2022. "Forest fragmentation impacts the seasonality of Amazonian evergreen canopies," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

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