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Data from Sullivan et al. (2020) Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw7578.
Authors :
Sullivan, Martin J.P. Lewis, Simon L. Affum-Baffoe, Kofi Castilho, Carolina Costa, Flávia Sanchez, Aida Cuni Ewango, Corneille E.N. Hubau, Wannes Marimon, Beatriz Monteagudo-Mendoza, Abel Qie, Lan Sonké, Bonaventure Martinez, Rodolfo Vasquez Baker, Timothy R. Brienen, Roel J.W. Feldpausch, Ted R. Galbraith, David Gloor, Manuel Malhi, Yadvinder Aiba, Shin Ichiro Alexiades, Miguel N. Almeida, Everton C. de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida Dávila, Esteban Álvarez Loayza, Patricia Alvarez Andrade, Ana Vieira, Simone Aparecida Aragão, Luiz E.O.C. Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro Arets, Eric J.M.M. Arroyo, Luzmila Ashton, Peter Aymard C, Gerardo Baccaro, Fabrício B. Banin, Lindsay F. Baraloto, Christopher Camargo, Plínio Barbosa Barlow, Jos Barroso, Jorcely Bastin, Jean François Batterman, Sarah A. Beeckman, Hans Begne, Serge K. Bennett, Amy C. Berenguer, Erika Berry, Nicholas Blanc, Lilian Boeckx, Pascal Bogaert, Jan Bonal, Damien Bongers, Frans Bradford, Matt Brearley, Francis Q. Brncic, Terry Brown, Foster Burban, Benoit Camargo, José Luís Castro, Wendeson Céron, Carlos Ribeiro, Sabina Cerruto Moscoso, Victor Chama Chave, Jerôme Chezeaux, Eric Clark, Connie J. de Souza, Fernanda Coelho Collins, Murray Comiskey, James A. Valverde, Fernando Cornejo Medina, Massiel Corrales da Costa, Lola Dančák, Martin Dargie, Greta C. Davies, Stuart Cardozo, Nallaret Davila de Haulleville, Thales de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante Del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon Derroire, Géraldine Di Fiore, Anthony Doucet, Jean Louis Dourdain, Aurélie Droissant, Vincent Duque, Luisa Fernanda Ekoungoulou, Romeo Elias, Fernando Erwin, Terry Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane Fauset, Sophie Ferreira, Joice Llampazo, Gerardo Flores Foli, Ernest Ford, Andrew Gilpin, Martin Hall, Jefferson S. Hamer, Keith C. Hamilton, Alan C. Harris, David J. Hart, Terese B. Hédl, Radim Herault, Bruno Herrera, Rafael Higuchi, Niro Hladik, Annette Coronado, Eurídice Honorio Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau Huasco, Walter Huaraca Jeffery, Kathryn J. Jimenez-Rojas, Eliana Kalamandeen, Michelle Djuikouo, Marie Noël Kamdem Kearsley, Elizabeth Umetsu, Ricardo Keichi Kho, Lip Khoon Killeen, Timothy Kitayama, Kanehiro Klitgaard, Bente Koch, Alexander Labrière, Nicolas Laurance, William Laurance, Susan Leal, Miguel E. Levesley, Aurora Lima, Adriano J.N. Lisingo, Janvier Lopes, Aline P. Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela Lovejoy, Tom Lovett, Jon C. Lowe, Richard Magnusson, William E. Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba Manzatto, Ângelo Gilberto Marimon, Ben Hur Marshall, Andrew R. Marthews, Toby de Almeida Reis, Simone Matias Maycock, Colin Melgaço, Karina Mendoza, Casimiro Metali, Faizah Mihindou, Vianet Milliken, William Mitchard, Edward T.A. Morandi, Paulo S. Mossman, Hannah L. Nagy, Laszlo Nascimento, Henrique Neill, David Nilus, Reuben Vargas, Percy Núñez Palacios, Walter Camacho, Nadir Pallqui Peacock, Julie Pendry, Colin Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina Pickavance, Georgia C. Pipoly, John Pitman, Nigel Playfair, Maureen Poorter, Lourens Poulsen, John R. Poulsen, Axel Dalberg Preziosi, Richard Prieto, Adriana Primack, Richard B. Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma Reitsma, Jan Réjou-Méchain, Maxime Correa, Zorayda Restrepo de Sousa, Thaiane Rodrigues Bayona, Lily Rodriguez Roopsind, Anand Rudas, Agustín Rutishauser, Ervan Abu Salim, Kamariah Salomão, Rafael P. Schietti, Juliana Sheil, Douglas Silva, Richarlly C. Espejo, Javier Silva Valeria, Camila Silva Silveira, Marcos Simo-Droissart, Murielle Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni Singh, James Soto Shareva, Yahn Carlos Stahl, Clement Stropp, Juliana Sukri, Rahayu Sunderland, Terry Svátek, Martin Swaine, Michael D. Swamy, Varun Taedoumg, Hermann Talbot, Joey Taplin, James Taylor, David Ter Steege, Hans Terborgh, John Thomas, Raquel Thomas, Sean C. Torres-Lezama, Armando Umunay, Peter Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela van der Heijden, Geertje van der Hout, Peter van der Meer, Peter van Nieuwstadt, Mark Verbeeck, Hans Vernimmen, Ronald Vicentini, Alberto Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães Torre, Emilio Vilanova Vleminckx, Jason Vos, Vincent Wang, Ophelia White, Lee J.T. Willcock, Simon Woods, John T. Wortel, Verginia Young, Kenneth Zagt, Roderick Zemagho, Lise Zuidema, Pieter A. Zwerts, Joeri A. Phillips, Oliver L. Sullivan, Martin J.P. Lewis, Simon L. Affum-Baffoe, Kofi Castilho, Carolina Costa, Flávia Sanchez, Aida Cuni Ewango, Corneille E.N. Hubau, Wannes Marimon, Beatriz Monteagudo-Mendoza, Abel Qie, Lan Sonké, Bonaventure Martinez, Rodolfo Vasquez Baker, Timothy R. Brienen, Roel J.W. Feldpausch, Ted R. Galbraith, David Gloor, Manuel Malhi, Yadvinder Aiba, Shin Ichiro Alexiades, Miguel N. Almeida, Everton C. de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida Dávila, Esteban Álvarez Loayza, Patricia Alvarez Andrade, Ana Vieira, Simone Aparecida Aragão, Luiz E.O.C. Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro Arets, Eric J.M.M. Arroyo, Luzmila Ashton, Peter Aymard C, Gerardo Baccaro, Fabrício B. Banin, Lindsay F. Baraloto, Christopher Camargo, Plínio Barbosa Barlow, Jos Barroso, Jorcely Bastin, Jean François Batterman, Sarah A. Beeckman, Hans Begne, Serge K. Bennett, Amy C. Berenguer, Erika Berry, Nicholas Blanc, Lilian Boeckx, Pascal Bogaert, Jan Bonal, Damien Bongers, Frans Bradford, Matt Brearley, Francis Q. Brncic, Terry Brown, Foster Burban, Benoit Camargo, José Luís Castro, Wendeson Céron, Carlos Ribeiro, Sabina Cerruto Moscoso, Victor Chama Chave, Jerôme Chezeaux, Eric Clark, Connie J. de Souza, Fernanda Coelho Collins, Murray Comiskey, James A. Valverde, Fernando Cornejo Medina, Massiel Corrales da Costa, Lola Dančák, Martin Dargie, Greta C. Davies, Stuart Cardozo, Nallaret Davila de Haulleville, Thales de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante Del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon Derroire, Géraldine Di Fiore, Anthony Doucet, Jean Louis Dourdain, Aurélie Droissant, Vincent Duque, Luisa Fernanda Ekoungoulou, Romeo Elias, Fernando Erwin, Terry Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane Fauset, Sophie Ferreira, Joice Llampazo, Gerardo Flores Foli, Ernest Ford, Andrew Gilpin, Martin Hall, Jefferson S. Hamer, Keith C. Hamilton, Alan C. Harris, David J. Hart, Terese B. Hédl, Radim Herault, Bruno Herrera, Rafael Higuchi, Niro Hladik, Annette Coronado, Eurídice Honorio Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau Huasco, Walter Huaraca Jeffery, Kathryn J. Jimenez-Rojas, Eliana Kalamandeen, Michelle Djuikouo, Marie Noël Kamdem Kearsley, Elizabeth Umetsu, Ricardo Keichi Kho, Lip Khoon Killeen, Timothy Kitayama, Kanehiro Klitgaard, Bente Koch, Alexander Labrière, Nicolas Laurance, William Laurance, Susan Leal, Miguel E. Levesley, Aurora Lima, Adriano J.N. Lisingo, Janvier Lopes, Aline P. Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela Lovejoy, Tom Lovett, Jon C. Lowe, Richard Magnusson, William E. Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba Manzatto, Ângelo Gilberto Marimon, Ben Hur Marshall, Andrew R. Marthews, Toby de Almeida Reis, Simone Matias Maycock, Colin Melgaço, Karina Mendoza, Casimiro Metali, Faizah Mihindou, Vianet Milliken, William Mitchard, Edward T.A. Morandi, Paulo S. Mossman, Hannah L. Nagy, Laszlo Nascimento, Henrique Neill, David Nilus, Reuben Vargas, Percy Núñez Palacios, Walter Camacho, Nadir Pallqui Peacock, Julie Pendry, Colin Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina Pickavance, Georgia C. Pipoly, John Pitman, Nigel Playfair, Maureen Poorter, Lourens Poulsen, John R. Poulsen, Axel Dalberg Preziosi, Richard Prieto, Adriana Primack, Richard B. Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma Reitsma, Jan Réjou-Méchain, Maxime Correa, Zorayda Restrepo de Sousa, Thaiane Rodrigues Bayona, Lily Rodriguez Roopsind, Anand Rudas, Agustín Rutishauser, Ervan Abu Salim, Kamariah Salomão, Rafael P. Schietti, Juliana Sheil, Douglas Silva, Richarlly C. Espejo, Javier Silva Valeria, Camila Silva Silveira, Marcos Simo-Droissart, Murielle Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni Singh, James Soto Shareva, Yahn Carlos Stahl, Clement Stropp, Juliana Sukri, Rahayu Sunderland, Terry Svátek, Martin Swaine, Michael D. Swamy, Varun Taedoumg, Hermann Talbot, Joey Taplin, James Taylor, David Ter Steege, Hans Terborgh, John Thomas, Raquel Thomas, Sean C. Torres-Lezama, Armando Umunay, Peter Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela van der Heijden, Geertje van der Hout, Peter van der Meer, Peter van Nieuwstadt, Mark Verbeeck, Hans Vernimmen, Ronald Vicentini, Alberto Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães Torre, Emilio Vilanova Vleminckx, Jason Vos, Vincent Wang, Ophelia White, Lee J.T. Willcock, Simon Woods, John T. Wortel, Verginia Young, Kenneth Zagt, Roderick Zemagho, Lise Zuidema, Pieter A. Zwerts, Joeri A. Phillips, Oliver L.
Publication Year :
2020
Abstract
The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global climate change. Although short-term drying and warming are known to affect forests, it is unknown if such effects translate into long-term responses. Here, we analyze 590 permanent plots measured across the tropics to derive the equilibrium climate controls on forest carbon. Maximum temperature is the most important predictor of aboveground biomass (−9.1 megagrams of carbon per hectare per degree Celsius), primarily by reducing woody productivity, and has a greater rate of decline in the hottest forests (>32.2°C). Our results nevertheless reveal greater thermal resilience than observations of short-term variation imply. To realize the long-term climate adaptation potential of tropical forests requires both protecting them and stabilizing Earth’s climate.<br />The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global climate change. Although short-term drying and warming are known to affect forests, it is unknown if such effects translate into long-term responses. Here, we analyze 590 permanent plots measured across the tropics to derive the equilibrium climate controls on forest carbon. Maximum temperature is the most important predictor of aboveground biomass (−9.1 megagrams of carbon per hectare per degree Celsius), primarily by reducing woody productivity, and has a greater rate of decline in the hottest forests (>32.2°C). Our results nevertheless reveal greater thermal resilience than observations of short-term variation imply. To realize the long-term climate adaptation potential of tropical forests requires both protecting them and stabilizing Earth’s climate.
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