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Article ; Online: Implications of size-dependent tree mortality for tropical forest carbon dynamics.

Gora, Evan M / Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane

Nature plants

2021 Volume 7, Issue 4, Page(s) 384–391

Abstract: Tropical forests are mitigating the ongoing climate crisis by absorbing more atmospheric carbon than they emit. However, widespread increases in tree mortality rates are decreasing the ability of tropical forests to assimilate and store carbon. A ... ...

Abstract	Tropical forests are mitigating the ongoing climate crisis by absorbing more atmospheric carbon than they emit. However, widespread increases in tree mortality rates are decreasing the ability of tropical forests to assimilate and store carbon. A relatively small number of large trees dominate the contributions of these forests to the global carbon budget, yet we know remarkably little about how these large trees die. Here, we propose a cohesive and empirically informed framework for understanding and investigating size-dependent drivers of tree mortality. This theory-based framework enables us to posit that abiotic drivers of tree mortality-particularly drought, wind and lightning-regulate tropical forest carbon cycling via their disproportionate effects on large trees. As global change is predicted to increase the pressure from abiotic drivers, the associated deaths of large trees could rapidly and lastingly reduce tropical forest biomass stocks. Focused investigations of large tree death are needed to understand how shifting drivers of mortality are restructuring carbon cycling in tropical forests.
MeSH term(s)	Biomass ; Carbon Cycle ; Droughts ; Forests ; Population Dynamics ; Trees/growth & development ; Trees/physiology ; Tropical Climate
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-03-29
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article ; Review
ISSN	2055-0278
ISSN (online)	2055-0278
DOI	10.1038/s41477-021-00879-0
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Article ; Online: Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system.

Flores, Bernardo M / Montoya, Encarni / Sakschewski, Boris / Nascimento, Nathália / Staal, Arie / Betts, Richard A / Levis, Carolina / Lapola, David M / Esquível-Muelbert, Adriane / Jakovac, Catarina / Nobre, Carlos A / Oliveira, Rafael S / Borma, Laura S / Nian, Da / Boers, Niklas / Hecht, Susanna B / Ter Steege, Hans / Arieira, Julia / Lucas, Isabella L /

Berenguer, Erika / Marengo, José A / Gatti, Luciana V / Mattos, Caio R C / Hirota, Marina

Nature

2024 Volume 626, Issue 7999, Page(s) 555–564

Abstract: The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing large-scale collapse, has raised global ... ...

Abstract	The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing large-scale collapse, has raised global concern
MeSH term(s)	Droughts/statistics & numerical data ; Feedback ; Forests ; Global Warming/prevention & control ; Global Warming/statistics & numerical data ; Trees/growth & development ; Wildfires/statistics & numerical data ; Uncertainty ; Environmental Restoration and Remediation/trends
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-02-14
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	120714-3
ISSN	1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
ISSN (online)	1476-4687
ISSN	0028-0836
DOI	10.1038/s41586-023-06970-0
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Article ; Online: Standardized drought indices in ecological research: Why one size does not fit all.

Zang, Christian S / Buras, Allan / Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane / Jump, Alistair S / Rigling, Andreas / Rammig, Anja

Global change biology

2019 Volume 26, Issue 2, Page(s) 322–324

Abstract: While we generally agree with Slette et al. (Global Change Biol, 2019), that ecologists 'should do better' when defining drought in ecological studies, we argue against the uncritical use of a standardized drought index (such as the Standardized ... ...

Abstract	While we generally agree with Slette et al. (Global Change Biol, 2019), that ecologists 'should do better' when defining drought in ecological studies, we argue against the uncritical use of a standardized drought index (such as the Standardized Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index, SPEI; Vicente-Serrano et al. J Climate, 23: 1696-1718, 2010), as a stand-alone criterium for quantifying and reporting drought conditions. Specifically, we raise the following issues: (a) standardization can lead to a misrepresentation of actual water supply, especially for moist climates; (b) standardized values are not directly comparable between different reference periods; and finally, (c) spatially coarsely resolved data sources are unlikely to represent site-level water supply. This article is a commentary on Slette et al., 25, 3193-3200; See also the response to this Letter to the Editor by Slette et al., 26, e1-e3.
MeSH term(s)	Climate ; Droughts ; Ecology
Language	English
Publishing date	2019-09-13
Publishing country	England
Document type	Letter ; Comment
ZDB-ID	1281439-8
ISSN	1365-2486 ; 1354-1013
ISSN (online)	1365-2486
ISSN	1354-1013
DOI	10.1111/gcb.14809
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Article ; Online: Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide.

Hartmann, Henrik / Bastos, Ana / Das, Adrian J / Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane / Hammond, William M / Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi / McDowell, Nate G / Powers, Jennifer S / Pugh, Thomas A M / Ruthrof, Katinka X / Allen, Craig D

Annual review of plant biology

2022 Volume 73, Page(s) 673–702

Abstract: Recent observations of elevated tree mortality following climate extremes, like heat and drought, raise concerns about climate change risks to global forest health. We currently lack both sufficient data and understanding to identify whether these ... ...

Abstract	Recent observations of elevated tree mortality following climate extremes, like heat and drought, raise concerns about climate change risks to global forest health. We currently lack both sufficient data and understanding to identify whether these observations represent a global trend toward increasing tree mortality. Here, we document events of sudden and unexpected elevated tree mortality following heat and drought events in ecosystems that previously were considered tolerant or not at risk of exposure. These events underscore the fact that climate change may affect forests with unexpected force in the future. We use the events as examples to highlight current difficulties and challenges for realistically predicting such tree mortality events and the uncertainties about future forest condition. Advances in remote sensing technology and greater availably of high-resolution data, from both field assessments and satellites, are needed to improve both understanding and prediction of forest responses to future climate change.
MeSH term(s)	Climate Change ; Droughts ; Ecosystem ; Forests ; Trees/physiology
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-03-01
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
ZDB-ID	2098209-4
ISSN	1545-2123 ; 1543-5008
ISSN (online)	1545-2123
ISSN	1543-5008
DOI	10.1146/annurev-arplant-102820-012804
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Article: Idiosyncratic soil-tree species associations and their relationships with drought in a monodominant Amazon forest

Elias, F. / Marimon, B. S. / Marimon-Junior, B. H. / Budke, J. C. / Esquivel-Muelbert, A. / Morandi, P. S. / Reis, S. M. / Phillips, O. L.

Acta oecologica

2018 Volume 91, Issue -, Page(s) 127

Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	1033625-4
ISSN	1146-609X
Database	Current Contents Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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Article ; Online: Past decade above-ground biomass change comparisons from four multi-temporal global maps

Araza, Arnan / Herold, Martin / Bruin, Sytze de / Ciais, Philippe / Gibbs, David A. / Harris, Nancy / Santoro, Maurizio / Wigneron, Jean-Pierre / Yang, Hui / Málaga, Natalia / Nesha, Karimon / Rodríguez Veiga, Pedro / Brovkina, Olga / Brown, Hugh C. A. / Chanev, Milen / Dimitrov, Zlatomir / Filchev, Lachezar / Fridman, Jonas / García, Mariano /

Gikov, Alexander / Govaere, Leen / Dimitrov, Petar / Moradi, Fardin / Esquivel Muelbert, Adriane / Novotný, Jan / Pugh, Thomas A. M. / Schelhaas, Mart-Jan / Schepaschenko, Dmitry / Stereńczak, Krzysztof / Hein, Lars

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

2023

Abstract: Above-ground biomass (AGB) is considered an essential climate variable that underpins our knowledge and information about the role of forests in mitigating climate change. The availability of satellite-based AGB and AGB change (AGB) products has ... ...

Abstract	Above-ground biomass (AGB) is considered an essential climate variable that underpins our knowledge and information about the role of forests in mitigating climate change. The availability of satellite-based AGB and AGB change (AGB) products has increased in recent years. Here we assessed the past decade net AGB derived from four recent global multi-date AGB maps: ESA-CCI maps, WRI-Flux model, JPL time series, and SMOS-LVOD time series. Our assessments explore and use different reference data sources with biomass re-measurements within the past decade. The reference data comprise National Forest Inventory (NFI) plot data, local AGB maps from airborne LiDAR, and selected Forest Resource Assessment country data from countries with well-developed monitoring capacities. Map to reference data comparisons were performed at levels ranging from 100 m to 25 km spatial scale. The comparisons revealed that LiDAR data compared most reasonably with the maps, while the comparisons using NFI only showed some agreements at aggregation levels 10 km. Regardless of the aggregation level, AGB losses and gains according to the map comparisons were consistently smaller than the reference data. Map-map comparisons at 25 km highlighted that the maps consistently captured AGB losses in known deforestation hotspots. The comparisons also identified several carbon sink regions consistently detected by all maps. However, disagreement between maps is still large in key forest regions such as the Amazon basin. The overall AGB map cross-correlation between maps varied in the range 0.11–0.29 (r). Reported AGB magnitudes were largest in the high-resolution datasets including the CCI map differencing (stock change) and Flux model (gain-loss) methods, while they were smallest according to the coarser-resolution LVOD and JPL time series products, especially for AGB gains. Our results suggest that AGB assessed from current maps can be biased and any use of the estimates should take that into account. Currently, AGB reference data are sparse ...
Keywords	biomass ; maps ; data ; spatial data ; carbon cycle ; earth observation satellites
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-04-26T19:36:18Z
Publisher	Elsevier
Publishing country	fr
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article ; Online: Biogeographic distributions of neotropical trees reflect their directly measured drought tolerances.

Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane / Galbraith, David / Dexter, Kyle G / Baker, Timothy R / Lewis, Simon L / Meir, Patrick / Rowland, Lucy / Costa, Antonio Carlos Lola da / Nepstad, Daniel / Phillips, Oliver L

Scientific reports

2017 Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) 8334

Abstract: High levels of species diversity hamper current understanding of how tropical forests may respond to environmental change. In the tropics, water availability is a leading driver of the diversity and distribution of tree species, suggesting that many ... ...

Abstract	High levels of species diversity hamper current understanding of how tropical forests may respond to environmental change. In the tropics, water availability is a leading driver of the diversity and distribution of tree species, suggesting that many tropical taxa may be physiologically incapable of tolerating dry conditions, and that their distributions along moisture gradients can be used to predict their drought tolerance. While this hypothesis has been explored at local and regional scales, large continental-scale tests are lacking. We investigate whether the relationship between drought-induced mortality and distributions holds continentally by relating experimental and observational data of drought-induced mortality across the Neotropics to the large-scale bioclimatic distributions of 115 tree genera. Across the different experiments, genera affiliated to wetter climatic regimes show higher drought-induced mortality than dry-affiliated ones, even after controlling for phylogenetic relationships. This pattern is stronger for adult trees than for saplings or seedlings, suggesting that the environmental filters exerted by drought impact adult tree survival most strongly. Overall, our analysis of experimental, observational, and bioclimatic data across neotropical forests suggests that increasing moisture-stress is indeed likely to drive significant changes in floristic composition.
MeSH term(s)	Droughts ; Ecosystem ; Forests ; Phylogeography ; Trees/growth & development ; Tropical Climate
Language	English
Publishing date	2017-08-21
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
ZDB-ID	2615211-3
ISSN	2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
ISSN (online)	2045-2322
ISSN	2045-2322
DOI	10.1038/s41598-017-08105-8
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Article ; Online: Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests.

Tavares, Julia Valentim / Oliveira, Rafael S / Mencuccini, Maurizio / Signori-Müller, Caroline / Pereira, Luciano / Diniz, Francisco Carvalho / Gilpin, Martin / Marca Zevallos, Manuel J / Salas Yupayccana, Carlos A / Acosta, Martin / Pérez Mullisaca, Flor M / Barros, Fernanda de V / Bittencourt, Paulo / Jancoski, Halina / Scalon, Marina Corrêa / Marimon, Beatriz S / Oliveras Menor, Imma / Marimon, Ben Hur / Fancourt, Max /

Chambers-Ostler, Alexander / Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane / Rowland, Lucy / Meir, Patrick / Lola da Costa, Antonio Carlos / Nina, Alex / Sanchez, Jesus M B / Tintaya, Jose S / Chino, Rudi S C / Baca, Jean / Fernandes, Leticia / Cumapa, Edwin R M / Santos, João Antônio R / Teixeira, Renata / Tello, Ligia / Ugarteche, Maira T M / Cuellar, Gina A / Martinez, Franklin / Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro / Almeida, Everton / da Cruz, Wesley Jonatar Alves / Del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon / Aragāo, Luís / Baker, Timothy R / de Camargo, Plinio Barbosa / Brienen, Roel / Castro, Wendeson / Ribeiro, Sabina Cerruto / Coelho de Souza, Fernanda / Cosio, Eric G / Davila Cardozo, Nallaret / da Costa Silva, Richarlly / Disney, Mathias / Espejo, Javier Silva / Feldpausch, Ted R / Ferreira, Leandro / Giacomin, Leandro / Higuchi, Niro / Hirota, Marina / Honorio, Euridice / Huaraca Huasco, Walter / Lewis, Simon / Flores Llampazo, Gerardo / Malhi, Yadvinder / Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel / Morandi, Paulo / Chama Moscoso, Victor / Muscarella, Robert / Penha, Deliane / Rocha, Mayda Cecília / Rodrigues, Gleicy / Ruschel, Ademir R / Salinas, Norma / Schlickmann, Monique / Silveira, Marcos / Talbot, Joey / Vásquez, Rodolfo / Vedovato, Laura / Vieira, Simone Aparecida / Phillips, Oliver L / Gloor, Emanuel / Galbraith, David R

Nature

2023 Volume 617, Issue 7959, Page(s) 111–117

Abstract: Tropical forests face increasing climate ... ...

Abstract	Tropical forests face increasing climate risk
MeSH term(s)	Biomass ; Carbon/metabolism ; Droughts ; Forests ; Trees/growth & development ; Trees/metabolism ; Tropical Climate ; Xylem/metabolism ; Rain ; Climate Change ; Carbon Sequestration ; Stress, Physiological ; Dehydration
Chemical Substances	Carbon (7440-44-0)
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-04-26
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
ZDB-ID	120714-3
ISSN	1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
ISSN (online)	1476-4687
ISSN	0028-0836
DOI	10.1038/s41586-023-05971-3
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Article ; Online: Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

Hubau, W. / Lewis, S.L. / Phillips, O.L. / Affum-Baffoe, K. / Beeckman, H. / Cuní-Sanchez, A. / Daniels, A.K. / Ewango, C.E.N. / Fauset, S. / Mukinzi, J.M. / Sheil, D. / Sonké, B. / Sullivan, M.J.P. / Sunderland, T.C.H. / Taedoumg, H.E. / Thomas, S.C. / White, L.J.T. / Abernethy, K.A. / Adu-Bredu, S. /

Amani, C.A. / Baker, T.R. / Banin, L.F. / Baya, F. / Begne, S.K. / Bennett, A.C. / Benedet, F. / Bitariho, R. / Bocko, Y.E. / Boeckx, P. / Boundja, P. / Brienen, R.J.W. / Brncic, T. / Chezeaux, E. / Chuyong, G.B. / Clark, C.J. / Collins, M. / Comiskey, J.A. / Coomes, D.A. / Dargie, G.C. / Haulleville, T. de / Kamdem, M.N.D. / Doucet, J.-L. / Esquivel-Muelbert, A. / Feldpausch, T.R. / Fofanah, A. / Foli, E.G. / Gilpin, M. / Gloor, E. / Gonmadje, C. / Gourlet-Fleury, S. / Hall, J.S. / Hamilton, A.C. / Harris, D.J. / Hart, T.B. / Hockemba, M.B.N. / Hladik, A. / Ifo, S.A. / Jeffery, K.J. / Jucker, T. / Yakusu, E.K. / Kearsley, E. / Kenfack, D. / Koch, A. / Leal, M.E. / Levesley, A. / Lindsell, J.A. / Lisingo, J. / López Gonzalez, G. / Lovett, J.C. / Makana, J.-R. / Malhi, Y. / Marshall, A.R. / Martin, J. / Martin, E.H. / Mbayu, F.M. / Medjibe, V.P. / Mihindou, V. / Mitchard, E.T.A. / Moore, S. / Munishi, P.K.T. / Bengone, N.N. / Ojo, L. / Ondo, F.E. / Peh, K.S.H. / Pickavance, G.C. / Poulsen, A.D. / Poulsen, J.R. / Qie, L. / Reitsma, J. / Rovero, F. / Swaine, M.D. / Talbot, J. / Taplin, J. / Taylor, D.M. / Thomas, D.W. / Toirambe, B. / Mukendi, J.T. / Tuagben, D. / Umunay, P.M. / Heijden, G.M.F. van der / Verbeeck, H. / Vleminckx, J. / Willcock, S. / Wöll, H. / Woods, J.T. / Zemagho, L.

2021

Keywords	tropical forests ; carbon ; emissions ; biomass ; carbon sinks
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-03-08T08:18:17Z
Publisher	Springer
Publishing country	fr
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Article ; Online: Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly

Bennett, Amy / Rodrigues de sousa, Thaiane / Monteagudo-Mendoza, Abel / Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane / Morandi, Paulo / Coelho de souza, Fernanda / Castro, Wendeson / Duque, Luisa / Flores llampazo, Gerardo / Manoel dos santos, Rubens / Ramos, Eliana / Vilanova torre, Emilio / Alvarez-Davila, Esteban / Baker, Timothy / Costa, Flávia / Lewis, Simon / Marimon, Beatriz / Schietti, Juliana / Burban, Benoît /

Berenguer, Erika / Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro / Restrepo correa, Zorayda / Lopez, Wilmar / Delgado santana, Flávia / Viscarra, Laura Jessica / Elias, Fernando / Vasquez martinez, Rodolfo / Marimon-Junior, Ben / Galbraith, David / Sullivan, Martin / Emilio, Thaise / Prestes, Nayane / Barlow, Jos / Alencar Fagundes, Nathalle / Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar / Alvarez Loayza, Patricia / Alves, Luciana / Aparecida Vieira, Simone / Andrade Maia, Vinícius / Aragão, Luiz / Arets, Eric / Arroyo, Luzmila / Bánki, Olaf / Baraloto, Christopher / Barbosa Camargo, Plínio / Barroso, Jorcely / Bento da Silva, Wilder / Bonal, Damien / Maës dos santos, Flavio / Brienen, Roel / Brown, Foster / Castilho, Carolina / Cerruto ribeiro, Sabina / Chama moscoso, Victor / Chavez, Ezequiel / Comiskey, James / Cornejo valverde, Fernando / Dávila cardozo, Nállarett / De aguiar-Campos, Natália / De oliveira melo, Lia / Del aguila pasquel, Jhon / Derroire, Géraldine / Disney, Mathias / Do Socorro, Maria / Dourdain, Aurélie / Feldpausch, Ted / Ferreira, Joice / Forni martins, Valeria / Gardner, Toby / Gloor, Emanuel / Gutierrez sibauty, Gloria / Guillen, René / Hase, Eduardo / Hérault, Bruno / Honorio coronado, Eurídice / Huaraca huasco, Walter / Janovec, John / Jimenez-Rojas, Eliana / Joly, Carlos / Kalamandeen, Michelle / Killeen, Timothy / Lais farrapo, Camila / Levesley, Aurora / Lizon romano, Leon / Lopez gonzalez, Gabriela / Magnusson, William / Malhi, Yadvinder / Matias de almeida reis, Simone / Melgaço, Karina / Melo cruz, Omar / Mendoza polo, Irina / Montañez, Tatiana / Morel, Jean / Núñez vargas, Percy / Oliveira de araújo, Raimunda / Pallqui camacho, Nadir / Parada gutierrez, Alexander / Pennington, Toby / Pickavance, Georgia / Pipoly, John / Pitman, Nigel / Quesada, Carlos / Ramirez arevalo, Freddy / Ramírez‐angulo, Hirma / Flora ramos, Rafael / Rodrigo de souza, Cléber / Roopsind, Anand / Schwartz, Gustavo / Silva, Richarlly / Silva espejo, Javier / Silveira, Marcos / Singh, James / Soto shareva, Yhan / Steininger, Marc / Stropp, Juliana / Talbot, Joey / Ter steege, Hans / Terborgh, John / Thomas, Raquel / Valenzuela gamarra, Luis / Van der heijden, Geertje / Van der hout, Peter / Zagt, Roderick / Phillips, Oliver

Nature Climate Change

2023 Volume 13, Issue 9

Abstract: The tropical forest carbon sink is known to be drought sensitive, but it is unclear which forests are the most vulnerable to extreme events. Forests with hotter and drier baseline conditions may be protected by prior adaptation, or more vulnerable ... ...

Abstract	The tropical forest carbon sink is known to be drought sensitive, but it is unclear which forests are the most vulnerable to extreme events. Forests with hotter and drier baseline conditions may be protected by prior adaptation, or more vulnerable because they operate closer to physiological limits. Here we report that forests in drier South American climates experienced the greatest impacts of the 2015–2016 El Niño, indicating greater vulnerability to extreme temperatures and drought. The long-term, ground-measured tree-by-tree responses of 123 forest plots across tropical South America show that the biomass carbon sink ceased during the event with carbon balance becoming indistinguishable from zero (−0.02 ± 0.37 Mg C ha−1 per year). However, intact tropical South American forests overall were no more sensitive to the extreme 2015–2016 El Niño than to previous less intense events, remaining a key defence against climate change as long as they are protected.
Keywords	Life Science
Subject code	333
Language	English
Publishing country	nl
Document type	Article ; Online
ZDB-ID	2614383-5
ISSN	1758-6798 ; 1758-678X
ISSN (online)	1758-6798
ISSN	1758-678X
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