Tavares J.V., Oliveira R.S., Mencuccini M., Signori-Müller C., Pereira L., Carvalho Diniz F., Gilpin M., Marca Zevallos M.J., Salas Yupayccana C.A., Acosta M., Pérez Mullisaca F.M., de Vasconcellos Barros F., Bittencourt P., Jancoski H., Scalon M.C., Marimon B.S., Oliveras Menor Imma, et al. (2023). Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests. Nature, 617 (7959), 111-117. ISSN 0028-0836.
Titre du document
Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests
Année de publication
2023
Auteurs
Tavares J.V., Oliveira R.S., Mencuccini M., Signori-Müller C., Pereira L., Carvalho Diniz F., Gilpin M., Marca Zevallos M.J., Salas Yupayccana C.A., Acosta M., Pérez Mullisaca F.M., de Vasconcellos Barros F., Bittencourt P., Jancoski H., Scalon M.C., Marimon B.S., Oliveras Menor Imma, et al.
Source
Nature, 2023,
617 (7959), 111-117 ISSN 0028-0836
Tropical forests face increasing climate risk, yet our ability to predict their response to climate change is limited by poor understanding of their resistance to water stress. Although xylem embolism resistance thresholds (for example, Psi 50) and hydraulic safety margins (for example, HSM50) are important predictors of drought-induced mortality risk little is known about how these vary across Earth's largest tropical forest. Here, we present a pan-Amazon, fully standardized hydraulic traits dataset and use it to assess regional variation in drought sensitivity and hydraulic trait ability to predict species distributions and long-term forest biomass accumulation. Parameters Psi50 and HSM50 vary markedly across the Amazon and are related to average long-term rainfall characteristics.
Both Psi 50 and HSM50 influence the biogeographical distribution of Amazon tree species. However, HSM50 was the only significant predictor of observed decadal-scale changes in forest biomass. Old-growth forests with wide HSM50 are gaining more biomass than are low HSM50 forests. We propose that this may be associated with a growth-mortality trade-off whereby trees in forests consisting of fast-growing species take greater hydraulic risks and face greater mortality risk. Moreover, in regions of more pronounced climatic change, we find evidence that forests are losing biomass, suggesting that species in these regions may be operating beyond their hydraulic limits. Continued climate change is likely to further reduce HSM50 in the Amazon with strong implications for the Amazon carbon sink.
Plan de classement
Sciences du milieu [021]
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Hydrologie [062]
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Etudes, transformation, conservation du milieu naturel [082]
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010092527]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010092527
