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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Drought-mortality relationships for tropical forests
New Phytologist, Volume 187, No. 3, Year 2010
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The rich ecology of tropical forests is intimately tied to their moisture status. Multi-site syntheses can provide a macro-scale view of these linkages and their susceptibility to changing climates. Here, we report pan-tropical and regional-scale analyses of tree vulnerability to drought. We assembled available data on tropical forest tree stem mortality before, during, and after recent drought events, from 119 monitoring plots in 10 countries concentrated in Amazonia and Borneo. In most sites, larger trees are disproportionately at risk. At least within Amazonia, low wood density trees are also at greater risk of drought-associated mortality, independent of size. For comparable drought intensities, trees in Borneo are more vulnerable than trees in the Amazon. There is some evidence for lagged impacts of drought, with mortality rates remaining elevated 2 yr after the meteorological event is over. These findings indicate that repeated droughts would shift the functional composition of tropical forests toward smaller, denser-wooded trees. At very high drought intensities, the linear relationship between tree mortality and moisture stress apparently breaks down, suggesting the existence of moisture stress thresholds beyond which some tropical forests would suffer catastrophic tree mortality. © The Authors (2010). Journal compilation © New Phytologist Trust (2010).
Authors & Co-Authors
Phillips, Oliver L.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Van Der Heijden, Geertje M.F.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Lewis, Simon L.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Aragao, L. E.O.C.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Lloyd, Jon J.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Malhi, Yadvinder Singh
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Monteagudo, Abel
Peru, Oxapampa
Jardin Botanico de Missouri
Almeida, Samuel Soares
Brazil, Belem
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
Dávila, Esteban Álvarez
Colombia, Leticia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Amazonia
do Amaral, Iêda Leão
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Andelman, Sandy J.
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Andrade, Ana C.S.
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Arroyo, Luzmila P.
Bolivia, Santa Cruz
Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
United States, St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Garden
Aymard, Gerardo Antonio C.
Venezuela, Guacare
Universidad Nacional Experimental de Los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora
Baker, Timothy R.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Blanc, Lilian
France, Paris
Cirad
Bonal, Damien
France, Champenoux
Centre de Recherche Grand Est-nancy
de Oliveira, Átila Alves
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Chao, Kuo Jung
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Dávila Cardozo, Nállarett M.
Peru, Iquitos
Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana
da Costa, Antonio Carlos Lôla
Brazil, Belem
Universidade Federal do Pará
Feldpausch, Ted R.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Fisher, Joshua B.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Fyllas, Nikolaos M.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Freitas, Maria Aparecida
Brazil, Belem
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
Galbraith, David R.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Gloor, Emanuel
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Higuchi, N.
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Honorio Coronado, Euridice N.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Peru, Iquitos
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Jiménez, E. M.
Colombia, Leticia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Amazonia
Keeling, Helen
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Killeen, Timothy J.
Bolivia, Santa Cruz
Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
Lovett, Jon C.
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Meir, Patrick W.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Mendoza, Casimiro
Bolivia
Fomabo Manejo Forestal en Las Tierras Tropicales de Bolivia
Morel, Alexandra C.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Núñez-Vargas, Mario Percy
Peru, Cusco
Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad Del Cusco
Patiño, Sandra
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Colombia, Leticia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Amazonia
Peh, Kelvin S.H.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Cruz, Antonio Peña
Peru, Oxapampa
Jardin Botanico de Missouri
Prieto, Adriana
Colombia, Bogota
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander Von Humboldt, Bogota
Quesada, Carlos Alberto Nobre
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Ramírez, Fredy
Peru, Iquitos
Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana
Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma
Venezuela, Merida
Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Ciencias
Rudas, Agustín
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Salamão, Rafael
Brazil, Belem
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
Schwarz, Michael
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Germany, Bayreuth
Universität Bayreuth
Silva, Javier
Peru, Cusco
Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad Del Cusco
Silveira, Marcos
Brazil, Rio Branco
Universidade Federal do Acre
Slik, Ferry
China, Mengla
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sonké, Bonaventure
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I
Thomas, Anne Sota
Germany, Berlin
Humboldt-universität zu Berlin
Stropp, Juliana
Netherlands, Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
Taplin, James R.D.
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Vasquez, R. V.
Peru, Oxapampa
Jardin Botanico de Missouri
Vilanova Torre, Emilio
Venezuela, Merida
Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Ciencias
Statistics
Citations: 550
Authors: 57
Affiliations: 28
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03359.x
ISSN:
0028646X
e-ISSN:
14698137