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Solar radiation and functional traits explain the decline of forest primary productivity along a tropical elevation gradient
- Source :
- Meir, P 2017, ' Solar radiation and functional traits explain the decline of forest primary productivity along a tropical elevation gradient ', Ecology Letters . https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12771
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- One of the major challenges in ecology is to understand how ecosystems respond to changes inenvironmental conditions, and how taxonomic and functional diversity mediate these changes. Inthis study, we use a trait-spectra and individual-based model, to analyse variation in forest primaryproductivity along a 3.3 km elevation gradient in the Amazon-Andes. The model accuratelypredicted the magnitude and trends in forest productivity with elevation, with solar radiation andplant functional traits (leaf dry mass per area, leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentration, andwood density) collectively accounting for productivity variation. Remarkably, explicit representationof temperature variation with elevation was not required to achieve accurate predictions offorest productivity, as trait variation driven by species turnover appears to capture the effect oftemperature. Our semi-mechanistic model suggests that spatial variation in traits can potentiallybe used to estimate spatial variation in productivity at the landscape scale. Fil: Fyllas, Nikolaos M.. University of Oxford; Reino Unido Fil: Patrick Bentley, Lisa. University of Oxford; Reino Unido Fil: Shenkin, Alexander. University of Oxford; Reino Unido Fil: Asner, Gregory P.. Carnegie Institution for Science. Department of Global Ecology; Reino Unido Fil: Atkin, Owen K.. The Australian National University. ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology. Research School of Biology; Australia Fil: Díaz, Sandra Myrna. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Enquist, Brian J.. Arizona State University; Estados Unidos Fil: Farfan Rios, William. University Wake Forest; Estados Unidos Fil: Gloor, Emanuel. University of Leeds; Reino Unido Fil: Guerrieri, Rossella. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España. University of Edinburgh; Reino Unido Fil: Huaraca Huasco, Walter. Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Perú Fil: Ishida, Yoko. James Cook University; Australia Fil: Martin, Roberta E.. Carnegie Institution for Science. Department of Global Ecology; Estados Unidos Fil: Meir, Patrick. University of Edinburgh; Reino Unido. The Australian National University. Research School of Biology. Division of Plant Sciences; Australia Fil: Phillips, Oliver. University of Leeds; Reino Unido Fil: Salinas, Norma. University of Oxford; Reino Unido. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú; Perú Fil: Silman, Miles. University Wake Forest; Estados Unidos Fil: Weerasinghe, Lasantha K.. The Australian National University. Research School of Biology. Division of Plant Sciences; Australia Fil: Zaragoza Castells, Joana. The Australian National University. Research School of Biology. Division of Plant Sciences; Australia. University of Exeter; Reino Unido Fil: Malhi, Yadvinder. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
tropical forest
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Otras Ciencias Biológicas
TROPICAL FORESTS
Forests
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Trees
Ciencias Biológicas
modelling
Tropical climate
GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM MONITORING
Ecosystem
ANDES
functional trait
TFS
climate
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
2. Zero hunger
Tropical Climate
Ecology
Ande
Elevation
MODELLING
food and beverages
15. Life on land
CLIMATE
Plant Leaves
Variation (linguistics)
FUNCTIONAL TRAITS
Productivity (ecology)
13. Climate action
global ecosystem monitoring
Trait
Environmental science
Spatial variability
Scale (map)
Plant Leave
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Tree
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14610248 and 1461023X
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ecology letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e42b6a9f171b8df87eb4383c443ba4dd