| Title: |
Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests |
| Authors: |
Sousa, TR; Schietti, J; Ribeiro, IO; Emílio, T; Fernández, RH; ter Steege, H; Castilho, CV; Esquivel‐Muelbert, A; Baker, T; Pontes‐Lopes, A; Silva, CVJ; Silveira, JM; Derroire, G; Castro, W; Mendoza, AM; Ruschel, A; Prieto, A; Lima, AJN; Rudas, A; Araujo‐Murakami, A; Gutierrez, AP; Andrade, A; Roopsind, A; Manzatto, AG; Di Fiore, A; Torres‐Lezama, A; Dourdain, A; Marimon, B; Marimon, BH; Burban, B; van Ulft, B; Herault, B; Quesada, C; Mendoza, C; Stahl, C; Bonal, D; Galbraith, D; Neill, D; de Oliveira, EA; Hase, E; Jimenez‐Rojas, E; Vilanova, E; Arets, E; Berenguer, E; Alvarez‐Davila, E; Honorio Coronado, EN; Almeida, E; Coelho, F; Valverde, FC; Elias, F; Brown, F; Bongers, F; Arevalo, FR; Lopez‐Gonzalez, G; van der Heijden, G; Aymard C., GA; Llampazo, GF; Pardo, G; Ramírez‐Angulo, H; do Amaral, IL; Vieira, ICG; Huamantupa‐Chuquimaco, I; Comiskey, JA; Singh, J; Espejo, JS; del Aguila‐Pasquel, J; Zwerts, JA; Talbot, J; Terborgh, J; Ferreira, J; Barroso, JG; Barlow, J; Camargo, JL; Stropp, J; Peacock, J; Serrano, J; Melgaço, K; Ferreira, LV; Blanc, L; Poorter, L; Gamarra, LV; Aragão, L; Arroyo, L; Silveira, M; Peñuela‐Mora, MC; Vargas, MPN; Toledo, M; Disney, M; Réjou‐Méchain, M; Baisie, M; Kalamandeen, M; Camacho, NP; Cardozo, ND; Silva, N; Pitman, N; Higuchi, N; Banki, O; Loayza, PA; Graça, PMLA; Morandi, PS; van der Meer, PJ; van der Hout, P; Naisso, P; Camargo, PB; Salomão, R; Thomas, R; Boot, R; Umetsu, RK; da Costa Silva, R; Burnham, R; Zagt, R; Martinez, RV; Brienen, R; Ribeiro, SC; Lewis, SL; Vieira, SA; de Almeida Reis, SM; Fauset, S; Laurance, S; Feldpausch, T; Erwin, T; Killeen, T; Wortel, V; Moscoso, VC; Vos, V; Huasco, WH; Laurance, W; Malhi, Y; Magnusson, WE; Phillips, OL; Costa, FRC; Grytnes, J |
| Publisher Information: |
Wiley |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
PEARL (Plymouth Electronic Archiv & ResearchLibrary, Plymouth University) |
| Subject Terms: |
above-ground biomass; carbon; forest dynamics; groundwater; seasonality; tropical ecology |
| Description: |
AbstractAimWater availability is the major driver of tropical forest structure and dynamics. Most research has focused on the impacts of climatic water availability, whereas remarkably little is known about the influence of water table depth and excess soil water on forest processes. Nevertheless, given that plants take up water from the soil, the impacts of climatic water supply on plants are likely to be modulated by soil water conditions.LocationLowland Amazonian forests.Time period1971–2019.MethodsWe used 344 long‐term inventory plots distributed across Amazonia to analyse the effects of long‐term climatic and edaphic water supply on forest functioning. We modelled forest structure and dynamics as a function of climatic, soil‐water and edaphic properties.ResultsWater supplied by both precipitation and groundwater affects forest structure and dynamics, but in different ways. Forests with a shallow water table (depth |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
1571-1588; application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1466-822X; 1466-8238 |
| Relation: |
E-ISSN:1466-8238; http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/20030 |
| DOI: |
10.1111/geb.13531 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/20030; https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13531 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C71F816C |
| Database: |
BASE |