Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

AP Walker, MG De Kauwe, A Bastos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …

Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests

N McDowell, CD Allen, K Anderson‐Teixeira… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTF s) with significant
carbon cycle consequences. Here, we review the state of knowledge regarding MTF tree …

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

D Bauman, C Fortunel, G Delhaye, Y Malhi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence exists that tree mortality is accelerating in some regions of the tropics,, with
profound consequences for the future of the tropical carbon sink and the global …

Forest health and global change

S Trumbore, P Brando, H Hartmann - Science, 2015 - science.org
Humans rely on healthy forests to supply energy, building materials, and food and to provide
services such as storing carbon, hosting biodiversity, and regulating climate. Defining forest …

Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

RJW Brienen, OL Phillips, TR Feldpausch, E Gloor… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong
global carbon sink over recent decades,, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably …

Amazonian rainforest tree mortality driven by climate and functional traits

I Aleixo, D Norris, L Hemerik, A Barbosa, E Prata… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Tree mortality appears to be increasing in moist tropical forests, with potentially important
implications for global carbon and water cycles. Little is known about the drivers of tree …

[图书][B] Second growth: the promise of tropical forest regeneration in an age of deforestation

RL Chazdon - 2019 - degruyter.com
For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

A Esquivel‐Muelbert, TR Baker, KG Dexter… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the planet's diversity is concentrated in the tropics, which includes many regions
undergoing rapid climate change. Yet, while climate‐induced biodiversity changes are …

Demographic trade-offs predict tropical forest dynamics

N Rüger, R Condit, DH Dent, SJ DeWalt, SP Hubbell… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Understanding tropical forest dynamics and planning for their sustainable management
require efficient, yet accurate, predictions of the joint dynamics of hundreds of tree species …

Post-drought decline of the Amazon carbon sink

Y Yang, SS Saatchi, L Xu, Y Yu, S Choi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Amazon forests have experienced frequent and severe droughts in the past two decades.
However, little is known about the large-scale legacy of droughts on carbon stocks and …