Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

Fabien H. Wagner; Bruno Hérault; Damien Bonal; Clément Stahl; Liana O. Anderson; Timothy R. Baker; Gabriel Sebastian Becker; Hans Beeckman; Danilo Boanerges Souza; Paulo Cesar Botosso; David M. Bowman; Achim Bräuning; Benjamin Brede; Foster Irving Brown; Jesus Julio Camarero; Plínio Barbosa Camargo; Fernanda C. G. Cardoso; Fabrício Alvim Carvalho; Wendeson Castro; Rubens Koloski Chagas; Jérôme Chave; Emmanuel N. Chidumayo; Deborah A. Clark; Flavia Regina Capellotto Costa; Camille Couralet; Paulo Henrique Silva; Helmut Dalitz; Vinicius Resende de Castro; Jaçanan Eloisa de Freitas Milani; Edilson Consuelo de Oliveira; Luciano de Souza Arruda; Jean-Louis Devineau; David M. Drew; Oliver Dünisch; Giselda Durigan; Elisha Elifuraha; Marcio Fedele; Ligia Ferreira Fedele; Afonso Figueiredo Filho; César Augusto Guimarães Finger; Augusto César Franco; João Lima Freitas Júnior; Franklin Galvão; Aster Gebrekirstos; Robert Gliniars; Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro Graça; Anthony D. Griffiths; James Grogan; Kaiyu Guan; Jürgen Homeier; Maria Raquel Kanieski; Lip Khoon Kho; Jennifer Koenig; Sintia Valerio Kohler; Julia Krepkowski; José Pires Lemos-Filho; Diana Lieberman; Milton Eugene Lieberman; Claudio Sergio Lisi; Tomaz Longhi Santo; José Luis López Ayala; Eduardo Eijji Maeda; Yadvinder Malhi; Vivian R. B. Maria; Marcia C. M. Marques; Renato Marques; Hector Maza Chamba; Lawrence Mbwambo; Karina Liana Lisboa Melgaço; Hooz Angela Mendivelso; Brett P. Murphy; Joseph J. O'Brien; Steven F. Oberbauer; Naoki Okada; Raphaël Pélissier; Lynda D. Prior; Fidel Alejandro Roig; Michael Ross; Davi Rodrigo Rossatto; Vivien Rossi; Lucy Rowland; Ervan Rutishauser; Hellen Santana; Mark Schulze; Diogo Selhorst; Williamar Rodrigues Silva; Marcos Silveira; Susanne Spannl; Michael D. Swaine; José Julio Toledo; Marcos Miranda Toledo; Marisol Toledo; Takeshi Toma; Mario Tomazello Filho; Juan Ignacio Valdez Hernández; Jan Verbesselt; Simone Aparecida Vieira; Grégoire Vincent; Carolina Volkmer de Castilho; Franziska Volland; Martin Worbes; Magda Lea Bolzan Zanon; Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

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Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

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Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

Fabien H. Wagner, Bruno Hérault, Damien Bonal, Clément Stahl, Liana O. Anderson, Timothy R. Baker, Gabriel Sebastian Becker, Hans Beeckman, Danilo Boanerges Souza, Paulo Cesar Botosso, …

Biogeosciences, Vol.13(8), pp.2537-2562

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2537-2016

Abstract

forêt tropicale

assimilation photosynthétique

cycle du carbone

cycle saisonnier

évapotranspiration

facteur climatique

litière forestière

précipitation

productivité primaire

variation saisonnière

The seasonal climate drivers of the carbon cycle in tropical forests remain poorly known, although these forests account for more carbon assimilation and storage than any other terrestrial ecosystem. Based on a unique combination of seasonal pan-tropical data sets from 89 experimental sites (68 include aboveground wood productivity measurements and 35 litter productivity measurements), their associated canopy photosynthetic capacity (enhanced vegetation index, EVI) and climate, we ask how carbon assimilation and aboveground allocation are related to climate seasonality in tropical forests and how they interact in the seasonal carbon cycle. We found that canopy photosynthetic capacity seasonality responds positively to precipitation when rainfall is < 2000 mm yr(-1) (water-limited forests) and to radiation otherwise (light-limited forests). On the other hand, independent of climate limitations, wood productivity and litterfall are driven by seasonal variation in precipitation and evapotranspiration, respectively. Consequently, light-limited forests present an asynchronism between canopy photosynthetic capacity and wood productivity. First-order control by precipitation likely indicates a decrease in tropical forest productivity in a drier climate in water-limited forest, and in current light-limited forest with future rainfall < 2000 mm yr(-1).

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Title: Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests
Creators - without role: Fabien H. Wagner - National Institute for Space Research
Bruno Hérault - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Damien Bonal - Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières
Clément Stahl - Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Liana O. Anderson - Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais
Timothy R. Baker - University of Leeds
Gabriel Sebastian Becker - University of Hohenheim
Hans Beeckman - Royal Museum for Central Africa
Danilo Boanerges Souza - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Paulo Cesar Botosso - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
David M. Bowman - University of Tasmania
Achim Bräuning - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Benjamin Brede - Wageningen University & Research
Foster Irving Brown - Universidade Federal do Acre
Jesus Julio Camarero - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Plínio Barbosa Camargo - Universidade de São Paulo
Fernanda C. G. Cardoso - Universidade Federal do Paraná
Fabrício Alvim Carvalho - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Wendeson Castro - Universidade Federal do Acre
Rubens Koloski Chagas - Universidade de São Paulo
Jérôme Chave - Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique
Emmanuel N. Chidumayo - University of Zambia
Deborah A. Clark - University of Missouri–St. Louis
Flavia Regina Capellotto Costa - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Camille Couralet - Royal Museum for Central Africa
Paulo Henrique Silva - Universidade Federal do Acre
Helmut Dalitz - University of Hohenheim
Vinicius Resende de Castro - Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Jaçanan Eloisa de Freitas Milani - Universidade Federal do Paraná
Edilson Consuelo de Oliveira - Universidade Federal do Acre
Luciano de Souza Arruda - Rio Branco Institute
Jean-Louis Devineau - Patrimoines locaux, Environnement et Globalisation
David M. Drew - Stellenbosch University
Oliver Dünisch - Meisterschule Ebern Schreinerhandwerk
Giselda Durigan - Instituto Florestal
Elisha Elifuraha - Tanzania Forestry Research Institute
Marcio Fedele - Universidade de São Paulo
Ligia Ferreira Fedele - Universidade de São Paulo
Afonso Figueiredo Filho - Centro Universitário Estadual da Zona Oeste [Rio de Janeiro]
César Augusto Guimarães Finger - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Augusto César Franco - Universidade de Brasília
João Lima Freitas Júnior - Universidade Federal do Acre
Franklin Galvão - Universidade Federal do Paraná
Aster Gebrekirstos - World Agroforestry Centre
Robert Gliniars - University of Hohenheim
Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro Graça - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Anthony D. Griffiths - Government of the Northern Territory
James Grogan - Mount Holyoke College
Kaiyu Guan - Stanford University
Jürgen Homeier - University of Göttingen
Maria Raquel Kanieski - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Lip Khoon Kho - Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Jennifer Koenig - Charles Darwin University
Sintia Valerio Kohler - Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste
Julia Krepkowski - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
José Pires Lemos-Filho - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Diana Lieberman - California State University, Monterey Bay
Milton Eugene Lieberman - California State University, Monterey Bay
Claudio Sergio Lisi - Universidade de São Paulo
Tomaz Longhi Santo - Universidade Federal do Paraná
José Luis López Ayala - Campus de Montecillo
Eduardo Eijji Maeda - University of Helsinki
Yadvinder Malhi - University of Oxford
Vivian R. B. Maria - Universidade de São Paulo
Marcia C. M. Marques - Universidade Federal do Paraná
Renato Marques - Universidade Federal do Paraná
Hector Maza Chamba - Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Lawrence Mbwambo - Tanzania Forestry Research Institute
Karina Liana Lisboa Melgaço - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Hooz Angela Mendivelso - Bolivian Forest Research Institute
Brett P. Murphy - Charles Darwin University
Joseph J. O'Brien - Agricultural Research Service
Steven F. Oberbauer - Florida International University
Naoki Okada - Kyoto University
Raphaël Pélissier - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Lynda D. Prior - University of Tasmania
Fidel Alejandro Roig - Instituto de Química del Noroeste Argentino
Michael Ross - Florida International University
Davi Rodrigo Rossatto - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Vivien Rossi - Forêts et Sociétés
Lucy Rowland - University of Edinburgh
Ervan Rutishauser - CarboForExpert
Hellen Santana - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Mark Schulze - Oregon State University
Diogo Selhorst - Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources
Williamar Rodrigues Silva - Universidade Federal de Roraima
Marcos Silveira - Universidade Federal do Acre
Susanne Spannl - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Michael D. Swaine - University of Aberdeen
José Julio Toledo - Federal University of Amapà
Marcos Miranda Toledo - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Marisol Toledo - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
Takeshi Toma - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Mario Tomazello Filho - Universidade de São Paulo
Juan Ignacio Valdez Hernández - Campus de Montecillo
Jan Verbesselt - Wageningen University & Research
Simone Aparecida Vieira - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Grégoire Vincent - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Carolina Volkmer de Castilho - Universidade Federal de Roraima
Franziska Volland - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Martin Worbes - University of Göttingen
Magda Lea Bolzan Zanon - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão - University of Exeter
Publication Details: Biogeosciences, Vol.13(8), pp.2537-2562
Identifiers: 9937524609311
Academic Unit: BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-01557759